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March Madness picks: Our Monday bracket predictions for 2024 NCAA women's tournament
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Date:2025-04-06 18:31:27
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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.
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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
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