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2023-24 bowl officiating assignments.

Officiating crew conference assignments for the 2023-24 bowl games.

Football Zebras is obtaining the officiating assignments to the 2023-24 bowl games and reporting them here.

Bowls are distributed to the conferences in a manner than an officiating crew is not from one of the participating team’s conferences. The Power 5 conferences work at least 5 bowls each (including all the New Year’s Six and the National Championship). The Group of 5 conferences work 3 bowls each, with one conference getting a fourth bowl. The National Championship game is officiated by the conference that does not have a school in the playoffs, and this year the ACC gets the officiating honors.

Each conference has its own criteria for determining the officials assigned to a bowl game. In some cases, a conference will consider its championship game to be equivalent to a bowl assignment, and not give those officials another postseason game.

For the tables listed below, all times are Eastern, and the conference that assigns the officials for each game is listed in italics . To minimize errors in the listings, names are as they were printed on the media flipcards this season, which we hope did not introduce new errors. The following symbols are placed next to the names of the officials and (new this year) the replay crew, and the criteria for those symbols is listed at the bottom of the post.

• ✪ 2022-23 New Year’s Six or National Championship Game official
• ★ 2022-23 bowl game official
• MDP Mackie Development Program official, the NFL’s development and training pipeline
• PRO XFL or USFL official (2020-22)
• CC 2023 conference championship official

Playoff games

Monday, jan. 1.

Rose Bowl Game (College Football Playoff semifinal)

4 alabama vs. 1 michigan.

Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. | 5 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Sugar Bowl (College Football Playoff semifinal)

3 texas vs. 2 washington.

Caesars Superdome, New Orleans | 8:45 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Monday, Jan. 8

National Championship Game

Alabama/michigan vs. texas/washington.

NRG Stadium, Houston | 7:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

New Year’s Six

Friday, dec. 29.

Cotton Bowl Classic

Missouri vs. ohio state.

AT&T Stadium, Arlington, Texas | 8 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Saturday, Dec. 30

Ole Miss vs. Penn State

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta | Noon ESPN ESPN+

Orange Bowl

Georgia vs. florida state.

Hard Rock Stadium, Miami | 4 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Fiesta Bowl

Liberty vs. oregon.

State Farm Stadium, Glendale, Ariz. | 1 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Opening weekend bowls

Saturday, dec. 16.

Myrtle Beach Bowl

Georgia southern vs. ohio.

Brooks Stadium, Conway, S.C. | 11 a.m. ESPN ESPN+

Celebration Bowl

Howard vs. florida a&m.

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta | Noon ABC ESPN+

New Orleans Bowl

Jacksonville state vs. louisiana.

Caesars Superdome, New Orleans | 2:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Miami (Ohio) vs. Appalachian State

Exploria Stadium, Orlando | 3:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+

New Mexico Bowl

New mexico state vs. fresno state.

University Stadium, Albuquerque, N.M. | 5:45 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

UCLA vs. Boise State

SoFi Stadium, Inglewood, Calif. | 7:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+

Independence Bowl

California vs. texas tech.

Independence Stadium, Shreveport, La. | 9:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

First week bowls

Monday, dec. 18.

Famous Toastery Bowl

Western kentucky vs. old dominion.

Jerry Richardson Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. | 2:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Tuesday, Dec. 19

Frisco Bowl

Texas-san antonio vs. marshall.

Toyota Stadium, Frisco, Texas | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Thursday, Dec. 21

Boca Raton Bowl

Southern florida vs. syracuse.

FAU Stadium, Boca Raton, Fla. | 8 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Friday, Dec. 22

Gasparilla Bowl

Georgia tech vs. central florida.

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa | 6:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Saturday, Dec. 23

Camellia Bowl

Arkansas state vs. northern illinois.

Cramton Bowl, Montgomery, Ala. | Noon ESPN ESPN+

Birmingham Bowl

Duke vs. troy.

Protective Stadium, Birmingham, Ala. | Noon ABC ESPN+

Armed Forces Bowl

James madison vs. air force.

Amon G. Carter Stadium, Fort Worth, Texas | 3:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+

Famous Idaho Potato Bowl

Georgia state vs. utah state.

