The men’s tournament begins in the second round, while the women’s tournament continues in the first round on Saturday.
While the afternoon wave of games primarily features women’s matchups, the evening skews more toward the men. Either way, it’s going to be another action-packed day in the NCAA tournament from start to finish.
Here’s your complete guide to a long day watching basketball.
Saturday afternoon
men’s schedule (all times Eastern)
No. 2 Arizona 78, No. 7 Dayton 68
No. 5 Gonzaga 89, No. 4 Kansas 68
women’s schedule (all times Eastern)
No. 6 Tennessee 92, No. 11 Green Bay 63
No. 3 UConn 86, No. 14 Jackson State 64
No. 4 Indiana 89, No. 13 Fairfield 56
No. 8 Kansas 81, No. 9 Michigan 72
No. 2 Notre Dame 81, No. 15 Kent State 67
No. 3 North Carolina State 64, No. 14 Chattanooga 45
No. 1 Iowa 91, No. 16 Santa Cruz 65
No. 6 Syracuse 74, No. 11 Arizona 69
No. 5 Oklahoma 73, No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast 70
4:30 pm – No. 1 USC vs. No. 16 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (ESPN)
4:45 pm – No. 7 Ole Miss vs. No. 10 Marquette (ESPNU)
Saturday night
men’s schedule (all times Eastern)
5:30 pm – No. 1 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Michigan State (CBS)
6:10 pm – No. 2 Iowa State vs. No. 7 Washington State (TNT)
7:10 pm – No. 11 NC State vs. No. 14 Oakland (TBS/TruTV)
9:30 pm – No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 California Baptist (ESPN2)
10 pm – No. 5 Utah vs. No. 12 South Dakota State (ESPNU)
Live83 updates
WSU scored a touchdown to start the action against No. 2 Iowa State!
Final: Oklahoma 73, Florida Gulf Coast 70
Sooners survive a scare. Skylar Vann led Oklahoma with 24 points.
Michigan State can’t miss right now!
OU leads 73-70. It’s FGCU ball with 15 seconds left. Last chance for the Eagles.
Number one seed North Carolina is in trouble from the start. Spartans in flames!
Payton Verhulst knocks down a clutch 10-footer to give OU the 72-70 lead. 37 seconds left.
FGCU goes on a 9-2 run to tie the score at 70-70! Less than a minute to play.
Oklahoma could escape this unexpected offer
UNC-Michigan State is on and the Spartans have come out firing.
Final: Syracuse 74, Arizona 69
Dyaisha Fair simply took over the game in the final minutes. With the Orange trailing 56-51, the star guard went on an 11-0 run to end any hope of an upset. He finished with 32 points in the victory.
Oklahoma remains under surveillance as FGCU ends the third quarter with a big bucket.
Syracuse is on an 11-0 run. ALL of them from Dyaisha Fair! The oranges led 72-66 with 32 seconds left.
Dyaisha Fair again! She hits another jumper to extend Syracuse’s lead to 70-66. 45 seconds to play.
28 points for Feria today as the Orange fight to avoid the surprise.
Final: Gonzaga 89, Kansas 68
The Zags triumphed in the second half of this one. Anton Watson leads the way with 21 points, but five different Gonzaga players have 11 or more points in the win. They will advance to play the winner of Purdue-Utah State.
Dyaisha Fair’s clutch 3 gives Syracuse the lead! 68-66 over Arizona with 1:04 left
The Arizona women are approaching what would be only the second surprise of this tournament
Here’s the ultimate measure of how impressive Gonzaga’s nine-year Sweet 16 streak is: Only Houston (4) entered this NCAA tournament having even made two Sweet 16s in a row.
Dyaisha Fair is back in the game after being ruled out with a possible leg injury. Seat belt. The Orange love to come back and get a win behind Fair’s hard-hitting theatrics. If Arizona pulls it off, it would be the fifth 11-on-6 upset of the week for the men’s and women’s teams combined.
Dyaisha Fair helped return to the locker room at the third-quarter break. I didn’t see what happened, but the trainers were helping her avoid putting pressure on her lower body. The game is tied at 51.
