Current:Home > reviewsMarch Madness picks: Our Saturday bracket predictions for 2024 NCAA women's tournament -Wealth Legacy Solutions
March Madness picks: Our Saturday bracket predictions for 2024 NCAA women's tournament
View
Date:2025-04-18 03:36:05
Editor's note: Follow all the women's March Madness scores, updates, highlights and upsets with USA TODAY Sports' live coverage.
This is the day many people have had circled on their calendar since Selection Sunday. Caitlin Clark and No. 1 seed Iowa open play in the women's NCAA Tournament on Saturday, and they've got their sights set on another trip to the Final Four. Will they get there?
Also in action Saturday, surprising top seed Southern California, 11-time NCAA champion coach Geno Auriemma and UConn, Notre Dame and UCLA.
Time will tell whether Saturday yields the upsets fans have come to expect every March, or whether it's a repeat of Friday, which saw just one team - Louisville - knocked out early.
The first of 16 games tips at noon with Tennessee vs. Wisconsin-Green Bay. If you need the full tournament schedule and where to watch on TV, here it is.
FOLLOW THE MADNESS: NCAA basketball bracket, scores, schedules, teams and more.
A look at first-round game picks from USA TODAY Sports experts Nancy Armour, Scooby Axson, Ellen Horrow and Lindsay Schnell:
Albany Region 1
(4) Indiana vs. (13) Fairfield
- Nancy Armour: Indiana
- Scooby Axson: Indiana
- Ellen Horrow: Indiana
- Lindsay Schnell: Indiana
(2) Notre Dame vs. (15) Kent State
- Armour: Notre Dame
- Axson: Notre Dame
- Horrow: Notre Dame
- Schnell: Notre Dame
(5) Oklahoma vs. (12) FGCU
- Armour: Oklahoma
- Axson: Oklahoma
- Horrow: FGCU
- Schnell: FGCU
(7) Ole Miss vs. (10) Marquette
- Armour: Marquette
- Axson: Ole Miss
- Horrow: Ole Miss
- Schnell: Ole Miss
Albany Region 2
(1) Iowa vs. (16) Holy Cross
- Armour: Iowa
- Axson: Iowa
- Horrow: Iowa
- Schnell: Iowa
8) West Virginia vs. (9) Princeton
- Armour: Princeton
- Axson: Princeton
- Horrow: Princeton
- Schnell: Princeton
(7) Creighton vs. (10) UNLV
- Armour: Creighton
- Axson: UNLV
- Horrow: Creighton
- Schnell: UNLV
(2) UCLA vs. (15) California Baptist
- Armour: UCLA
- Axson: UCLA
- Horrow: UCLA
- Schnell: UCLA
Portland Region 3
(3) UConn vs. (14) Jackson State
- Armour: UConn
- Axson: UConn
- Horrow: UConn
- Schnell: UConn
(6) Syracuse vs. (11) Arizona
- Armour: Arizona
- Axson: Syracuse
- Horrow: Syracuse
- Schnell: Syracuse
(1) Southern California vs. (16) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- Armour: Southern Cal
- Axson: Southern Cal
- Horrow: Southern Cal
- Schnell: Southern Cal
(8) Kansas vs. (9) Michigan
- Armour: Michigan
- Axson: Kansas
- Horrow: Michigan
- Schnell: Michigan
Portland Region 4
(6) Tennessee vs. (11) Wisconsin-Green Bay
- Armour: Tennessee
- Axson: Tennessee
- Horrow: Tennessee
- Schnell: Tennessee
(3) N.C. State vs. (14) Chattanooga
- Armour: N.C. State
- Axson: N.C. State
- Horrow: N.C. State
- Schnell: N.C. State
(4) Gonzaga vs. (13) UC Irvine
- Armour: Gonzaga
- Axson: Gonzaga
- Horrow: Gonzaga
- Schnell: Gonzaga
(5) Utah vs. (12) South Dakota
- Armour: Utah
- Axson: Utah
- Horrow: Utah
- Schnell: Utah
Bracket predictions for all 64 games
- Armour: Click here.
- Axson: Click here.
- Horrow: Click here.
- Schnell: Click here.
veryGood! (5951)
Related
- 'Most Whopper
- Man dies after strong storm overturns campers at state park in Kansas
- Shark bites right foot of man playing football in knee deep water at Florida beach
- Spain advances to Euro 2024 semifinals with extra time win over Germany
- B.A. Parker is learning the banjo
- Delaware judge refuses to dismiss lawsuit in battle over estate of the late pop icon Prince
- 4th of July fireworks show: Hayden Springer shoots 59 to grab the lead at John Deere Classic
- Attacked on All Sides: Wading Birds Nest in New York’s Harbor Islands
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Stock market today: With US markets closed, Asian shares slip and European shares gain
Ranking
- Newly elected West Virginia lawmaker arrested and accused of making terroristic threats
- How an Oscar-winning filmmaker helped a small-town art theater in Ohio land a big grant
- 2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach, police say
- A Florida woman posed as a social worker. No one caught on until she died.
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Shilo Sanders' bankruptcy case: How alleged actions in youth led to $11 million debt
- Accessorize With Early Amazon Prime Day Jewelry Deals: 42 Earrings for $13.99, $5.39 Necklaces & More
- 2 teenagers die while swimming at New York’s Coney Island Beach, police say
Recommendation
What do we know about the mysterious drones reported flying over New Jersey?
Frances Tiafoe pushes Carlos Alcaraz to brink before falling in five sets
Next up for Eddie Murphy? Possibly another 'Beverly Hills Cop' movie or perhaps Broadway
Hailey Welch, aka the 'Hawk Tuah girl,' learns firsthand what it means to go viral
Skins Game to make return to Thanksgiving week with a modern look
Tractor Supply caved to anti-DEI pressure. Their promises were too good to be true.
4th of July Sales You Can Still Shop: $2 Old Navy Deals, 60% Off Pottery Barn, 85% Off J.Crew & More
Arkansas election officials checking signatures of 3 measures vying for November ballot