UConn looks for another perfect March Madness title
USAT’s Sam Cardona Norberg and Megan Hall discuss whether UW can go undefeated and win the 2026 NCAA Championship…again.
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The excitement has not yet begun in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament, with no lower seeds winning Friday’s games and games proceeded as planned.
Texas, one of the four top-seeded schools, had no problem sending Missouri State, but second-seeded Michigan State and LSU barely broke a sweat in their matchups.
Saturday’s game will include the remaining No. 1 seeds. South Carolina will face top overall seed Southern. Defending national champion UConn begins its title defense against UTSA. UCLA will then play California Baptist for the second time in history.
Here are the women’s March Madness results so far:
NCAA scores from March Madness yesterday
1st round
- (3) Duke 81(14) Colonel Charleston 64
- (3) TCU86(14) University of California, San Diego 40
- (8) Oregon 70(9) Virginia Tech 60
- (6) Baylor 67(11) Nebraska 62
- (6) Washington 72(11) South Dakota 54
- (5) Maryland 99(12) Murray State University 67
- (5) Ole Miss 81(12) Gonzaga 66
- (1) Texas 87(16) Missouri 45
- (2) Michigan 83(15) Holy Cross 48
- (4) North Carolina 82(13) Western Illinois 51
- (2) LSU116(15) Jacksonville 58
- (4) Minnesota 75(13) Green Bay 58
- (5) Michigan State University 65; (12) Colorado 62
- (7) NC State 76; (10) Tennessee 61
- (7) Texas Tech University 57; (10) Villanova 52
- (4) Oklahoma 89; (13) Idaho 59
Saturday, March 21st
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1st round
- 11:30am | (3) Ohio State vs. (14) Howard | ESPN2
- 12:00 PM | (3) Louisville vs. (14) Vermont | ESPN
- 1:00 PM | (1) South Carolina vs. (16) Southern | ABC
- 1:30 p.m. | (7) Georgia vs. (10) Virginia | ESPN2
- 2:00 PM | (6) Notre Dame vs. (11) Fairfield | ESPN
- 2:30pm | (6) Alabama vs. (11) Rhode Island | ESP News
- 2:30 p.m. | (5) Kentucky vs. (12) James Madison | ESPNU
- 3 p.m. | (1) UConn vs. (16) UTSA | ABC
- 3:30pm | (8) Clemson vs. (9) Southern California | ESPN2
- 4:00 p.m. | (2) Iowa vs. (15) FDU | ESPN
- 5:00 PM | (4) West Virginia vs. (13) Miami (Ohio) | ESPNU
- 5:30 p.m. | (8) Iowa State vs. (9) Syracuse | ESPN2
- 7:00 PM | (2) Vanderbilt vs. (15) High Point | ESP News
- 7:30 p.m. | (8) Oklahoma State vs. (9) Princeton | ESPN2
- 9:30pm | (7) Illinois vs. (10) Colorado | ESPN2
- 10pm | (1) UCLA vs. (16) California Baptist | ESPN
