Current:Home > FinanceMarch Madness picks: Our Monday bracket predictions for 2024 NCAA women's tournament -FinanceCore
March Madness picks: Our Monday bracket predictions for 2024 NCAA women's tournament
View
Date:2025-04-13 19:06:35
Editor's note: Follow all the women's March Madness scores, updates, highlights and upsets with USA TODAY Sports' live coverage.
Caitlin Clark and Iowa are back. The Hawkeyes headline an eight-game Monday slate in the women's NCAA Tournament second round.
Top-seeded Iowa takes on No. 8 West Virginia at Carver-Hawkeye Arena in what will be Clark's final home game. Another top seed, Southern California, with breakout star JuJu Watkins, meets No. 8 Kansas.
Paige Bueckers and No. 3 UConn, looking to get back to the Final Four after missing it last year, will play No. 6 Syracuse.
The first of eight games tips at 2 p.m. ET with No. 2 Notre Dame taking on No. 7 Ole Miss. 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 second-round game picks from USA TODAY Sports experts Nancy Armour, Scooby Axson, Ellen Horrow and Lindsay Schnell.
Albany Region 1
(2) Notre Dame vs. (7) Ole Miss | 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Nancy Armour: Notre Dame
- Scooby Axson: Notre Dame
- Ellen Horrow: Notre Dame
- Lindsay Schnell: Notre Dame
(4) Indiana vs. (5) Oklahoma | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN2
- Armour: Indiana
- Axson: Indiana
- Horrow: Indiana
- Schnell: Indiana
Albany Region 2
(1) Iowa vs. (8) West Virginia | 8 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Iowa
- Axson: Iowa
- Horrow: Iowa
- Schnell: Iowa
(2) UCLA vs. (7) Creighton | 8:30 p.m. | ESPN2
- Armour: UCLA
- Axson: N/A
- Horrow: UCLA
- Schnell: UCLA
Portland Region 3
(3) UConn vs. (6) Syracuse | 6 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: UConn
- Axson: UConn
- Horrow: UConn
- Schnell: UConn
(1) Southern Cal vs. (8) Kansas | 10 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Southern Cal
- Axson: Southern Cal
- Horrow: Southern Cal
- Schnell: Southern Cal
Portland Region 4
(3) NC State vs. (6) Tennessee | 4 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Tennessee
- Axson: NC State
- Horrow: Tennessee
- Schnell: Tennessee
(4) Gonzaga vs. (5) Utah | 10:30 p.m. | ESPN2
- Armour: Utah
- Axson: Utah
- Horrow: Utah
- Schnell: Gonzaga
Bracket predictions for all 64 games
- Armour: Click here.
- Axson: Click here.
- Horrow: Click here.
- Schnell: Click here.
* — N/A reflects the expert picking the wrong winner in a previous round
veryGood! (196)
Related
- Woman dies after Singapore family of 3 gets into accident in Taiwan
- Lawyers ask federal appeals court to block the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia
- Biden invites congressional leaders to White House during difficult talks on Ukraine aid
- Shutting down the International Space Station: NASA's bold plans to land outpost in ocean
- 'Squid Game' without subtitles? Duolingo, Netflix encourage fans to learn Korean
- 2 killed and 77 injured in a massive blast caused by explosives in a southern Nigerian city
- Shooter who killed 5 people at Colorado LGBTQ+ club intends to plead guilty to federal hate crimes
- How the world economy could react to escalation in the Middle East
- Trump invites nearly all federal workers to quit now, get paid through September
- Josh Duhamel and Wife Audra Mari Welcome First Baby Together
Ranking
- California DMV apologizes for license plate that some say mocks Oct. 7 attack on Israel
- A freed Israeli hostage relives horrors of captivity and fears for her husband, still held in Gaza
- Here are the 20 cities where home prices could see the biggest gains in 2024 — and where prices could fall
- Coachella 2024 Lineup Revealed: Lana Del Rey, Tyler, The Creator, Doja Cat and No Doubt to Headline
- Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
- Lawyers ask federal appeals court to block the nation’s first execution by nitrogen hypoxia
- Federal lawsuit accuses NY Knicks owner James Dolan, media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault
- Claire Fagin, 1st woman to lead an Ivy League institution, dies at 97, Pennsylvania university says
Recommendation
Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
The Quantitative Trading Journey of Linton Quadros
An Ohio official was arrested for speaking at her own meeting. Her rights were violated, judge says
Russian missiles hit Ukrainian apartment buildings and injure 17 in latest strikes on civilian areas
North Carolina trustees approve Bill Belichick’s deal ahead of introductory news conference
All hail the Chicago 'Rat Hole': People leave offerings at viral rat-shaped cement imprint
Claire Fagin, 1st woman to lead an Ivy League institution, dies at 97, Pennsylvania university says
Georgia economist warns of recession as governor says his budget will spur growth