Albertsons Stadium, Boise, Idaho | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

68 Ventures Bowl

South alabama vs. eastern michigan.

Hancock Whitney Stadium, Mobile, Ala. | 7 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Las Vegas Bowl

Utah vs. northwestern.

Allegiant Stadium, Las Vegas | 7:30 p.m. ABC ESPN+

Hawaiʻi Bowl

Coastal carolina vs. san jose state.

Clarence T. C. Ching Athletics Complex, Honolulu | 10:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Second week bowls

Tuesday, dec. 26.

Quick Lane Bowl

Bowling green vs. minnesota.

Ford Field, Detroit | 2 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

First Responder Bowl

Texas state vs. rice.

Gerald J. Ford Stadium, University Park, Texas | 5:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Guaranteed Rate Bowl

Kansas vs. unlv.

Chase Field, Phoenix | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Wednesday, Dec. 27

Military Bowl

Virginia tech vs. tulane.

Navy–Marine Corps Memorial Stadium, Annapolis, Md. | 2 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Duke’s Mayo Bowl

North carolina vs. west virginia.

Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte, N.C. | 5:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Holiday Bowl

Louisville vs. usc.

Petco Park, San Diego | 8 p.m. Fox

Texas A&M vs. Oklahoma State

NRG Stadium, Houston | 9 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Thursday, Dec. 28

Fenway Bowl

Southern methodist vs. boston college.

Fenway Park, Boston | 11 a.m. ESPN ESPN+

Pinstripe Bowl

Rutgers vs. miami (fla.).

Yankee Stadium, The Bronx, N.Y. | 2:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Pop-Tarts Bowl

North carolina state vs. kansas state.

Camping World Stadium, Orlando | 5:45 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Arizona vs. Oklahoma

Alamodome, San Antonio | 9:15 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

New Year’s weekend

Clemson vs. Kentucky

Everbank Stadium, Jacksonville | Noon ESPN ESPN+

Oregon State vs. Notre Dame

Sun Bowl, El Paso, Texas | 2 p.m. CBS PARAMOUNT+

Liberty Bowl

Memphis vs. iowa state.

Simmon Bank Liberty Stadium, Memphis | 3:30 p.m. ESPN ESPN+

Music City Bowl

Auburn vs. maryland.

Nissan Stadium, Nashville | 8 p.m. ABC ESPN+

Arizona Bowl

Toledo vs. wyoming.

Arizona Stadium, Tucson, Ariz. | Noon  CW  Barstool

ReliaQuest Bowl

Wisconsin vs. lsu.

Raymond James Stadium, Tampa | 2 p.m. ESPN2 ESPN+

Citrus Bowl

Iowa vs. tennessee.

Camping World Stadium, Orlando | 4 p.m. ABC ESPN+

Symbol criteria

Participation symbols are placed after the on-field officials (excluding alternates) and the replay staff, and the following criteria apply:

Officials that were assigned alternates from last year’s bowls are not marked with a star.

The Mackie Development Program run by the NFL is a development program which the league uses as a hiring pool. Officials will attend meetings and shadow NFL officials during OTAs, training camps, and preseason games. The MDP also assigns officials to college invitational all-star games — Hula Bowl, Senior Bowl, Shrine Bowl, and the Legacy Bowl — for evaluation purposes. Officials marked in these tables must have been in the preseason program or worked a college invitational game in the last 3 years. The NFL did not provide a list for 2023 development officials, as they have in previous years, but we have included those that worked the 2023 invitational games.

The rosters of the spring pro leagues (plus XFL coordinator Marvel July) for the XFL 2020 and 2023 and the USFL 2022-23 are included, but officials who only worked the 2019 AAF are not included as of this year.

Conference championship assignments are indicated for non-alternate officials at the end of the 2023 season.

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College Football Playoff referees: Officiating crews for Fiesta Bowl, Peach Bowl

By cody williams | dec 31, 2022.

Looking at the College Football Playoff referees with the officiating crews for both the Fiesta Bowl and the Peach Bowl. 

