Will undefeated No. 1 total seed and defending nationwide champion South Carolina handle to carry it full circle? Or will there be some pace bumps on the highway to April 2?
The complete 68-team ladies’s NCAA Event bracket is full, setting the stage for an exciting 40th annual March Insanity occasion.
Daybreak Staley and the Gamecocks, who’re led by two-time Nationwide Participant of the Yr, 2022 SEC Participant and Feminine Athlete of the Yr and 2022 Naismith Defensive Participant of the Yr Aliyah Boston, have entered as America’s favorites.
However may they be dethroned?
Ultimate 4 veteran Stanford is at all times a risk, and Indiana and Virginia Tech need to make some noise after incomes No. 1 seeds for the primary time.
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Here’s a full information to March Insanity 2023 on the ladies’s facet, together with seeds, learn how to watch and extra for the annual NCAA Girls’s Event.
Learn how to watch, stay stream Girls’s March Insanity video games in 2023
- TV channel: ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews, ABC
- Stay stream: ESPN+, ESPN App, Sling TV
The 2023 NCAA Girls’s Event will start on Wednesday, March 15, with the First 4 video games. All video games will air on the ESPN household of networks, together with ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews and ABC. Video games will even be stay streamed on ESPN+, the ESPN App and Sling TV.
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Girls’s March Insanity bracket 2023
Greenville Area 1
| (1) South Carolina vs. (16) Norfolk State |
| (8) South Florida vs. (9) Marquette |
| (5) Oklahoma vs. (12) Portland |
| (4) UCLA vs. (13) Sacramento State |
| (6) Creighton vs. (11) Illinois/Mississippi State |
| (3) Notre Dame vs. (14) Southern Utah |
| (7) Arizona vs. (10) West Virginia |
| (2) Maryland vs. (15) Holy Cross |
Greenville Area 2
| (1) Indiana vs. (16) Tennesse Tech/Monmouth |
| (8) Oklahoma State vs. (9) Miami (Fla.) |
| (5) Washington State vs. (12) Florida Gulf Coast |
| (4) Villanova vs. (13) Cleveland State |
| (6) Michigan vs. (11) UNLV |
| (3) LSU vs. (14) Hawai’i |
| (7) NC State vs. (10) Princeton |
| (2) Utah vs. (15) Gardner-Webb |
Seattle Area 3
| (1) Virginia Tech vs. (16) Chattanooga |
| (8) Southern California vs. (9) South Dakota State |
| (5) Iowa State vs. (12) Toledo |
| (4) Tennessee vs. (13) St. Louis |
| (6) North Carolina vs. (11) Purdue/St. John’s |
| (3) Ohio State vs. (14) James Madison |
| (7) Baylor vs. (10) Alabama |
| (2) UConn vs. (15) Vermont |
Seattle Area 4
| (1) Stanford vs. (16) Southern/Sacred Coronary heart |
| (8) Ole Miss vs. (9) Gonzaga |
| (5) Louisville vs. (12) Drake |
| (4) Texas vs. (13) East Carolina |
| (6) Colorado vs. (11) Center Tennessee |
| (3) Duke vs. (14) Iona |
| (7) Florida State vs. (10) Georgia |
| (2) Iowa vs. (15) Southeastern Louisiana |
Full Girls’s March Insanity bracket 2023
Girls’s March Insanity schedule 2023
First 4
Wednesday, March 15
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| (16) Tennessee Tech vs. Monmouth (16) | 7 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (11) Illinois vs. (11) Mississippi State | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
Thursday, March 16
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| (16) Southern vs. (16) Sacred Coronary heart | 7 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (11) Purdue vs. (11) St. John’s | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
Spherical 1
Friday, March 17
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| (9) Marquette vs. (8) South Florida | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN2 |
| (10) West Virginia vs. (7) Arizona | Midday | ESPN |
| (10) Georgia vs. (7) Florida State | 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (16) Norfolk State vs. (1) South Carolina | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| (15) Holy Cross vs. (2) Maryland | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNews |
| (11) UNLV vs. (6) Michigan | Three p.m. | ESPNU |
| (14) Southern Utah vs. (3) Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (15) SE Louisiana vs. (2) Iowa | Four p.m. | ESPN |
| (14) Hawaii vs. (3) LSU | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (16) Chattanooga vs. (1) Virginia Tech | 5:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (11) Illinois/Miss. St. winner vs. (6) Creighton | 6 p.m. | ESPNews |
| (16) Southern/Sacred Coronary heart winner vs. (1) Stanford | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (15) Gardner-Webb vs. (2) Utah | 7:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (9) South Dakota State vs. (8) USC | Eight p.m. | ESPNews |
| (10) Princeton vs. (7) NC State | 10 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (9) Gonzaga vs. (8) Ole Miss | 10 p.m. | ESPNU |
Saturday, March 18
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| (16) Tennessee Tech/Monmouth winner vs. (1) Indiana | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN2 |
| (13) Saint Louis vs. (4) Tennessee | 1 p.m. | ABC |
| (14) James Madison vs. (3) Ohio State | 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (9) Miami FL vs. (8) Oklahoma State | 2 p.m. | ESPN |
| (12) Florida Gulf Coast vs. (5) Washington State | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (15) Vermont vs. (2) UConn | Three p.m. | ABC |
| (12) Toledo vs. (5) Iowa State | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (11) Purdue/St. John’s winner vs. (6) North Carolina | Four p.m. | ESPN |
| (13) Cleveland State vs. (4) Villanova | 5 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (10) Alabama vs. (7) Baylor | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (11) Center Tennessee vs. (6) Colorado | 7 p.m. | ESPNews |
| (12) Drake vs. (5) Louisville | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (12) Portland vs. (5) Oklahoma | 9 p.m. | ESPNU |
| (14) Iona vs. (3) Duke | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
| (13) East Carolina vs. (4) Texas | 10 p.m. | ESPN |
| (13) Sacramento State vs. (4) UCLA | 11:30p.m. | ESPN2 |
Spherical 2
Spherical 2 occasions will probably be finalized following the completion of Spherical 1 on Friday and Saturday.
