{"id":32942,"date":"2026-03-16T07:06:54","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:06:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/?p=32942"},"modified":"2026-03-16T07:06:54","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:06:54","slug":"ncaa-womens-basketball-tournament-pairings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/sports\/basketball\/32942-ncaa-womens-basketball-tournament-pairings\/","title":{"rendered":"NCAA Women&#8217;s Basketball Tournament Pairings"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><strong>NCAA WOMEN&#8217;S TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Wednesday, March 18 (First Four)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6 p.m., (11) Nebraska vs. (11) Richmond<\/p>\n<p>8 p.m., (16) Missouri State vs. (16) SFA<\/p>\n<p><strong>Thursday, March 19 (First Four)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>6 p.m., (16) Southern U. vs. (16) Samford<\/p>\n<p>8 p.m., (10) Virginia vs. (10) Arizona State<\/p>\n<p><strong>Friday, March 20 (First Round\/Round of 64)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10:30 a.m., (3) Duke vs. (14) Col. of Charleston<\/p>\n<p>11 p.m., (3) TCU vs. (14) UC San Diego<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m., (8) Oregon vs. (9) Virginia Tech<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m., (6) Baylor vs. TBD<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m., (6) Washington vs. (11) South Dakota State<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m., (5) Maryland vs. (12) Murray State<\/p>\n<p>2:30 p.m., (5) Ole Miss vs. (12) Gonzaga<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m., (1) Texas vs. TBD<\/p>\n<p>4:30 p.m., (2) Michigan vs. (15) Holy Cross<\/p>\n<p>4:30 p.m., (4) North Carolina vs. (13) Western Illinois<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m., (2) LSU vs. (15) Jacksonville<\/p>\n<p>5 p.m., (4) Minnesota vs. (13) Green Bay<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m., (5) Michigan State vs. (12) Colorado State<\/p>\n<p>7 p.m., (7) NC State vs. (10) Tennessee<\/p>\n<p>7:30 p.m., (7) Texas Tech vs. (10) Villanova<\/p>\n<p>9 p.m., (4) Oklahoma vs. (13) Idaho<\/p>\n<p><strong>Saturday, March 21 (First Round\/Round of 64)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>10:30 a.m., (3) Ohio State vs. (14) Howard<\/p>\n<p>11 p.m., (3) Louisville vs. (14) Vermont<\/p>\n<p>12 p.m., (1) South Carolina vs. TBD<\/p>\n<p>12:30 p.m., (7) Georgia vs. TBD<\/p>\n<p>1 p.m., (6) Notre Dame vs. (11) Fairfield<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m., (6) Alabama vs. (11) Rhode Island<\/p>\n<p>1:30 p.m., (5) Kentucky vs. (12) James Madison<\/p>\n<p>2 p.m., (1) UConn vs. (16) UTSA<\/p>\n<p>2:30 p.m., (8) Clemson vs. (9) Southern California<\/p>\n<p>3 p.m., (2) Iowa vs. (15) FDU<\/p>\n<p>4 p.m., (4) West Virginia vs. (13) Miami (Ohio)<\/p>\n<p>4:30 p.m., (8) Iowa State vs. (9) Syracuse<\/p>\n<p>6 p.m., (2) Vanderbilt vs. (15) High Point<\/p>\n<p>6:30 p.m., (8) Oklahoma State vs. (9) Princeton<\/p>\n<p>8:30 p.m., (7) Illinois vs. (10) Colorado<\/p>\n<p>9 p.m., (1) UCLA vs. (16) California Baptist<\/p>\n<p><strong>Schedule For Tournament<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First Four: March 18-19<\/p>\n<p>First round: March 20-21<\/p>\n<p>Second round: March 22-23<\/p>\n<p>Sweet 16: March 27-28 in Fort Worth, Texas and Sacramento, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Elite Eight: March 29-30 in Fort Worth, Texas and Sacramento, Calif.<\/p>\n<p>Final Four: Friday, April 3 in Phoenix, Ariz.<\/p>\n<p>NCAA championship game: Sunday, April 5 in Phoenix, Ariz.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NCAA WOMEN&#8217;S TOURNAMENT PAIRINGS Wednesday, March 18 (First Four) 6 p.m., (11) Nebraska vs. (11) Richmond 8 p.m., (16) Missouri State vs. (16) SFA Thursday, March 19 (First Four) 6 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[49],"class_list":["post-32942","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-basketball","tag-sports-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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