Though many players would argue that any bowl game is important, there’s no denying that the stakes are just higher for the College Football Playoff. So for TCU vs. Michigan in the Fiesta Bowl and Ohio State vs. Georgia in the Peach Bowl as the semifinal matchups, all eyes were on those games.

Because of that, you’d expect that the College Football Playoff referees would be the best of the best that the officiating world had to offer. Of course, refs are always going to be insanely criticized, especially when they are on the biggest stage in the sport.

Having said that, the crews were meticulously selected for the CFP bowl games and here are the refs that were selected for each game.

Fiesta Bowl referees for TCU vs Michigan

It was an SEC officiating crew — one affiliated with neither team playing in the game — for the Fiesta Bowl. Here were the assignments set out for the referees in Arizona.

• Head Referee: Jason Autrey
• Umpire: Brent Sowell
• Head Lines: Nicholas Theriot
• Line Judge: Michael Taylor
• Field Judge: Daniel Gautreaux
• Side Judge: Sean Petty
• Back Judge: Martin Hankins
• Center Judge: Chris Garner
• Alternate: Scott Walker
• Replay Official: David Almand
• Communicator: Marc Gervais

Peach Bowl referees for Ohio State vs Georgia

For the Peach Bowl officiating crew, they once again went with a crew not affiliated with either team as it was a Pac-12 group, though fans from that conference will tell you that might not be a good thing. Here’s a look at the refs for the Ohio State vs. Georgia matchup.

• Head Referee: Chris Coyte
• Umpire: Greg Adams
• Head Lines: Darryl Johnson
• Line Judge: Dale Keller
• Field Judge: Steve Currie
• Side Judge: Jeff Dahle
• Back Judge: Joe Johnston
• Center Judge: John Love
• Alternate: Steve Strimling
• Replay Official: Jerry Meyerhoff
• Communicator: Terry Leyden

The hope for these crews, of course, is that they don’t become storylines for either College Football Playoff game.

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Here is the list of what conferences are working which bowls: 12/19 New Mexico Bowl Wyoming vs. Fresno State -- MAC    St. Petersburg Bowl Rutgers vs. Central Florida -- SEC 12/20 R+L Carriers New Orleans Bowl Mid Tenn vs. Southern Miss -- Big East 12/22 Maaco Bowl Las Vegas Oregon State vs BYU -- Big XII 12/23 SDCCU Poinsettia Bowl Utah vs. Cal -- WAC(CFO West) 12/24 Sheraton Hawai?i Bowl SMU vs. Nevada -- Mountain West(CFO West) 12/26 Little Caesars Pizza Bowl Ohio vs Marshall -- WAC (CFO West) \ Meineke Car Care Bowl UNC vs. Pittsburgh -- C-USA(CFO West) Emerald Bowl Boston College vs. USC -- Mountain West(CFO West) 12/27 Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Kentucky vs. Clemson -- Big East 12/28 Advocare V100 Independence Bowl Texas A&M vs. Georgia -- Mountain West(CFO West) 12/29 EagleBank Bowl Army/UCLA – v s.  Tenple -- Big Ten Champs Sports Bowl Miami - Wisconsin -- SEC 12/30 Roady's Humanitarian Bowl Bowling Green - Idaho -- PAC 10 Pacific Life Holiday Bowl Arizona vs. Nebraska -- ACC 12/31 Bell Helicopters Armed Forces Bowl Air Force vs. Houston -- MAC Brut Sun Bowl Stanford vs Oklahoma -- Big Ten Texas Bowl Missouri vs. Navy -- Sun Belt Insight Bowl Minnesota vs. Iowa State -- PAC 10 Chick-fil-A Bowl Virginia Tech vs. Tennessee -- C-USA(CFO West) 1/1 Outback Bowl Northwestern vs. Auburn -- Big XII Konica Minolta Gator Bowl Florida State vs. West Virginia -- Big 10 Capital One Bowl Penn State vs. LSU -- PAC 10 1/2 International Bowl South Florida vs. N. Illinois -- Big XII PapaJohns.com Bowl UConn vs. South Carolina -- ACC AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic Oklahoma State vs. Ole Miss -- ACC AutoZone Liberty Bowl East Carolina vs. Arkansas -- ACC Valero Energy Alamo Bowl Michigan State vs. Texas Tech -- SEC 1/6 GMAC Bowl Troy – Cent Michigan -- C-USA(CFO West)       1/1 Rose Bowl Game Ohio State vs. Oregon -- Big XII       Allstate Sugar Bowl Florida vs. Cincinnatti -- PAC 10       1/4 Tostitos Fiesta Bowl Boise State  vs. TCU --  Big 10        1/5 FedEx Orange Bowl Georgia Tech vs. Iowa -- SEC       1/7 2010 Citi BCS National Championship Game Texas vs. Alabama    -- Big East     

