Unlike their male counterparts, the NCAA Women’s Tournament has been more mellow than madness with only one lower seeded team winning in the entire first round. #11 Middle Tennessee eliminated #6 Louisville to advance to Sunday’s second round matchup with LSU. WJPA-AM (1450) will have coverage of several Women’s Sweet 16 games next weekend, then Elite, Final Four and the National Championship game Sunday, April 7th.
Women’s First Round Schedule, Scores — Saturday
#6 Tennessee > #11 Green Bay, 93-63 F
#3 UConn > #14 Jackson State, 86-64 F
#4 Indiana > #13 Fairfield, 89-56 F
#8 Kansas > #9 Michigan, 81-72 F
#2 Notre Dame > #15 Kent State, 81-67 F
#3 NC State > #14 Chattanooga, 64-45 F
#1 Iowa > #16 Holy Cross, 91-65 F
#6 Syracuse > #11 Arizona, 74-69 F
#5 Oklahoma > #12 Florida-Gulf Coast, 73-70 F
#1 Southern California > #16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi, 87-55 F
#7 Old Miss > #10 Marquette, 67-55 F
#8 West Virginia > #9 Princeton, 63-53 F
#7 Creighton > #10 UNLV, 87-73
#4 Gonzaga > #13 UC Irvine, 75-56 F
#2 UCLA > #15 California Baptist, 84-55 F
#5 Utah > #12 South Dakota State, 68-54 F
Women’s First Round Scores — Friday
#1 South Carolina > #16 Presbyerian, 91-39
#8 North Carolina > #9 Michigan, 59-56
#6 Nebraska > #11 Texas A&M, 61-59
#3 Oregon State > #14 Eastern Washington, 73-51
#1 Texas > #16 Drexel, 82.42
#8 Alabama > #9 Florida State, 82-74
#7 Iowa State > #10 Maryland, 93-86
#2 Stanford > #15 Norfolk State, 79-50
#5 Colorado > #12 Drake, 86-72
#4 Kansas State > #13 Portland, 78-65
#11 Middle Tennessee > #6 Louisville, 71-69
#3 LSU > #14 Rice, 70-60
#5 Baylor > #12 Vanderbilt, 80-63
#4 Virginia Tech > #13 Marshall, 92-49
#7 Duke > #10 Richmond, 72-61
#2 Ohio State > #15 Maine, 80-57