This is the schedule for the tournament:

• The First Four games are Wednesday and Thursday, March 15-16
• The first round is Friday and Saturday, March 17-18
• The second round is Sunday and Monday, March 19-20
• The Sweet 16 is Friday and Saturday, March 24-25
• The Elite 8 is Sunday and Monday, March 26-27
• The Final Four is at 7 and 9:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 31 on ESPN.
• The national championship game is at 3 p.m. ET on Sunday, April 2 on ABC.

Beginning in 2023, the Sweet 16/Elite Eight will be held at two sites per year, with eight teams competing at each site:

2023 March Madness women’s TV times and schedule (all times ET)

Wednesday, March 15 — First Four 

• Illinois vs. Mississippi State | 7 p.m. | ESPNU
• Southern vs. Sacred Heart | 9 p.m. | ESPNU

Thursday, March 16 — First Four

• Purdue vs. St. Johns | 7 p.m. | ESPN2
• Tennessee Tech vs. Monmouth | 9 p.m. | ESPN2

Friday, March 17 — First round 

• Marquette vs. USF |11:30 a.m. |ESPN2
• West Virginia vs. Arizona | noon | ESPN
• Georgia vs. Florida State | 1:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Norfolk State vs. South Carolina| 2 p.m. | ESPN
• Holy Cross vs. Maryland | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNEWS
• UNLV vs. Michigan | 3 p.m. |ESPNU
• Southern Utah vs. Notre Dame | 3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Southeastern Louisiana vs. Iowa | 4 p.m. |ESPN
• Hawaii vs. LSU | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Chattanooga vs. Virginia Tech | 5:30 p.m. | ESPNU
• Illinois/Mississippi State vs. Creighton | 6 p.m. | ESPNEWS
• Southern U/Sacred Heart vs. Stanford | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Gardner-Webb vs. Utah | 7:30 p.m |ESPNU
• South Dakota State vs. USC | 8 p.m. | ESPNEWS
• Princeton vs. NC State | 10 p.m. | ESPN2
• Gonzaga vs. Ole Miss | 10 p.m. | ESPNU

Saturday, March 18 — First round

• Tennessee Tech/Monmouth vs. Indiana | 11:30 a.m. | ESPN2
• Saint Louis vs. Tennessee | 1 p.m. | ABC
• James Madison vs. Ohio State | 1:30 p.m. |ESPN2
• Miami vs. Oklahoma State | 2 p.m. | ESPN
• Florida Gulf Coast vs. Washington State | 2:30 p.m. | ESPNU
• Vermont vs. UConn | 3 p.m.| ABC
• Toledo vs. Iowa State |  3:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Purdue/St. John’s vs. North Carolina | 4 p.m. | ESPN
• Cleveland State vs. Villanova | 5 p.m. | ESPNU
• Alabama vs. Baylor | 5:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Middle Tennessee vs. Colorado | 7 p.m. |ESPNEWS
• Drake vs. Louisville | 7:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• Portland vs. Oklahoma | 9 p.m. | ESPNU
• Iona vs. Duke | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN2
• East Carolina vs. Texas | 10 p.m. | ESPN
• Sacramento State vs. UCLA | 11:30 p.m. | ESPN2

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