The season-long anticipation is finally coming to an end.
It’s Selection Sunday and a lot is at stake for the teams hoping to dance.
The field will consist of 68 teams – 32 automatic qualifiers and 36 at-large bids. The First Four games on Wednesday, March 15 and Thursday, March 16 will reduce the field to it’s normal 64. There are two regions, split in half: Greenville and Seattle.
Will your team make it? Which teams will defending champion South Carolina have to go though to complete an undefeated season?
The Sporting News will provide live updates as each of the regions are revealed seed 1 through 16, including the First Four.
Check out the full updates for the 2023 NCAA Women’s Tournament:
MORE: Watch NCAA Tournament games live on Sling TV
March Madness bracket 2023
You can download your free, printable copy of the bracket here.
Check out The Sporting News’ Women’s March Madness HQ page for the full Field of 68 along with the schedule and our expert tips and predictions to help win your pool.
Women’s NCAA live bracket updates
8:10 p.m.: This is No. 14-seeded Southern Utah’s first NCAA Women’s tournament appearance ever.
8:05 p.m.: South Carolina is the No. 1 overall seed in this year’s tournament.
7:45 p.m.: All that’s left to do is wait for the bracket to be unveiled. …
7:40 p.m.: Holy Cross’s win in the Patriot League gives them their first automatic qualifying bid since 2007.
Drake’s win was the largest margin of victory over a No. 1 seed in Missouri Valley Conference history.
Monmouth’s win doubles as their first conference championship title and automatic qualifying bid since joining the Colonial Athletic Association in July 2022.
Iowa State’s win earns them their fourth-consecutive NCAA Tournament bid and their first Big 12 championship title since 2001.
7:30 p.m.: ESPN’s Charlie Creme predicts the Big Ten will hold two of the four No. 1-seed slots with Indiana and Iowa. This would be Indiana’s first ever top-seed and the first time for Iowa in over three decades (1988 and 1992 were the last).
7:20 p.m.: The last batch of women’s conference tournaments finished earlier today, solidifying the final five auto-bids, but not without upsets – a seven-seed defeated a one-seed in the Colonial Athletic Association:
- Holy Cross defeated Boston U 66-61 in the Patriot League
- Sacred Heart defeated FDU 72-60 in the NEC
- Drake defeated Belmont 89-71 in the MVC
- Monmouth defeated Towson 80-55 in the CAA
- Iowa State defeated Texas 61-51 in the Big 12
7 p.m.: For the second time ever, the men’s and women’s shows are being held on the same date.
First Four
| Game 1 | TBD |
| Game 2 | TBD |
| Game 3 | TBD |
| Game 4 | TBD |
Greenville 1
| Seed | Team (Record) |
|---|---|
| 1 | South Carolina (32-0) |
| 2 | Maryland (25-6) |
| 3 | Notre Dame (25-5) |
| 4 | UCLA (25-9) |
| 5 | Oklahoma (25-6) |
| 6 | Creighton (22-8) |
| 7 | Arizona (21-9) |
| 8 | South Florida (26-6) |
| 9 | Marquette (21-10) |
| 10 | West Virginia (19-11) |
| 11 | Illinois/Mississippi State |
| 12 | Portland (23-8) |
| 13 | Sacramento State (25-7) |
| 14 | Southern Utah (23-9) |
| 15 | Holy Cross (24-8) |
| 16 | Norfolk State (26-6) |
Greenville 2
| Seed | Team (Record) |
|---|---|
| 1 | Indiana (27-3) |
| 2 | Utah (25-4) |
| 3 | LSU (28-2) |
| 4 | Villanova (28-6) |
| 5 | Washington State (23-10) |
| 6 | Michigan (22-9) |
| 7 | NC State (20-11) |
| 8 | Oklahoma State (21-11) |
| 9 | Miami (FL) (19-12) |
| 10 | Princeton (23-5) |
| 11 | UNLV (31-2) |
| 12 | Florida Gulf Coast (32-3) |
| 13 | Cleveland State (30-4) |
| 14 | Hawai’i (18-14) |
| 15 | Gardner-Webb (29-4) |
| 16 | Tennessee Tech/Monmouth |
Seattle 3
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Biggest NCAA Women’s Tournament snubs
This section will be updated.
Women’s March Madness schedule 2023
First Four
Wednesday, March 15
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
Thursday, March 16
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
Round 1
Friday, March 17
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | Noon | ESPN |
| TBD | 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNews |
| TBD | 3 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 4 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 5:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 6 p.m. | ESPNews |
| TBD | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 8 p.m. | ESPNews |
| TBD | 10 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 10 p.m. | ESPNU |
Saturday, March 18
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 1 p.m. | ABC |
| TBD | 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 3 p.m. | ABC |
| TBD | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 4 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 5 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPNews |
| TBD | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 10 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 11:30p.m. | ESPN2 |
Round 2
Round 2 times will be finalized following the completion of Round 1 on Saturday.
Sunday, March 19
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 1 p.m. | ABC |
| TBD | 3 p.m. | ABC |
| TBD | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 5 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN |
Monday, March 20
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 4 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 6 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 8 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
| TBD | 10 p.m. | ESPN2 |
Sweet 16
Friday, March 24
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 2:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 5 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 10 p.m. | ESPN |
Saturday, March 25
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 2 p.m. | ABC |
| TBD | 4 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
Elite Eight
Sunday, March 26
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
Monday, March 27
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
Final Four
Friday, March 31
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN |
National championship
Sunday, April 2
| Game | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
How to watch Women’s March Madness games in 2023
The ESPN family of networks (ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNews) will split the duty of broadcasting the 2023 NCAA Women’s Tournament. The games can be also streamed via Sling TV.
| Round | TV channel |
|---|---|
| First Four | ESPNU, ESPN2 |
| Round 1 | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ABC |
| Round 2 | ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ABC |
| Sweet 16 | ESPN, ESPN2, ABC |
| Elite Eight | ESPN |
| Final Four | ESPN |
| National championship | ABC |