The Road to Columbus

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The Cardinal has been seeded No. 4 in the Lexington region and its road to Columbus will begin at home in Maples against No. 13 Gonzaga on Saturday, March 17 at 3:00 pm PT.

IF the Cardinal wins that game, its second-round game will be against either No. 5 Missouri or No. 12 FGCU on Monday, March 19 at time tbd.

IF the Cardinal wins its first and second round games, its next game[s] will be at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky (map) on Friday, March 23 and Sunday, March 25.

IF the seedings hold true, Stanford will play Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen.

IF Stanford upsets Louisville, it will likely play Baylor in the Elite Eight (although, with a couple more upsets, its opponent could be Oregon State).

IF the seedings hold true, the Final Four at the Nationwide Arena in Columbus (map) on Friday, March 31 will be UConn vs Notre Dame and Louisville vs MIssissippi State.

In regard to the rest of the Pac-12:

• Oregon is the No. 2 seed in the Spokane region. Its first game will be at home in Matthew Knight Arena against No. 15 Seattle.
• UCLA is the No. 3 seed in the Kansas City region. Its first game will be at home in Pauley Pavilion against No. 14 American.
• Oregon State is the No. 6 seed in the Lexington region. Its first game will be in Knoxville, TN against No. 11 Western Kentucky.
• Arizona State is the No. 7 seed in the Kansas City region. Its first game will be in Austin, TX against No. 10 Nebraska.
• California is the No. 7 seed in the Albany region. Its first game will be in Columbus, SC against No. 10 Virginia.


• Utah has been selected to play in the WNIT. Its first game is at home agains UNLV on Thursday, Mar 15 at a time to be announced. As the Pac-12 No. 7 seed, USC qualified automatically, but declined the invitation. Here is the WNIT bracket.

Here is the NCAA tournament bracket.

Ticket Information

See Stanford Athletics article More Basketball in Maples for information about buying first and second round tickets.

IF the Cardinal advances to the regionals, you'll be able to buy tickets in the Stanford section from Stanford after the second round is completed.

IF the Cardinal advances to the Final Four, you'll be able to buy tickets in the Stanford section from Stanford after the Elite Eight is completed.

Regardless of the Cardinal's progress through the tournament, you can buy tickets now, as available, for any of the postseason games from TicketMaster (click here for details and links).