Women's March Madness 2026: Monday's Elite Eight live updates, analysis - ESPN

The Final Four is almost set! UConn and UCLA punched their tickets to Phoenix on Sunday, with the Huskies downing Notre Dame in Fort Worth, Texas, before the Bruins battled back against Duke in Sacramento, California.

Two more teams will seal their spots Monday, with Texas taking on Michigan (7 p.m. ET) before South Carolina faces off with TCU (9 p.m. ET). ESPN has you covered for all of the live action, with Kendra Andrews, Charlotte Gibson, Alexa Philippou and Michael Voepel on site at both regionals, providing keys to the game for each team in action.

Jump to: Game-by-game preview, picks

7 p.m. ET, ESPN

Voepel's prediction: Texas, 75-70
Charlie Creme's prediction: Texas, 72-65
Andrews' prediction: Texas, 80-64
Gibson's prediction: Michigan, 75-73
Philippou's prediction: Texas, 74-58

How the Wolverines can advance to the Final Four: The Wolverines are the last No. 2 seed standing after Iowa lost in the second round and Vanderbilt and LSU were eliminated Friday. To make history and advance to the program's first Final Four, they'll need sophomore stars Olivia Olson and Syla Swords to be great, but also get contributions from multiple players on offense. That, of course, might be difficult against a Texas team that is known for defending at a high level. The Wolverines' prized sophomore class has never played this deep in the tournament, which they will hope does not ultimately work against them. — Philippou

How the Longhorns can advance to the Final Four: The first half Saturday was one of the more impressive stretches we've seen from Texas, especially considering the Sweet 16 stage. The Longhorns look like a well-oiled machine that's playing its best basketball at the right time. To keep that up, it always starts on