Sacramento to host 6 March Madness games. How to get tickets for women’s games
As March Madness gets underway, women’s basketball fans are making plans to watch the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games in Sacramento.
The third and fourth rounds of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament will be held in Fort Worth, Texas, and at the Golden 1 Center in downtown Sacramento in late March.
This will be the first time in 16 years that Sacramento will be the backdrop for games in the college basketball tournament, The Bee previously reported.
“Being able to host the Sweet 16 (and) the Elite Eight bodes really well for the next time we go for the women’s Final Four,” Visit Sacramento CEO Mike Testa previously told The Bee.
Here’s how to get tickets to some of the biggest games in college basketball this year.
When is Women’s March Madness playing in Sacramento?
The NCAA women’s basketball championship will be in Sacramento March 27-30, with six games played over four days.
Sweet 16 is the third round of the tournament, with only a quarter of the initial 64 participating teams. The following Elite Eight is the quarterfinal round, and the winners of those games will move on to the Final Four, played in Phoenix this year.
Sacramento basketball fans will have the opportunity to witness two teams move on to the Final Four.
Which teams will be playing in Sacramento during the Women’s March Madness tournament?
The tournament kicked off with the First Four games on Wednesday, March 18. The first and second rounds will be played from March 20-23, which will decide who moves on to the Sweet 16 round.
There are 34 total teams who can qualify to play in the Sacramento games as of Friday morning, according to the NCAA.
- University of South Carolina
- Southern University
- Clemson University
- University of Southern California
- Michigan State University
- Colorado State University
- University of Oklahoma
- University of Idaho
- University of Washington
- South Dakota State University
- Texas Christian University
- UC San Diego
- University of Georgia
- University of Virginia
- University of Iowa
- Farleigh Dickinson University
- UCLA
- California Baptist University
- Oklahoma State University
- Princeton University
- University of Mississippi
- Gonzaga University
- University of Minnesota
- University of Wisconsin - Green Bay
- Baylor University
- University of Nebraska
- Duke University
- College of Charleston
- Texas Tech University
- Villanova University
- Louisiana State University
- Jacksonville University
How can I get tickets to Women’s March Madness games?
Tickets are sold as single-day, two-game passes — or sessions — for Sweet 16 games. The Elite Eight tickets are for one game.
Two games each are slated for Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28. On Friday, games are scheduled to start at 4:30 p.m. and 7 p.m., and Saturday’s games will be at 2 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.
Sunday, March 29 and Monday, March 30 will have one game each. The Sunday game is scheduled for noon, while the Monday game is scheduled for 6:00 p.m., according to the Ticketmaster website.
Tickets are available on Ticketmaster and the Golden 1 Center website. A package with tickets for all four days was only available as resell Friday morning.
Standard tickets for the Sacramento Women’s March Madness games cost as little as $33 and as much as $111. Some verified resale tickets were priced higher.
This story was originally published March 20, 2026 at 9:29 AM.
