2024 Women's NCAA Tournament: Game times, TV released for Second Round Monday Slate
The second round of the women’s NCAA Tournament gets underway on Sunday, with action wrapping up on Monday. The schedule for Monday’s slate has been released, featuring some of the top contenders for the national title.
No. 1 seeds Iowa and USC, No. 2 seeds UCLA and Notre Dame and No. 3 seeds NC State and UConn will all play on Monday. Here’s a look at the game times and TV information for Monday’s women’s NCAA Tournament slate.
2024 NCAA Tournament: Albany 1
2. Notre Dame vs. 7. Ole Miss — March 25, 2 p.m., ESPN
4. Indiana vs. 5. Oklahoma — March 25, 6:30 p.m., ESPN2
Albany 2
1. Iowa vs. 8. West Virginia — March 25, 8 p.m., ESPN
2. UCLA vs. 7. Creighton — March 25, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2
Portland 3
1. USC vs. 8. Kansas — March 25, 10 p.m., ESPN
3. UConn vs. 6. Syracuse — March 25, 6 p.m., ESPN
Portland 4
4. Gonzaga vs. 5. Utah, March 25 — 10:30 p.m., ESPN2
3. NC State vs. 6. Tennessee, March 25 — 10 p.m., ESPN
Recapping Saturday’s NCAA Tournament games
The favorites all rolled in the first round of the women’s NCAA Tournament on Saturday. All of the better seeded teams won, with national title contenders Iowa, UConn, USC, UCLA, Notre Dame and NC State all cruising to easy wins.
In fact, there were only three games that were not decided by double digits on Saturday. No. 5 seed Oklahoma beat No. 12 seed Florida Gulf Coast 73-70, No. 6 seed Syracuse beat No. 11 seed Arizona 74-69 and No. 8 seed Kansas beat No. 9 seed Michigan 81-72.
As for the biggest star of the NCAA Tournament, Caitlin Clark and Iowa earned a 91-65 victory over Holy Cross. Clark nearly recorded a triple double, finishing with 27 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists.
Meanwhile two of the top freshmen in the nation in Notre Dame’s Hannah Hidalgo and USC’s JuJu Watkins also impressed in wins.
Hidalgo had 14 points, 11 assists and 6 steals in her first NCAA Tournament game as Notre Dame beat Kent State 81-67. Watkins finished with 23 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 blocks in an 87-55 victory over Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.
Look for the action to heat up on Monday with more competitive games as top seeds look to avoid being upset ahead of the Sweet 16.