Women’s first-round matchups
Return to menuALBANY REGION I
11:30 a.m.: No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Michigan State (ESPN2)
2 p.m.: No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 Presbyterian (ESPN)
8 p.m.: No. 3 Oregon State vs. No. 14 Eastern Washington (ESPNU)
10:30 p.m.: No. 6 Nebraska vs. No. 11 Texas A&M (ESPNU)
1:30 p.m.: No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 Fairfield (ESPN2)
2:15 p.m.: No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Kent State (ESPN)
4 p.m.: No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast (ESPNews)
4:45 p.m.: No. 7 Mississippi vs. No. 10 Marquette (ESPNU)
ALBANY REGION 2
1:30 p.m.: No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 Middle Tennessee (ESPN2)
4 p.m.: No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Rice (ESPN)
4:30 p.m.: No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 13 Portland State (ESPNews)
7 p.m.: No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 12 Drake (ESPNews)
3 p.m.: No. 1 Iowa vs. No. 16 Holy Cross-UT-Martin winner (ABC)
5:30 p.m.: No. 8 West Virginia vs. No. 9 Princeton (ESPN2)
7 p.m.: No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 UNLV (ESPNews)
9:30 p.m.: No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 California Baptist (ESPN2)
PORTLAND REGION 3
Noon: No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Maine (ESPN)
2:30 p.m.: No. 7 Duke vs. No. 10 Richmond (ESPNews)
3:30 p.m.: No. 4 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Marshall (ESPN2)
6 p.m.: No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 Vanderbilt (ESPNU)
1 p.m.: No. 3 Connecticut vs. No. 14 Jackson State (ABC)
2 p.m.: No. 8 Kansas vs. No. 9 Michigan (ESPNews)
3:30 p.m.: No. 6 Syracuse vs. No. 11 Auburn-Arizona winner (ESPN2)
4:30 p.m.: No. 1 USC vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (ESPN)
PORTLAND REGION 4
3 p.m.: No. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 Drexel (ESPNU)
5:30 p.m.: No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Florida State (ESPN2)
7:30 p.m.: No. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 Maryland (ESPN2)
10 p.m.: No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 15 Norfolk State (ESPN2)
Noon: No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Green Bay (ESPN)
2:30 p.m.: No. 3 North Carolina State vs. No. 14 Chattanooga (ESPNU)
7:30 p.m.: No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UC Irvine (ESPN2)
10 p.m.: No. 5 Utah vs. No. 12 South Dakota State (ESPNU)
Prodigies tend to make a mockery of age, appearing far older, wiser and more talented than their birth dates would suggest. In the case of JuJu Watkins, the 18-year-old women’s basketball star, the word “freshman” on her University of Southern California biography reads like an embarrassing typo or a baldfaced lie.
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