March Insanity is coming to Alabama.
Eight groups will head to Birmingham for the Candy 16 and the Elite Eight for the subsequent rounds of the NCAA girls’s basketball event.
All video games on the Birmingham Regional will probably be held at Legacy Area on the Birmingham–Jefferson Conference Complicated.
The primary sport within the Candy 16 is ready for Friday at 2:30 p.m., with the primary rounds of video games to hold by way of till Saturday.
The Elite Eight video games will probably be on Sunday at 1 p.m. and Monday at 7 p.m.; all video games in Birmingham will probably be broadcast on ESPN.
Right here’s all of the groups coming to Birmingham and what to learn about each crew within the subject:
South Carolina guard Te-Hina Paopao performs in opposition to LSU throughout the first half of an NCAA school basketball sport in Columbia, S.C., Friday, Jan. 24, 2025. (AP Photograph/Nell Redmond)AP
SOUTH CAROLINA
Convention: Southeastern
Seed: No. 1
File: 32-3 general, 15-1 SEC
How they received right here: Defeated No. 16 Tennessee Tech (108-48) and No. 9 Indiana (64-53).
Do you know? This marks the eleventh straight season South Carolina has superior to the Candy 16.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 4 Maryland
Maryland ahead Allie Kubek (14) gestures after making a 3-point basket throughout the first half in opposition to Norfolk State within the first spherical of the NCAA school basketball event Saturday, March 22, 2025, in School Park, Md. (AP Photograph/Terrance Williams)AP
MARYLAND
Convention: Large Ten
Seed: No. 4
File: 26-7 general, 13-5 Large Ten
How they received right here: Defeated No. 13 Norfolk State (82-69) and No. 5 Alabama (111-108, 2OT).
Do you know? Maryland’s double-overtime victory in opposition to Alabama on Monday is the second-highest scoring sport within the historical past of the NCAA girls’s basketball event.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 1 South Carolina
North Carolina’s Lexi Donarski (20) drives in opposition to Oregon State’s Catarina Ferreira (30) throughout the first half within the first spherical of the NCAA school basketball event in Chapel Hill, N.C. Saturday, March 22, 2025. (AP Photograph/Ben McKeown)AP
NORTH CAROLINA
Convention: Atlantic Coast
Seed: No. 3
File: 29-7 general, 13-5 ACC
How they received right here: Defeated No. 14 Oregon State (70-49) and No. 6 West Virginia (58-47).
Do you know? Whereas this marks North Carolina’s first journey to the Candy 16 since 2022, that is this system’s nineteenth general look for the reason that first NCAA event.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 2 Duke
Reigan Richardson #24 of the Duke Blue Devils brings the ball up courtroom whereas guarded by Sofia Bell #3 of the Oregon Geese within the first half throughout a second spherical sport of the ladies’s NCAA basketball event at Cameron Indoor Stadium on March 23, 2025 in Durham, North Carolina. (Photograph by Jacob Kupferman/Getty Pictures)Getty Pictures
DUKE
Convention: Atlantic Coast
Seed: No. 2
File: 28-7 general, 14-4 ACC
How they received right here: Defeated No. 15 Lehigh (86-25) and No. 10 Oregon (77-73).
Do you know? Duke holds a 63-26 document within the NCAA event, with its win complete rating sixth amongst all Division I applications.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 3 North Carolina
Texas ahead Madison Booker (35) scores in opposition to Illinois throughout the second half within the second spherical of the NCAA school basketball event in Austin, Texas, Monday, March 24, 2025. (AP Photograph/Eric Homosexual)AP
TEXAS
Convention: Southeastern
Seed: No. 1
File: 33-3 general, 15-1 SEC
How they received right here: Defeated No. 16 William & Mary (105-61) and No. 8 Ohio State (65-48).
Do you know? This marks the fourth time within the 5 seasons below head coach Vic Schaefer that Texas has superior to the Candy 16; the Longhorns made the Elite Eight within the three seasons they superior to the Candy 16.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 5 Tennessee
Tennessee guard Talaysia Cooper (55) drives as she’s defended by UConn ahead Aubrey Griffin (44) throughout the second half of an NCAA school basketball sport Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn. (AP Photograph/Wade Payne)AP
TENNESSEE
Convention: Southeastern
Seed: No. 5
File: 24-9 general, 8-8 SEC
How they received right here: Defeated No. 12 South Florida (101-66) and No. 4 Ohio State (82-67).
Do you know? Tennessee has appeared in 43 straight NCAA tournaments, which is the longest energetic streak and makes the Woman Volunteers the one crew to look in each version of the NCAA event for the reason that first one in 1982.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 1 Texas
Notre Dame guard Olivia Miles (5) advances the ball as Michigan guard Mila Holloway, left, defends throughout the first half within the second spherical of the NCAA school basketball event, Sunday, March 23, 2025, in South Bend, Ind. (AP Photograph/John Mersits)AP
NOTRE DAME
Convention: Atlantic Coast
Seed: No. 3
File: 28-5 general, 16-2 ACC
How they received right here: Defeated No. 14 Stephen F. Austin (106-54) and No. 6 Michigan (76-55)
Do you know? Notre Dame leads all Division I groups in 3-point proportion, capturing 39.26% as a crew from past the arc.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 2 TCU
TCU’s Hailey Van Lith instructs teammates throughout an NCAA school basketball sport in opposition to Houston in Fort Price, Texas, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025. (AP Photograph/Tony Gutierrez)AP
TCU
Convention: Large 12
Seed: No. 2
File: 33-3 general, 16-2 Large 12
How they received right here: Defeated No. 15 Fairleigh Dickinson (73-51) and No. 7 Louisville (85-70).
Do you know? TCU will make its first Candy 16 look in program historical past following a victory over Louisville within the second spherical of the event.
Candy 16 matchup: No. 3 Notre Dame