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What effect do you guys think the conference of the refs have on the games?

My first thought is the style of play they are most used to is the style they will call in the most friendly way . . .

Big 10 games have better chance of going under. 

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Ncaa di men's basketball committee announces game officials for 2024 sweet 16 and elite 8.

The NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee has approved 40 game officials recommended by Chris Rastatter, the national coordinator of officiating, to work the regional semifinals and finals of the 2024 Division I Men’s Basketball Championship. A three-person crew will work each game, while one official will serve as the standby official for every game at each of the four regional sites.

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The following 40 individuals were selected to work games Thursday and Saturday in Boston and Los Angeles, and Friday and Sunday in Dallas and Detroit:

Los Angeles’ doubleheader begins with Arizona taking on Clemson at 7:09 p.m. ET on CBS, followed 30 minutes later by North Carolina battling Alabama on CBS. The first game in Boston features UConn facing off against San Diego State at 7:39 p.m. ET on TBS and concludes with Illinois playing Iowa State 30 minutes later on TBS. Friday’s slate will see Marquette taking on NC State at 7:09 p.m. ET in Dallas on CBS, followed 30 minutes later by Duke going up against Houston on CBS. Friday’s games in Detroit feature Purdue playing Gonzaga at 7:39 p.m. ET and Tennessee facing Creighton 30 minutes later, both on TBS.

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Saturday’s Elite Eight games in Boston and Los Angeles will be played at 6 and 8:30 p.m. ET on TBS, with the game order announced late Thursday night. Sunday’s games in Dallas and Detroit will be played at 2:20 and 5 p.m. ET on CBS, with the sequence determined Friday night.

The officiating assignments for the 2024 Men’s Final Four scheduled for April 6 and 8 in Phoenix will be announced at a later date.

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Saturday, April 6 (Final Four)

• (1) Purdue vs. (11) NC State | 6:09 p.m. ET | TBS/TNT/tru TV
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Monday, April 8 (National championship game)

• TBD vs. TBD | 9:20 p.m.

Tuesday, March 19 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

• (16) Wagner 71 , (16) Howard 68
• (10) Colorado State 67 , (10) Virginia 42

Wednesday, March 20 (First Four in Dayton, Ohio)

• (16) Grambling 88 , (16) Montana State 81
• (10) Colorado 60 , (10) Boise State 53

Thursday, March 21 (Round of 64)

• (9) Michigan State 66 , (8) Mississippi State 51
• (11) Duquesne 71 , (6) BYU 67
• (3) Creighton 77 , (14) Akron 60
• (2) Arizona 85 , (15) Long Beach State 65
• (1) North Carolina 90 , (16) Wagner 61
• (3) Illinois 85 , (14) Morehead State 69
• (11) Oregon 87 , (6) South Carolina 73
• (7) Dayton 63 , (10) Nevada 60
• (7) Texas 56 , (10) Colorado State 44
• (14) Oakland 80 , (3) Kentucky 76
• (5) Gonzaga 86 , (12) McNeese 65
• (2) Iowa State 82 , (15) South Dakota State 65
• (2) Tennessee 83 ,   (15) Saint Peter's 49
• (7) Washington State 66 , (10) Drake 61
• ( 11) NC State 80 , (6) Texas Tech 67
• (4) Kansas 93 , (13) Samford 89

Friday, March 22 (Round of 64)

