{"id":228872,"date":"2026-03-20T18:13:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:13:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228872\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T18:13:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T18:13:09","slug":"how-to-get-tickets-for-womens-march-madness-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/228872\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get tickets for Women\u2019s March Madness in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As March Madness gets underway, women\u2019s basketball fans are making plans to watch the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p>The third and fourth rounds of the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-women\/article\/2026-03-18\/2026-march-madness-womens-ncaa-tournament-schedule-dates-times\">NCAA Women\u2019s Basketball Tournament<\/a> will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, and at the Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento in late March.<\/p>\n<p>This will be the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/opinion\/article314682999.html\">first time in 16 years<\/a> that Sacramento will be the backdrop for games in the college basketball tournament, The Bee previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBeing able to host the Sweet 16 (and) the Elite Eight bodes really well for the next time we go for the women\u2019s Final Four,\u201d Visit Sacramento CEO Mike Testa previously told The Bee.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s how to get tickets to some of the biggest games in college basketball this year.<\/p>\n<p>When is Women\u2019s March Madness playing in Sacramento?<\/p>\n<p>The NCAA women\u2019s basketball championship will be in Sacramento <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ncaa.com\/news\/basketball-women\/article\/2026-03-18\/2026-ncaa-womens-basketball-tournament-bracket-schedule-dates-printable-pdf\">March 27-30, with six games played over four days<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sweet 16 is the third round of the tournament, with only a quarter of the initial 64 participating teams. The following Elite Eight is the quarterfinal round, and the winners of those games will move on to the Final Four, played in Phoenix this year.<\/p>\n<p>Sacramento basketball fans will have the opportunity to witness two teams move on to the Final Four.<\/p>\n<p>Which teams will be playing in Sacramento during the Women\u2019s March Madness tournament?<\/p>\n<p>The tournament kicked off with the First Four games on Wednesday, March 18. The first and second rounds will be played from March 20-23, which will decide who moves on to the Sweet 16 round.<\/p>\n<p>There are 34 total teams who can qualify to play in the Sacramento games as of Friday morning, according to the NCAA.<\/p>\n<p>University of South CarolinaSouthern UniversityClemson UniversityUniversity of Southern CaliforniaMichigan State UniversityColorado State UniversityUniversity of OklahomaUniversity of IdahoUniversity of WashingtonSouth Dakota State UniversityTexas Christian UniversityUC San DiegoUniversity of GeorgiaUniversity of VirginiaUniversity of IowaFarleigh Dickinson UniversityUCLACalifornia Baptist UniversityOklahoma State UniversityPrinceton UniversityUniversity of MississippiGonzaga UniversityUniversity of MinnesotaUniversity of Wisconsin &#8211; Green BayBaylor UniversityUniversity of NebraskaDuke UniversityCollege of CharlestonTexas Tech UniversityVillanova UniversityLouisiana State UniversityJacksonville UniversityHow can I get tickets to Women\u2019s March Madness games?<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are sold as single-day, two-game passes \u2014 or sessions \u2014 for Sweet 16 games. The Elite Eight tickets are for one game.<\/p>\n<p>Two games each are slated for Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. On Friday, games are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Saturday\u2019s games will be at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 29 and Monday, March 30 will have one game each. The Sunday game is scheduled for noon, while the Monday game is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., according to the Ticketmaster website.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are available on Ticketmaster and the <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.golden1center.com\/events\/detail\/2026-ncaa-division-1-womens-basketball-championship\/\">Golden 1 Center website<\/a>. A package with tickets for all four days was only available as resell Friday morning.<\/p>\n<p>Standard tickets for the Sacramento Women\u2019s March Madness games cost as little as $33 and as much as $111. Some verified resale tickets were priced higher.<\/p>\n<p>  Loading\u2026<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/288668760\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/SAC_CamilaPedrosa_HA_01_05312024.JPG\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Camila Pedrosa\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/profile\/288668760\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Camila Pedrosa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    The Sacramento Bee<\/p>\n<p>            Camila Pedrosa is a service journalism reporter at The Sacramento Bee. She previously worked as a summer reporting intern for The Bee and reported in Phoenix and Washington, D.C. She graduated from Arizona State University with a master\u2019s degree in mass communication.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As March Madness gets underway, women\u2019s basketball fans are making plans to watch the Sweet 16 and Elite&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228873,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[103986,121,123,122,103983,103985,103984],"class_list":["post-228872","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-how-to-get-womens-march-madness-tickets","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-when-is-womens-march-madness-2026","tag-womens-march-madness-elite-8-sacramento","tag-womens-march-madness-sweet-16-sacramento"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228872","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228872"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228872\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228873"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228872"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228872"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228872"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}