March Madness first-round predictions 2025: Who will keep playing NCAA Women's Tournament?
SOUTH BEND – For the next three-plus weeks, give or take a day or two when there is no basketball or the weather outside makes it too tempting to sit stapled to the couch, three words will dominate college basketball, be it in the men’s and/or women’s tournament.
How’s your bracket?
March Madness is about to kick into high gear Tuesday with the First Fours of both tournaments before everything gets going at another level Thursday. For the next six days, it’s basically wall-to-wall hoops. Buckle up.
And wall-to-wall brackets.
Here’s what the second-round survivors might look like for the 2025 NCAA Women’s Tournament by the time we get to Sunday morning.
How’s your bracket?
Check back Sunday.
Women's March Madness Predictions
First Four
∎ No. 16 seed High Point over No. 16 William and Mary
∎ No. 16 UC San Diego over No. 16 Southern
∎ No. 11 Washington over No. 11 Columbia
∎ No. 11 Iowa State over No. 11 Princeton
Round of 64 (Spokane 1 Region)
∎ No. 1 UCLA over No. 16 UC San Diego
∎ No. 9 Georgia Tech over No. 8 Richmond
∎ No. 12 Ball State over No. 5 Mississippi
∎ No. 4 Baylor over No. 13 Grand Canyon
∎ No. 6 Florida State over No. 11 George Mason
∎ No. 3 LSU over No. 14 San Diego State
∎ No. 7 Michigan State over No. 10 Harvard
∎ No. 2 NC State over No. 15 Vermont
Round of 64 (Birmingham 2 Region)
∎ No. 1 South Carolina over No. 16 Tennessee Tech
∎ No. 9 Indiana over No. 8 Utah
∎ No. 4 Alabama over No. 12 Green Bay
∎ No. 4 Maryland over No. 13 Norfolk State
∎ No. 6 West Virginia over No. 11 Washington
∎ No. 3 North Carolina over No. 14 Oregon State
∎ No. 7 Vanderbilt over No. No. 10 Oregon
∎ No. 2 Duke over No. 15 Lehigh
Round of 64 (Birmingham 3 Region)
∎ No. 1 Texas over No. 16 High Point
∎ No. 9 Creighton over No. 8 Illinois
∎ No. 5 Tennessee over No. 12 South Florida
∎ No. 4 Ohio State over No. 13 Montana State
∎ No. 6 Michigan over No. 11 Iowa State
∎ No. 3 Notre Dame over No. 14 Stephen F. Austin
∎ No. 10 Nebraska over No. 7 Louisville
∎ No. 2 TCU over No. 15 FDU
Round of 64 (Birmingham 4 Region)
∎ No. 1 USC over No. 16 UNC Greensboro
∎ No. 8 California over No. 9 Mississippi State
∎ No. 12 Fairfield over No. 5 Kansas State
∎ No. 4 Kentucky over No. 13 Liberty
∎ No. 6 Iowa over No. 11 Murray State
∎ No. 3 Oklahoma over No. 14 Florida Gulf Coast
∎ No. 7 Oklahoma State over No. 10 South Dakota State
∎ No. 2 Connecticut over No. 15 Arkansas State
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