The NCAA Tournament’s first round begins Friday morning for women’s basketball teams. Several schools will represent the local area on the bracket but do not play until Saturday.
Here’s the schedule (with TV channels) and we’ll update with final scores throughout the day:
(8) North Carolina vs. (9) Michigan State, 8:30 a.m. (ESPN2)
(2) Ohio State vs. (15) Maine, 9 a.m. (ESPN)
(6) Louisville vs. (11) Middle Tennessee, 10:30 a.m. (ESPN2)
(1) South Carolina vs. Presbyterian, 11 a.m. (ESPN)
(7) Duke vs. (10) Richmond, 11:30 a.m. (ESPNews)
(1) Texas vs. (16) Drexel, noon (ESPNU)
(4) Virginia Tech vs. (13) Marshall, 12 :30 p.m. (ESPN2)
(3) LSU vs. (14) Rice, 1 p.m. (ESPN)
(4) Kansas State vs. (13) Portland, 1:30 p.m. (ESPNews)
(8) Alabama vs. (9) Florida State, 2:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
(5) Baylor vs. (12) Vanderbilt, 3 p.m. (ESPNU)
(5) Colorado vs. (12) Drake, 4 p.m. (ESPNews)
(7) Iowa State vs. (10) Maryland, 4:30 p.m. (ESPN2)
(3) Oregon State vs. (14) Eastern Washington, 5 p.m. (ESPNU)
(2) Stanford vs. (15) Norfolk State, 7 p.m. (ESPN2)
(6) Nebraska vs. (11) Texas A&M, 7:30 p.m. (ESPNU)
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