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March Madness picks: Our Sunday bracket predictions for 2024 NCAA women's tournament
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Date:2025-04-15 17:16:05
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Sunday's second-round action in the women's NCAA Tournament includes key games for two SEC schools.
No. 1 overall seed and undefeated South Carolina takes on its neighbor to the north, the No. 8 seed Tar Heels of North Carolina. And defending champion LSU, whose coach Kim Mulkey threatened a reporter over a "hit piece," takes on No. 11 Middle Tennessee State.
The first of eight games tips at noon with No. 2 Ohio State taking on No. 7 Duke. If you need the full tournament schedule and where to watch on TV, here it is.
A look at second-round game picks from USA TODAY Sports experts Nancy Armour, Scooby Axson, Ellen Horrow and Lindsay Schnell.
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Albany Region 1
(1) South Carolina vs. (8) North Carolina | 1 p.m. | ABC
- Nancy Armour: South Carolina
- Scooby Axson: South Carolina
- Ellen Horrow: South Carolina
- Lindsay Schnell: South Carolina
(3) Oregon State vs. (6) Nebraska | 4 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Oregon State
- Axson: Oregon State
- Horrow: Oregon State
- Schnell: Oregon State
Albany Region 2
(4) Kansas State vs. (5) Colorado | 2 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Kansas State
- Axson: Colorado
- Horrow: Colorado
- Schnell: Colorado
(3) LSU vs. (11) Middle Tennessee | 3 p.m. | ABC
- Armour: LSU
- Axson: LSU
- Horrow: LSU
- Schnell: LSU
Portland Region 3
(2) Ohio State vs. (7) Duke | 12 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Ohio State
- Axson: Ohio State
- Horrow: Ohio State
- Schnell: Ohio State
(4) Virginia Tech vs. (5) Baylor | 8 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Virginia Tech
- Axson: Baylor
- Horrow: Virginia Tech
- Schnell: Baylor
Portland Region 4
1) Texas vs. (8) Alabama | 6 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: Texas
- Axson: Texas
- Horrow: Texas
- Schnell: Texas
(2) Stanford vs. (7) Iowa State | 10 p.m. | ESPN
- Armour: N/A
- Axson: Stanford
- Horrow: Stanford
- Schnell: Iowa State
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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