• (3) Baylor 92 ,   (14) Colgate 67
• (9) Northwestern 77 , (8) Florida Atlantic 65  (OT)
• (5) San Diego State 69 , (12) UAB 65
• (2) Marquette 87 ,   (15) Western Kentucky 69
• (1) UConn 91 , (16) Stetson 52
• (6) Clemson 77 , (11) New Mexico 56
• (10) Colorado 102 , (7) Florida 100   
• (13) Yale 78 , (4) Auburn 76 
• (9) Texas A&M 98 , (8) Nebraska 83
• (4) Duke 64 , (13) Vermont 47
• (1) Purdue 78 , (16) Grambling 50
• (4) Alabama 109 , (13) College of Charleston 96
• (1) Houston 86 , (16) Longwood 46
• (12) James Madison 72 , (5) Wisconsin 61
• (8) Utah State 88 , (9) TCU 72 
• (12) Grand Canyon 77 , (5) Saint Mary's 66

Saturday, March 23 (Round of 32)

• (2) Arizona 78,  (7) Dayton 68
• (5) Gonzaga 89 , (4) Kansas 68
• (1) North Carolina 85 , (9) Michigan State 69
• (2) Iowa State 67 , (7) Washington State 56
• (11) NC State 79 , (14) Oakland 73
• (2) Tennessee 62 , (7) Texas 58
• (3) Illinois 89 , (11) Duquesne 63 
• (3) Creighton 86 , (11) Oregon 73 (2OT)

Sunday, March 24 (Round of 32)

• (2) Marquette 81,  (10) Colorado 77
• (1) Purdue 106,  (8) Utah State 67
• (4) Duke 93 , (12) James Madison 55 
• (6) Clemson 72 , (3) Baylor 64
• (4) Alabama 72 , (12) Grand Canyon 61
• (1) UConn 75 , (9) Northwestern 58
• (1) Houston 100 , (9) Texas A&M 95 (OT)
• (5) San Diego State 85 , (13) Yale 57 

Thursday, March 28 (Sweet 16)

• (6) Clemson 77 , (2) Arizona 72
• (1) UConn 82 , (5) San Diego State 52
• (4) Alabama 89 , (1) North Carolina 87
• (3) Illinois 72 , (2) Iowa State 69

Friday, March 29 (Sweet 16)

• (11) NC State 66 , (2) Marquette 58
• (1) Purdue 80 , (5) Gonzaga 68
• (4) Duke 54 , (1) Houston 51
• (2) Tennessee 82 , (3) Creighton 75

Saturday, March 30 (Elite Eight)

• (1) UConn 77 , (3) Illinois 52
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• (1) Purdue 72 , (2) Tennessee 66
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ALBANY, N.Y. — This is a game that needs no introductions.

You know the stars. The storylines. The beef. What’s on the line.

Back on Selection Sunday, as the teams were placed into the hellishly packed Albany 2 Region, everyone saw it. Fell out of their chairs. And then crossed their fingers.

The potential matchup everyone noticed is now scheduled. And this game is so many things. Distilled to its most basic terms, it’s simple: Iowa and LSU . Caitlin and Angel. The rematch.

Run. It. Back. Iowa and LSU will meet in the Elite Eight on Monday, April 1 in a rematch of the 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball Title game. Call it now, who wins this time? pic.twitter.com/6tZwWUpzok — The Athletic (@TheAthletic) March 30, 2024

Of course the path to a national title would require one going through the other. Perhaps this matchup should’ve come later than the Elite Eight, but here we are — 40 minutes away from LSU or Iowa cutting down a net and the other team boarding a long, quiet flight home. Not unlike the last time they met.

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Less than a year ago, LSU and Iowa faced off in Dallas for the 2023 national championship. The Tigers won 102-85, catching fire from beyond the arc — not a typical trend for them — and giving the tournament’s ending a magical feeling for anyone who saw it. The game — which set a record for television viewership, drawing 9.9 million viewers on ABC and peaking at 12.6 million — acted as a bellwether and a benchmark for women’s basketball.

“You would never think that we would now be considered celebrities from a basketball game,” Angel Reese said. “Things come so fast; life comes so fast. I’m happy with where we are and helping to grow women’s basketball, and I’m going to look back in 40 years and just know that we were trailblazers.”

