All the other Power 5 conferences have started their tournaments today. In the ACC, Coach Tina Thompson's Virginia squad advanced to the second round with a 77-61 win over Boston College. The Cavs will face #18 Syracuse at 11 AM. 2019 ACC Women’s Bracket https://theacc.com/documents/2018/10/12//18_19_WBB_WBBT_Bracket_Final.pdf?id=577 Wednesday, March 6 Game No. 1 –No. 12 Virginia vs. No. 13 Boston College, 1 p.m. (RSN) Game No. 2 – No. 10 Virginia Tech vs. No. 15 Wake Forest, 3:30 p.m. (RSN) Game No. 3 – No. 11 Duke vs. No. 14 Pitt, 6:30 p.m. (RSN) Thursday, March 7 Game No. 4 – No. 5 Syracuse vs. Winner of Game No. 1, 11 a.m. (RSN) Game No. 5 – No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Georgia Tech, 2 p.m. (RSN) Game No. 6 – No. 7 Clemson vs. Winner of Game No. 2, 6 p.m. (RSN) Game No. 7 – No. 6 Florida State vs. Winner of Game No. 3, 8 p.m. (RSN) Friday, March 8 Game No. 8 – No. 4 Miami vs. Winner of Game No. 4, 11 a.m. (RSN) Game No. 9 – No. 1 Notre Dame vs. Winner of Game 5, 2 p.m. (RSN) Game No. 10 – No. 2 Louisville vs. Winner of Game No. 6, 6 p.m. (RSN) Game No. 11 – No. 3 NC State vs. Winner of Game No. 7, 8 p.m. (RSN) Saturday, March 9 Game No. 12 - ACC Semifinal No. 1, Noon (ESPNU) Game No. 13 - ACC Semifinal No. 2, 2:30 p.m. (ESPNU) Sunday, March 10 Game No. 14 - Championship Game, Noon (ESPN2) 2019 SEC Women’s Tournament Bracket http://www.secsports.com/article/10971306/championship-women-basketball FIRST ROUND: March 6 Game 1 - No. 13 seed Florida 64, No. 12 seed Ole Miss 57 Recap Game 2 - No. 14 seed Vanderbilt vs. No. 11 seed Alabama SEC Network SECOND ROUND: March 7 Game 3 - No. 9 seed LSU vs. No. 8 seed Tennessee 12:00 p.m. ET, SEC Network Game 4 - No. 5 seed Missouri vs. No. 13 seed Florida SEC Network Game 5 - No. 10 seed Arkansas vs. No. 7 seed Georgia 6:00 p.m. ET, SEC Network Game 6 - No. 6 seed Auburn vs. Game 2 winner SEC Network QUARTERFINALS: March 8 Game 7 - No. 1 seed Mississippi State vs. Game 3 winner 12:00 p.m. ET, SEC Network Game 8 - No. 4 seed Kentucky vs. Game 4 winner SEC Network Game 9 - No. 2 seed South Carolina vs. Game 5 winner 6:00 p.m. ET, SEC Network Game 10 - No. 3 seed Texas A&M vs. Game 6 winner SEC Network SEMIFINALS: March 9 Game 11 - Semifinal 1 5:00 p.m. ET, ESPNU Game 12 - Semifinal 2 ESPNU FINALS: March 10 Championship 2:00 p.m. ET, ESPN2 2019 Big Ten Women’s Tournament Bracket https://bigten.org/sports/2018/9/13/2019WBBTournament.aspx First Round: Wednesday, March 6, 2019 – Game 1: #12 Penn State vs. #13 Wisconsin (1:30 p.m. ET, BTN) BTN2Go Game 2: #11 Purdue vs. #14 Illinois (4 p.m. ET, BTN) BTN2Go Second Round: Thursday, March 7, 2019 - Game 3: #8 Northwestern vs. #9 Michigan State (Noon ET, BTN) BTN2Go Game 4: #5 Ohio State vs. Game 1 winner (25 min after Game 3, BTN) BTN2Go Game 5: #7 Minnesota vs. #10 Indiana (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN) BTN2Go Game 6: #6 Nebraska vs. Game 2 