UCLA women to play in Sacramento March Madness game. How to get tickets
As the Women’s March Madness wraps up its second round of games, half of the remaining college teams are headed to the Golden State’s capital city.
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 this weekend.
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 less than a quarter of the initial 68 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.
What Sweet 16 teams are playing in Sacramento?
Following the first two rounds of the tournament, 52 teams have been eliminated in gameplay. Sixteen teams remain going into the third round of games, including one top-seeded California-based team.
This year, Sacramento will host the NCAA Women’s March Madness Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games from Friday, March 27 to Monday, March 30.
- The UCLA Bruins will face off against the Minnesota Golden Gophers at 4:30 p.m. on Friday, March 27.
- The Duke Blue Devils will face off against the LSU Tigers at 7 p.m. on Friday, March 27.
- The South Carolina Gamecocks will face off against the Oklahoma Sooners at 2 p.m. on Saturday, March 28.
- The TCU Horned Frogs will face off against the Virginia Cavaliers at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday, March 28.
The other half of the Sweet 16 games will be played in Fort Worth, Texas.
The winners of these games will play either at noon on Sunday, March 29 or at 6 p.m. on Monday, March 30.
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.
Tickets are available on Ticketmaster and the Golden 1 Center website. A package with tickets for all four days was sold out on Ticketmaster as of Tuesday.
As of Tuesday afternoon, standard tickets for the Sacramento Women’s March Madness games cost as little as $34 and as much as $123. Some verified resale tickets were priced higher.
This story was originally published March 24, 2026 at 1:43 PM with the headline "UCLA women to play in Sacramento March Madness game. How to get tickets."