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The title game accentuated the fact that many within the sport have seen coming for decades: Women’s basketball has been pushing closer to a breaking point, one that was hastened by the past several years of coverage and conversation but built by decades of powerful players, programs and coaches. It highlighted the immense talent of some of the brightest stars in the game. It sparked conversation around trash-talking, media coverage, social issues and officiating. It silenced some haters and brought new ones to the game.

In short, women’s college basketball was treated as a legitimate sport.

Since then, LSU and Iowa have gone their separate ways but traveled similar paths as the sport has continued to explode. They returned home, and their players entered a new era in which fame is now part of the deal.

In the offseason, LSU hit the transfer portal hard. The Tigers brought in two of the nation’s top players: Aneesah Morrow and Hailey Van Lith. Morrow, a DePaul transfer, watched that national title game at home in Chicago with her siblings and parents. Van Lith watched from her apartment in Louisville. Even then, Van Lith saw what was happening with the sport.

“Just the ability for the stars to shine and everyone’s personalities to show. Just watching it, you knew people were going to become fans of women’s basketball,” Van Lith said. “It was a great game to watch. It was exciting to watch. Any fan who’s a fan of basketball would’ve enjoyed watching that game. That’s when I was like, ‘We’re making traction here.’ This is awesome for us.”

Caitlin Clark is a college basketball sensation. In Iowa, she’s much more

When the 2023-24 season kicked off, LSU and Iowa immediately sold out arenas. So did South Carolina , Virginia Tech , USC , NC State, Notre Dame , UConn and others. The increased attendance and TV ratings, including the viewership numbers from the title game, led to a record-breaking agreement signed in January between the NCAA and ESPN that valued the women’s NCAA Tournament at $65 million annually, a tenfold increase in valuation from the previous deal.

En route to Albany, Iowa and LSU won games in convincing fashions and lost games in devastating moments. Caitlin Clark and Reese are asked about their legacies countlessly. In every response, they say they want to impact the next generation. They want little girls and boys to see them as they are: elite athletes. They want people to see the sport for what it is: exciting, intense, important.

And now, in what could be either of their final games at the college level (Clark has declared for the WNBA Draft; Reese hasn’t announced her intentions), their paths will cross once again.

Whatever happens in Albany on Monday night, this remains true: Reese and Clark have brought fans to the game. They’ve helped grow the foundation and broaden the reach of women’s basketball. They both stand on the shoulders of giants while laying a path for generations to follow.

“It’s just going to be a really great game for women’s basketball,” Clark said.

She’s right. These are the moments that push the sport forward. The stars, the players, the plays. The storylines, the drama. Monday night is just 40 minutes, 10 players and a basketball.

It’s also so much more.

(Photo of Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese: Maddie Meyer / Getty Images)

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Chantel Jennings is The Athletic's senior writer for the WNBA and women's college basketball. She covered college sports for the past decade at ESPN.com and The Athletic and spent the 2019-20 academic year in residence at the University of Michigan's Knight-Wallace Fellowship for Journalists. Follow Chantel on Twitter @ chanteljennings

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NCAA Women's Tournament bracket 2024: Printable bracket, games, matchups for Elite Eight of March Madness

The tournament is winding down, but the action is heating up as we reach the elite eight.

And then there were eight. The 2024 NCAA Women's Tournament is near its conclusion with the Elite Eight now officially set for tip off. All four No. 1 seeds are still alive and vying to reach the Final Four. That includes top overall seed South Carolina, who maintains its undefeated record, looking to become the 10th team to complete an undefeated season as national champions. Plus, Iowa, Texas and USC are all still in the mix.

The other four teams are just as deserving to this point, but interestingly no No. 2 seeds made it to this point. In fact, each No. 1 seed will take on the No. 3 seed in their region. Oregon State, NC State, LSU and UConn all made it through their first three games to reach this point and have a chance to score the upset and make the Final Four.

Sunday will see two teams punch their ticket to the Final Four in Cleveland. Things get underway with South Carolina taking on Oregon State in Albany, New York. Then, attention turns out west with Texas battling NC State from Portland, Oregon. 

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