winner (25 min after Game 5, BTN) BTN2Go Quarterfinals: Friday, March 8, 2019 - Game 7: #1 Maryland vs. Game 3 winner (Noon ET, BTN) BTN2Go Game 8: #4 Michigan vs. Game 4 winner (25 min after Game 7, BTN) BTN2Go Game 9: #2 Iowa vs. Game 5 winner (6:30 p.m. ET, BTN) BTN2Go Game 10: #3 Rutgers vs. Game 6 winner (25 min after Game 9, BTN) BTN2Go Semifinals: Saturday, March 9, 2019 - Game 11: Semifinal #1: Game 7 winner vs. Game 8 winner (5 p.m. ET, BTN) BTN2Go Game 12: Semifinal #2: Game 9 winner vs. Game 10 winner (7:30 p.m. ET, BTN) BTN2Go Championship Game Sunday, March 10, 2019 - Game 13: Semifinal winners (6 p.m. ET, ESPN2) WatchESPN 2019 PAC 12 Women’s Tournament Bracket https://pac-12.com/womens-basketball/womens-basketball-tournament First Round: THURSDAY, MARCH 7 Game #1: #5 Arizona State vs #12 Colorado—(PAC12)..11:30 a.m. PT Game #2: #8 Arizona vs #9 USC— (PAC12)..2 p.m. PT Game #3: #7 Calif vs #10 WSU — (PAC12)..6 p.m. PT Game #4: #6 Utah vs #11 Washington — (PAC12)..8:30 p.m. PT Quarterfinals: FRIDAY, MARCH 8 Game #1: #4 UCLA vs winner of Thurs’s game 1 (PAC12)..11:30 a.m. PT Game #2: #1 Oregon vs winner of Thurs’s game 2 — (PAC12)..2 p.m. PT Game #3: #2 Stanford vs winner of Thurs’s game 3 — (PAC12)..6 p.m. PT Game #4: #3 Oregon St. vs winner of Thurs’s game 4 — (PAC12)..8:30 p.m. PT Semifinals: SATURDAY, MARCH 9 Game #1: winner Fri. Game 1 vs winner Fri. Game 2 — (PAC12)..6 p.m. PT Game #2: winner Fri. Game 3 vs winner Fri. Game 4 — (PAC12)..8:30 p.m. PT Championship Game SUNDAY, MARCH 10 Winner Sat. Game 1 vs Winner Sat. Game 2 — (ESPN/ESPN2)..5 p.m. PT
Coach Tina Thompson's Virginia team falls to #18 Syracuse, 67-57, in the second round of the ACC tournament. Coach Kamie Ethridge's Washington State Cougars end their season with a 77-58 loss to California in the first round of the PAC 12 tournament.
Nice to see Mizzou advance to the SEC semis vs Miss State with a 70-68 win over Kentucky. Mizzou has been my favorite SEC team since I watched Sophie Cunningham play as a frosh. Nice also to see Lauren Aldridge doing so well after her transfer from Kansas. Looking forward to seeing how Haley Troup does in the coming seasons.
Whoa, ten seed Arkansas has defeated second seed South Carolina 95-89. South Carolina had won the last four SEC tournaments. Arkansas was led by OU transfer Chelsea Dungee with 31 points on 8 of 17 from the field, 2-3 from BTA and 13 of 13 from the FT line.
Mizzou went down to Miss. State, 71-56 but Arky took down A&M 58-51. Arky becomes the lowest seed team to make the finals. The SEC championship game will be at 2 PM EST on ESPN2. ND and Louisville will battle for the ACC crown at noon EST on ESPN2. In the Big Ten, Maryland and Iowa will settle who wins the tournament at 6 PM EST on ESPN2. The PAC 12 finds Oregon waiting for the winner of the Stanford vs Washington winner to settle who is the PAC 12 tournament champion at 5 PM PST on ESPN2.
