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March Madness: Full schedule of Friday’s NCAA games in women’s tournament
Uh, in terms of the analytics, it looks like *** lot of the tournament may be relatively by the chalk at the beginning, and, uh, but it’s March Madness, and you never know when skill will be overtaken by psychology because there’s *** lot of pressure. Our Final Four has Duke, Florida, Arizona, and Michigan. And the, there is some of the models that are showing that Illinois could actually do that, but then we have other models that say that ain’t happening. So, so it’s, it is interesting this year that the models don’t all agree. The women’s side this year appears to be very much by chalk. It’s sometimes when you’re *** sports analyst who works in bracketology, the chalk tournaments sound like you don’t, you’re not doing your work, because you just say, well, it’s the number one. Seeds, but the model is pretty consistent with saying that we very much expect the number one seeds. So we do expect UConn, South Carolina, UCLA and Texas, but you never know. So people should look at, if they see anything that they’re willing to go for it, because again, you’re still, even with the likelihood of many parts going by chalk, there will be those unlikely upsets that just throw your bracket, so it’s not perfect.
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March Madness: Full schedule of Friday’s NCAA games in women’s tournament
Let the Madness begin! The 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament’s first round kicks off Friday with 64 teams vying to be the best in college basketball.Here’s a look at Friday’s games. All times Eastern.11:30 a.m. | (3) Duke vs. (14) Col. of Charleston12 p.m. | (3) TCU vs. (14) UC San Diego 1:30 p.m. | (8) Oregon vs. (9) Virginia Tech2 p.m. | (6) Baylor vs. (11) Nebraska2:30 p.m. | (6) Washington vs. (11) South Dakota State3 p.m. | (5) Maryland vs. (12) Murray State3:30 p.m. | (5) Ole Miss vs. (12) Gonzaga4 p.m. | (1) Texas vs. (16) Missouri State5:30 p.m. | (2) Michigan vs. (15) Holy Cross5:30 p.m. | (4) North Carolina vs. (13) Western Illinois6 p.m. | (2) LSU vs. (15) Jacksonville6 p.m. | (4) Minnesota vs. (13) Green Bay7:30 p.m. | (5) Michigan State vs. (12) Colorado State8 p.m. | (7) NC State vs. (10) Tennessee8:30 p.m. | (7) Texas Tech vs. (10) Villanova10 p.m. | (4) Oklahoma vs. (13) Idaho
Let the Madness begin! The 2026 Women’s NCAA Tournament’s first round kicks off Friday with 64 teams vying to be the best in college basketball.
Here’s a look at Friday’s games. All times Eastern.
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11:30 a.m. | (3) Duke vs. (14) Col. of Charleston
12 p.m. | (3) TCU vs. (14) UC San Diego
1:30 p.m. | (8) Oregon vs. (9) Virginia Tech
2 p.m. | (6) Baylor vs. (11) Nebraska
2:30 p.m. | (6) Washington vs. (11) South Dakota State
3 p.m. | (5) Maryland vs. (12) Murray State
3:30 p.m. | (5) Ole Miss vs. (12) Gonzaga
4 p.m. | (1) Texas vs. (16) Missouri State
5:30 p.m. | (2) Michigan vs. (15) Holy Cross
5:30 p.m. | (4) North Carolina vs. (13) Western Illinois
6 p.m. | (2) LSU vs. (15) Jacksonville
6 p.m. | (4) Minnesota vs. (13) Green Bay
7:30 p.m. | (5) Michigan State vs. (12) Colorado State
8 p.m. | (7) NC State vs. (10) Tennessee
8:30 p.m. | (7) Texas Tech vs. (10) Villanova
