Women's March Madness schedule: Dates, Times, TV for NCAA Tournament games

Now that the 68 teams in the women’s NCAA Tournament have been revealed and the bracket debate has died down (mostly), it’s time to focus on the matchups.

We’re just days away from the first tip of March Madness, and once it starts, the games will come fast and furious. Action begins Wednesday and Thursday with the First Four before the tournament kicks into high gear on Friday. Two No. 1 seeds, UCLA and South Carolina, will take the floor on Friday, while the other two, Texas and USC, begin play on Saturday.

Contests will be spread across the country with the top four seeds in each of the four regions hosting first- and second-round games before the remaining teams assemble one week later in Birmingham, Alabama, and Spokane, Washington, for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight. Before you know it, the Final Four will be here, with both semifinals and the national championship game in Tampa, Florida.

Here is the full schedule of games, including times and how to watch:

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2025 women’s NCAA Tournament schedule: Dates, times, TV

All times Eastern

First Four

Wednesday, March 19

No. 11 Iowa State vs. No. 11 Princeton, 7 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 16 UC San Diego vs. No. 16 Southern, 9 p.m. | ESPNU

Thursday, March 20

No. 11 Columbia vs. No. 11 Washington, 7 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 16 High Point vs. No. 16 William & Mary, 9 p.m. | ESPN2

First round

Friday, March 21

No. 6 Michigan vs. No. 11 Iowa State/Princeton, 11:30 a.m. | ESPN2
No. 4 Kentucky vs. No. 13 Liberty, noon | ESPN
No. 8 Utah vs. No. 9 Indiana, 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 3 Notre Dame vs. No. 14 Stephen F. Austin, 2 p.m. | ESPN
No. 5 Kansas State vs. No. 12 Fairfield, 2:30 p.m. | ESPNews
No. 4 Baylor vs. No. 13 Grand Canyon, 3:30 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 2 TCU vs. No. 15 Farleigh Dicksinson, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Tennessee Tech, 4 p.m. | ESPN
No. 7 Vanderbilt vs. No. 10 Oregon, 5:30 p.m. | ESPNews
No. 4 Ohio State vs. No. 13 Montana State, 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 Ball State, 6 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 7 Louisville vs. No. 10 Nebraska, 6 p.m. | ESPN
No. 8 Richmond vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m. | ESPNews
No. 2 Duke vs. No. 15 Lehigh, 8 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 5 Tennessee vs. No. 12 South Florida, 8 p.m. | ESPN
No. 1 UCLA vs. No. 16 UC San Diego/Southern, 10 p.m. | ESPN

Saturday, March 22

No. 6 Iowa vs. No. 11 Murray State, noon | ESPN
No. 2 UConn vs. No. 15 Arkansas State, 1 p.m. | ABC
No. 5 Alabama vs. No. 12 Green Bay, 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 2 NC State vs. No. 15 Vermont, 2 p.m. | ESPN
No. 6 West Virginia vs. No. 11 Columbia/Washington, 2 p.m. | ESPNews
No. 3 Oklahoma vs. No. 14 Florid Gulf Coast, 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 1 USC vs. No. 16 UNC Greensboro, 3 p.m. | ABC
No. 7 Oklahoma State vs. No. 10 South Dakota State, 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Norfolk State, 4 p.m. | ESPN
No. 3 North Carolina vs. No. 14 Oregon State, 4:30 p.m. | ESPNU
No. 7 Michigan State vs. No. 10 Harvard, 4:30 p.m. | ESPNews
No. 8 California vs. No. 9 Mississippi State, 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 8 Illinois vs. No. 9 Creighton, 7:15 p.m. | ESPNews
No. 6 Florida State vs. No. 11 George Mason, 7:45 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 High Point/William & Mary, 9:45 p.m. | ESPN2
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 San Diego State, 10:15 p.m. | ESPN

Second round

Sunday, March 23 and Monday, March 24

Matchups, times and TV are TBD

Sweet 16

Friday, March 28 — Matchups are TBD

2:30 p.m. on ESPN
5 p.m. on ESPN
7:30 p.m. on ESPN
10 p.m. on ESPN

Saturday, March 29 — Matchups are TBD

1 p.m. on ABC
3:30 p.m. on ABC
5:30 p.m. on ABC
8 p.m. on ESPN

Elite Eight

Sunday, March 30 — Matchups are TBD

1 p.m. on ABC
3 p.m. on ABC

Monday, March 31 — Matchups are TBD

7 p.m. on ESPN
9 p.m. on ESPN

Final Four — Semifinals

Friday, April 4 — Matchups are TBD

At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, 7 p.m. | ESPN
At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, 9:30 p.m. | ESPN

National championship

Sunday, April 6 — Matchup is TBD

At Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida, 3 p.m. | ABC