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March Madness women's college basketball conference tournament schedule and bracket

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The first dose of March Madness has arrived.

College basketball's conference tournaments serve as a prelude to the NCAA tournaments, setting the stage for unlikely upsets and shining moments between bitter rivals on a grand stage.

Tournaments for the women's game, which has enjoyed a transcendent year, are already underway. Most of the top conferences started with first-round games Wednesday, and all of them will have champions inside of a week.

Most of the intrigue starts, of course, with Caitlin Clark. The Iowa star broke the women's basketball career scoring record before becoming the all-time leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball March 3 by passing Pete Maravich. Clark and Iowa, which have won the past two Big Ten tournaments, play their first tourney game in the quarterfinals Friday.

Not to be outdone is undefeated South Carolina and defending champion LSU, which make up the Nos. 1 and 2 seeds, respectively, in the SEC tournament. The Gamecocks are the defending SEC champions and have won the conference tournament in seven of the past nine seasons. They were 36-0 last season before being knocked off by Iowa in the national semifinals to snap a 42-game winning streak. The Hawkeyes went on to lose to Angel Reese and LSU in the championship game for the Tigers' first national title.

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Here are the schedules and scores from the top women's college basketball conference tournaments. (All times are Eastern.)

ACC tournament bracket

Site: Greensboro, North Carolina

First round

  • Wednesday, March 6: Boston College 85, Clemson 72

  • Wednesday, March 6: Georgia Tech 73, Pitt 60

  • Wednesday, March 6: Wake Forest 58, Virginia 55

Second round

  • Thursday, March 7: Louisville 58, Boston College 55

  • Thursday, March 7: Miami 60, North Carolina 59

  • Thursday, March 7: Duke 70, Georgia Tech 58

  • Thursday, March 7: Florida State 70, Wake Forest 53

Quarterfinals

  • Friday, March 8: Notre Dame 77, Louisville 68

  • Friday, March 8: Virginia Tech 55, Miami 47

  • Friday, March 8: NC State 54, Duke 51

  • Friday, March 8: Florida State 78, Syracuse 65

Semifinals

  • Saturday, March 9: Notre Dame 82, Virginia Tech 53

  • Saturday, March 9: NC State 69, Florida State 43

Championship

Big 12 tournament bracket

Site: Kansas City, Missouri

First round

  • Thursday, March 7: Texas Tech 74, Houston 60

  • Thursday, March 7: Cincinnati 67, UCF 62

Second round

  • Friday, March 8: Baylor 71, Texas Tech 60

  • Friday, March 8: TCU 68, Oklahoma State 66

  • Friday, March 8: Kansas 77, BYU 53

  • Friday, March 8: West Virginia 70, Cincinnati 55

Quarterfinals

  • Saturday, March 9: Iowa State 67, Baylor 62

  • Saturday, March 9: Oklahoma 69, TCU 53

  • Saturday, March 9: Texas 76, Kansas 60

  • Saturday, March 9: Kansas State 65, West Virginia 62

Semifinals

  • Monday, March 11: Iowa State 85, Oklahoma 68

  • Monday, March 11: Texas 71, Kansas State 64

Championship

Big East tournament bracket

Site: Uncasville, Connecticut

First round

  • Friday, March 8: Providence 75, Butler 60

  • Friday, March 8: Seton Hall 71, DePaul 64

  • Friday, March 8: Georgetown 62, Xavier 40

Quarterfinals

  • Saturday, March 9: UConn 86, Providence 53

  • Saturday, March 9: Marquette 50, Villanova 48

  • Saturday, March 9: Creighton 72, Seton Hall 65

  • Saturday, March 9: Georgetown 53, St. John's 44

Semifinals

  • Sunday, March 10: UConn 58, Marquette 29

  • Sunday, March 10: Georgetown 55, Creighton 46

Championship

Big Ten tournament bracket

Site: Minneapolis, Minnesota

First round

  • Wednesday, March 6: Purdue 78, Northwestern 72

  • Wednesday, March 6: Minnesota 77, Rutgers 69

Second round

  • Thursday, March 7: Maryland 75, Illinois 65

  • Thursday, March 7: Nebraska 64, Purdue 56

  • Thursday, March 7: Penn State 80, Wisconsin 56

  • Thursday, March 7: Michigan 76, Minnesota 57

Quarterfinals

  • Friday, March 8: Maryland 82, Ohio State 61

  • Friday, March 8: Nebraska 73, Michigan State 61

  • Friday, March 8: Iowa 95, Penn State 62

  • Friday, March 8: Michigan 69, Indiana 56

Semifinals

  • Saturday, March 9: Nebraska 78, Maryland 68

  • Saturday, March 9: Iowa 95, Michigan 68

Championship game

Pac-12 tournament bracket

Site: Las Vegas

First round

  • Wednesday, March 6: Colorado 79, Oregon 30

  • Wednesday, March 6: California 65, Washington State 44

  • Wednesday, March 6: Arizona 58, Washington 50

  • Wednesday, March 6: Utah 71, Arizona State 60

Quarterfinals

  • Thursday, March 7: Oregon State 85, Colorado 79 (2OT)

  • Thursday, March 7: Stanford 71, California 57

  • Thursday, March 7: USC 65, Arizona 62

  • Thursday, March 7: UCLA 67, Utah 57

Semifinals

  • Friday, March 8: Stanford 66, Oregon State 57

  • Friday, March 8: USC 80, UCLA 70

Championship

SEC tournament bracket

Site: Greenville, S.C.

First round

  • Wednesday, March 6: Kentucky 64, Georgia 50

  • Wednesday, March 6: Florida 66, Missouri 60

Second round

  • Thursday, March 7: Texas A&M 72, Mississippi State 56

  • Thursday, March 7: Tennessee 76, Kentucky 62

  • Thursday, March 7: Auburn 67, Arkansas 48

  • Thursday, March 7: Florida 62, Vanderbilt 59

Quarterfinals

  • Friday, March 8: South Carolina 79, Texas A&M 68

  • Friday, March 8: Tennessee 83, Alabama 61

  • Friday, March 8: LSU 78, Auburn 48

  • Friday, March 8: Ole Miss 84, Florida 74

Semifinals

  • Saturday, March 9: South Carolina 74, Tennessee 73

  • Saturday, March 9: LSU 75, Ole Miss 67

Championship

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