NCAA Tournament schedule: March Madness dates, TV times for women's field
College hoop's most exciting time of the year is finally here as March Madness tournament games begin Wednesday for the women.
This year's tournament will be the first to have 68 teams. Regional games will be played March 25-28 and the 2022 Women's Final Four will take place at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on April 1 and 3.
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Here is the complete schedule of the entire women's tournament. All games will be streamed by ESPN.
First Four
Wednesday, March 16 (eastern time)
No. 16 Incarnate Word vs. No. 16 Howard, 7 p.m., ESPNU
No. 11 Dayton vs. No. 11 DePaul, 9 p.m., ESPNU
Thursday, March 17
No. 16 Longwood vs. No. 16 Mount St. Mary's, 7 p.m., ESPN2
No. 11 Missouri State vs. No. 11 Florida State, 9 p.m., ESPN2
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First Round
Friday, March 18
No. 8 Miami (FL) vs. No. 9 South Florida, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 South Dakota, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 7 Colorado vs. No. 10 Creighton, 1:30 p.m., ESPNN
No. 1 South Carolina vs. TBD, 2 p.m., ESPN
No. 5 Virginia Tech vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast, 2:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 8 Nebraska vs. No. 9 Gonzaga, 3:30 p.m., ESPNN
No. 2 Baylor vs. No. 15 Hawai'i, 4 p.m., ESPN2
No. 2 Iowa vs. No. 15 Illinois State, 4 p.m., ESPN
No. 4 Maryland vs. No. 13 Delaware, 5 p.m., ESPNU
No. 7 Utah vs. No. 10 Arkansas, 5:30 p.m., ESPNN
No. 1 Louisville vs. No. 16 Albany, 6 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 Kansas vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 6 Georgia vs. TBD, 7:30 p.m., ESPNN
No. 2 Texas vs. No. 15 Fairfield, 8 p.m., ESPN2
No. 1 Stanford vs. No. 16 Montana State, 10 p.m., ESPN2
No. 3 Iowa State vs. No. 14 UT Arlington, 10 p.m., ESPNU
Saturday, March 19
No. 8 Washington State vs. No. 9 Kansas State, 11:30 a.m., ESPN2
No. 2 UConn vs. No. 15 Mercer,1 p.m., ABC
No. 6 BYU vs. No. 11 Villanova, 1 p.m., ESPNN
No. 3 Indiana vs. No. 14 Charlotte, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 1 NC State vs. TBD, 2 p.m., ESPN
No. 6 Ohio State vs. TBD, 2:30 p.m., ESPNU
No. 4 Tennessee vs. No. 13 Buffalo, 3 p.m., ABC
No. 3 Michigan vs. No. 14 American, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 7 UCF vs. No. 10 Florida, 3:30 p.m., ESPNN
No. 6 Kentucky vs. No. 11 Princeton, 4 p.m., ESPN
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Jackson State, 5 p.m., ESPNU
No. 5 Oregon vs. No. 12 Belmont, 5:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 5 North Carolina vs. No. 12 Stephen F. Austin, 7:30 p.m., ESPNN
No. 5 Notre Dame vs. No. 12 UMass, 7:30 p.m., ESPN2
No. 4 Arizona vs. No. 13 UNLV, 10 p.m., ESPN2
No. 4 Oklahoma vs. No. 13 IUPUI, 10 p.m., ESPNU
Second Round
March 20-21
Sweet 16
March 25-26
Elite Eight
March 27-28
National Semifinals (Final Four)
April 1
National Championship
April 3, 8 p.m., ESPN
Contact Analis Bailey at aabailey@usatoday.com or on Twitter @analisbailey.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: March Madness schedule: NCAA Tournament TV times, dates for women
