{"id":206336,"date":"2026-03-16T03:01:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/206336\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T03:01:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T03:01:11","slug":"womens-march-madness-bracket-2026-updates-ncaa-tournament-schedule-and-dates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/206336\/","title":{"rendered":"Women&#8217;s March Madness bracket 2026: Updates, NCAA Tournament schedule and dates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Selection Sunday has arrived in women&#8217;s college basketball, and the field for the 2026 NCAA Tournament was revealed Sunday night. We now know all 68 teams in the field and when and where they&#8217;ll be playing in March Madness.<\/p>\n<p>UConn, the undefeated reigning champion, was named the No. 1 overall seed. UCLA, Texas and South Carolina joined them on the top line. Those four teams, the title favorites, are among the 16 teams that will host games in the first and second rounds next weekend. Every 1-4 seed in the field will play host before the action will shift to the regional sites later in the month. Once again, there are just two regional sites for the women&#8217;s tournament: Sacramento and Fort Worth. The 2026 Final Four is set for Phoenix, with the championship game on Sunday, April 5.<\/p>\n<p>2026 NCAA Women&#8217;s NCAA Tournament schedule<\/p>\n<p>First-round times to be announced. All games on ESPN, ESPN2 and ABC are available to stream on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191292?irad=1854711&amp;irmp=416484&amp;sharedid=HTW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fubo<\/a> (Try for free).<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, March 18: First Four<\/p>\n<p>Missouri State vs. Stephen F. AustinNebraska vs. Richmond<\/p>\n<p>Thursday, March 19: First Four<\/p>\n<p>Southern vs. SamfordVirginia vs. Arizona State<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 20: First round<\/p>\n<p>No. 4 North Carolina vs. No. 13 Western IllinoisNo. 5 Maryland vs. No. 12 Murray StateNo. 4 Minnesota vs. No. 13 Green BayNo. 5 Ole Miss vs. No. 12 GonzagaNo. 3 Duke vs. No. 14 CharlestonNo. 6 Baylor vs. No. 11 Nebraska\/RichmondNo. 2 LSU vs. No. 15 JacksonvilleNo. 7 Texas Tech vs. No. 10 VillanovaNo. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 Missouri State\/Stephen F. AustinNo. 8 Oregon vs. No. 9 Virginia TechNo. 2 Michigan vs. No. 15 Holy CrossNo. 7 NC State vs. No. 10 TennesseeNo. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 IdahoNo. 5 Michigan State vs. No. 12 Colorado StateNo. 3 TCU vs. No. 14 UC San DiegoNo. 6 Washington vs. No. 11 South Dakota State<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 21: First round<\/p>\n<p>No. 1 UConn vs. No. 16 UTSANo. 8 Iowa State vs. No. 9 SyracuseNo. 3 Ohio State vs. No. 14 HowardNo. 6 Notre Dame vs. No. 11 FairfieldNo. 2 Vanderbilt vs. No. 15 High PointNo. 7 Illinois vs. No. 10 ColoradoNo. 1 UCLA vs. No. 16 Cal BaptistNo. 8 Oklahoma State vs. No. 9 PrincetonNo. 4 West Virginia vs. No. 13 Miami (Ohio)No. 5 Kentucky vs. No. 12 James MadisonNo. 3 Louisville vs. No. 14 VermontNo. 6 Alabama vs. No. 11 Rhode IslandNo. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Southern\/SamfordNo. 8 Clemson vs. No. 9 USCNo. 2 Iowa vs. No. 15 Fairleigh DickinsonNo. 7 Georgia vs. No 10 Virginia\/Arizona State<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 22: Second round<\/p>\n<p>Monday, March 23: Second round<\/p>\n<p>Friday, March 27: Sweet 16<\/p>\n<p>Four Sweet 16 games in Fort Worth and Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>Saturday, March 28: Sweet 16<\/p>\n<p>Four Sweet 16 games in Fort Worth and Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, March 29: Elite Eight<\/p>\n<p>Two Elite Eight games in Fort Worth and Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>Monday, March 30: Elite Eight<\/p>\n<p>Two Elite Eight games in Fort Worth and Sacramento<\/p>\n<p>Friday, April 3<\/p>\n<p>Two Final Four games in Phoenix<\/p>\n<p>Sunday, April 5<\/p>\n<p>Championship game in Phoenix, 3:30 p.m. ET on ABC\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fubo.tv\/welcome\/leagues\/191292?irad=1854711&amp;irmp=416484&amp;sharedid=HTW\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">fubo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s the full NCAA Tournament bracket, which will be updated as the field is revealed:<\/p>\n<p>2026 NCAA Tournament women&#8217;s bracket<\/p>\n<p>UConn, led by Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd, is the heavy favorite to win it all and complete another perfect season. If the Huskies win it all, they will become the 11th team to go undefeated and the first team to win back-to-back titles since they won four in a row from 2013-16.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>2026 women&#8217;s NCAA Tournament title odds<\/p>\n<p>Odds as of March 15 via DraftKings<\/p>\n<p>UConn: -270\u00a0UCLA: +550\u00a0Texas: +700\u00a0South Carolina: +800\u00a0LSU: +1400\u00a0Vanderbilt: +5000\u00a0Michigan: +8000\u00a0Iowa: +10000\u00a0Duke: +10000\u00a0Louisville: +10000<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Selection Sunday has arrived in women&#8217;s college basketball, and the field for the 2026 NCAA Tournament was revealed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":206337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[2698,33395,18272,4855,4857,116,118,117,2706,4856,29450,81061,81064,795,2705,9819,781,772,52497,5024,783,537,792,796,9814,14445,81059,81058,81062,81063,81060],"class_list":["post-206336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-arizona-wildcats","tag-azzi-fudd","tag-california-golden-bears","tag-connecticut-huskies","tag-duke-blue-devils","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-iowa-hawkeyes","tag-louisville-cardinals","tag-lsu-lady-tigers","tag-march-madness-bracket","tag-march-madness-womens","tag-michigan-wolverines","tag-minnesota-golden-gophers","tag-north-carolina-tar-heels","tag-ohio-state-buckeyes","tag-oklahoma-sooners","tag-sarah-strong","tag-south-carolina-gamecocks","tag-tcu-horned-frogs","tag-texas-longhorns","tag-ucla-bruins","tag-vanderbilt-commodores","tag-west-virginia-mountaineers","tag-womens-college-basketball","tag-womens-march-madness","tag-womens-march-madness-bracket","tag-womens-march-madness-dates","tag-womens-march-madness-schedule","tag-womens-ncaa-tournamnet"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}