Sunday, March 19
| Recreation | 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
| Recreation | 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 |
Candy 16
Friday, March 24
| Recreation | 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
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 2 p.m. | ABC |
| TBD | Four p.m. | ESPN2 |
| TBD | 6:30 p.m. | ESPN2 |
Elite Eight
Sunday, March 26
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
Monday, March 27
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9 p.m. | ESPN |
Ultimate 4
Friday, March 31
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN |
| TBD | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN |
Nationwide championship
Sunday, April 2
| Recreation | Time (ET) | TV |
|---|---|---|
| TBD | 3:30 p.m. | ABC |
Spherical-by-round schedule
| Spherical | Dates | Cities |
|---|---|---|
| First 4 | March 15-16 | Campus websites |
| First/Second spherical | March 17-20 | Campus websites |
| Candy 16/Elite Eight | March 24-27 | Seattle; Greenville, S.C. |
| Ultimate 4/nationwide championship | March 31, April 2 | Dallas |
Earlier NCAA Girls’s Event champions
Solely three colleges have gained back-to-back championships; South Carolina is closely favored to turn out to be the fourth. It might be a part of UConn, which gained consecutively from 2002-04; Tennessee, which gained three in a row from 1996-98; and Southern Cal, which gained in 1983 and 1984.
There even have been simply 9 undefeated ladies’s basketball nationwide champions. UConn was dwelling to 6 of them, together with Breanna Stewart’s 2013-14 and 2015-16 squads; Tina Charles and Maya Moore’s 2008-09 and 2009-10 squads; Sue Chook and Diana Taurasi’s 2001-02 squad; and Rebecca Lobo’s 1994-95 squad.
Brittney Griner’s 2011-12 Baylor squad, Tamika Catchings and Chamique Holdsclaw’s 1997-98 Tennessee squad and the Texas 1985-86 squad are additionally a part of the group.
South Carolina can turn out to be the 10th ought to it make it via the insanity untouched. The reigning nationwide champions enter the match at 32-Zero after profitable the SEC regular-season and convention match titles.
Under is a listing of each NCAA ladies’s match champion for the reason that inaugural competitors in 1982.
| Yr | Champion | Report |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Louisiana Tech | 35-1 |
| 1983 | Southern California | 31-2 |
| 1984 | Southern California | 29-4 |
| 1985 | Previous Dominion | 31-3 |
| 1986 | Texas | 34-0 |
| 1987 | Tennessee | 28-6 |
| 1988 | Louisiana Tech | 32-2 |
| 1989 | Tennessee | 35-2 |
| 1990 | Stanford | 32-1 |
| 1991 | Tennessee | 30-5 |
| 1992 | Stanford | 30-3 |
| 1993 | Texas Tech | 31-3 |
| 1994 | North Carolina | 33-2 |
| 1995 | UConn | 35-0 |
| 1996 | Tennessee | 32-4 |
| 1997 | Tennessee | 29-10 |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 39-0 |
| 1999 | Purdue | 34-1 |
| 2000 | UConn | 36-1 |
| 2001 | Notre Dame | 34-2 |
| 2002 | UConn | 39-0 |
| 2003 | UConn | 37-1 |
| 2004 | UConn | 31-4 |
| 2005 | Baylor | 33-3 |
| 2006 | Maryland | 34-4 |
| 2007 | Tennessee | 34-3 |
| 2008 | Tennessee | 36-2 |
| 2009 | UConn | 39-0 |
| 2010 | UConn | 39-0 |
| 2011 | Texas A&M | 33-5 |
| 2012 | Baylor | 40-0 |
| 2013 | UConn | 35-4 |
| 2014 | UConn | 40-0 |
| 2015 | UConn | 38-1 |
| 2016 | UConn | 38-0 |
| 2017 | South Carolina | 33-4 |
| 2018 | Notre Dame | 34-3 |
| 2019 | Baylor | 37-1 |
| 2020 | No match (COVID-19 pandemic) | — |
| 2021 | Stanford | 31-2 |
| 2022 | South Carolina | 35-2 |
