Feast Week Viewer's Guide: All the must-see women's college basketball games

The biggest crippled implicit the adjacent 9 days is Sunday's 1-2 showdown betwixt South Carolina and Stanford (3 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN App).

But starting Saturday, tournaments astir the Thanksgiving vacation contiguous a hoops feast of different apical nonconference games.

College hoops is excessively often successful the inheritance during a engaged sports calendar successful November, but different than the past mates of weeks successful February and aboriginal March, determination is possibly nary much important clip successful the season. The tournaments and events implicit an eight-day span from the Caribbean to Portland, Oregon, incorporate capable prime matchups to make, and sometimes adjacent break, NCAA tourney résumés. The opportunities are monolithic for programs whose champion nonconference games travel implicit Thanksgiving.

With UConn and Iowa arsenic the headliners, the Phil Knight Legacy and Invitational events successful Portland volition get a batch of the spotlight wrapping up the vacation weekend. But the second-annual Battle 4 Atlantis could person arsenic galore arsenic six games that are the prime of a second-round oregon Sweet 16 NCAA tourney game.

Here is your usher to the champion games of the week and however to ticker them.

Saturday, Nov. 19

No. 11 Tennessee vs. Rutgers
Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas), 12 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The Scarlet Knights volition beryllium the Lady Vols' 3rd Big Ten hostile successful the season's archetypal 2 weeks. The archetypal 2 didn't extremity good arsenic Tennessee mislaid to Ohio State connected the roadworthy and past astatine location to Indiana to autumn to 1-2, its worst three-game commencement since 1981-82, according to ESPN Stats & Information research. Perhaps the Lady Vols -- who are missing injured Jordan Horston -- tin find what was missing successful those double-digit losses to the Buckeyes and Hoosiers. Tennessee has won 10 consecutive against Rutgers.

UCLA vs. South Dakota State
Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas), 2:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

These 2 teams met doubly past season, archetypal astatine the Gulf Coast Showcase astir this aforesaid clip of twelvemonth and past successful the WNIT semifinals. The Jackrabbits won some -- hitting a combined 40 of 53 foul shots to the Bruins' 23 of 36 -- and UCLA had nary reply for eventual WNIT MVP Myah Selland successful the 2nd game. Selland -- 1 of 4 progressive players successful Division I with 1,500 points, 600 rebounds and 300 assists, per ESPN Stats & Information probe -- is averaging 19.3 PPG done 3 games this season.

No. 3 Texas vs. Marquette
Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas), 5 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The Golden Eagles won't contiguous the aforesaid benignant of problems that the UConn Huskies did, but Marquette is simply a seasoned squad that won't fto Texas beforehand easily, particularly if Longhorns sophomore defender Rori Harmon isn't backmost from a ft injury. Her availability -- she hasn't played yet this play -- volition beryllium a storyline to travel astatine the Battle 4 Atlantis. Marquette is seeking its archetypal 4-0 commencement since 2016-17 -- but is 0-22 all-time against the apical 3 teams successful the AP Top 25, per ESPN Stats & Information research.

No. 6 Louisville vs. Gonzaga
Battle 4 Atlantis (Bahamas), 7:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The Zags are the 2nd of 3 high-quality mid-majors the Cardinals look successful the regular play (Belmont and Middle Tennessee are the others). While Gonzaga is simply a dense favourite successful the WCC and mightiness not request immoderate assistance getting to the NCAA tournament, an upset present would astir warrant an at-large bid adjacent if it slips up successful the league tournament. This is besides a rematch of a second-round crippled successful the 2022 NCAA tournament, which the Cardinals won 68-59 down 21 points from defender Hailey Van Lith. This season, the Louisville defender is shooting 49% from the field, up from 43% past season.

Sunday, Nov. 20

Battle 4 Atlantis semifinals
Noon and 2:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

While a Louisville-Texas matchup isn't guaranteed, it would beryllium 1 of the champion games of November if it happens. Both teams are incorporating caller faces from the transportation portal, but each person Final Four aspirations. If Tennessee advances past Rutgers, either UCLA oregon South Dakota State would contiguous a important challenge. The Bruins' Charisma Osborne is disconnected to a accelerated start, averaging a double-double (20.3 PPG, 10.7 RPG) done 3 games and, contempt each of Tennessee's talent, would beryllium the champion subordinate connected the tribunal successful that matchup.

Monday, Nov. 21

Battle 4 Atlantis title game
Noon ET, ESPN2/ESPN App

Tennessee vs. Texas. UCLA vs. Louisville. South Dakota State vs. Texas. Take your pick. With truthful galore bully teams successful the Bahamas, the rubric crippled volition deliver.

No. 14 Virginia Tech vs. Kentucky
Pink Flamingo Championship (Bahamas), noon ET, FloHoops

Take the time disconnected from work, and get retired your secondary viewing instrumentality for this one. With the title crippled of the Battle 4 Atlantis being played astatine the aforesaid time, this crippled mightiness gaffe nether the radar. This volition beryllium a large measurement up for the Wildcats, who are disconnected to a 4-0 commencement but person yet to look a top-200 team. It volition beryllium absorbing to spot however a Kentucky squad built astir its backcourt volition effort to neutralize Elizabeth Kitley, Virginia Tech's 6-foot-4 All-American candidate.

Battle 4 Atlantis third-place game
2:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU/ESPN App

Even a matchup of Sunday's losing semifinalists volition look similar an NCAA tourney game.

No. 25 Utah vs. Alabama
Pink Flamingo Championship (Bahamas), 2:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

There volition beryllium plentifulness of chances to spot Brittany Davis, possibly the SEC's astir underrated player, aboriginal successful the season, but this offers a accidental to drawback her against teams not arsenic acquainted with her crippled arsenic her league foes. The aforesaid could beryllium said for Utah's outstanding sophomore trio of Jenna Johnson, Kennady McQueen and Gianna Kneepkens, who were a large portion of the 124 points the Utes hung connected Oklahoma connected Wednesday night.

Wednesday, Nov. 23

Missouri vs. No. 14 Virginia Tech
Pink Flamingo Championship (Bahamas), 1:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The Hokies get 2 coagulated opponents successful Nassau, but 2 games they should win. This is different successful which Kitley could enactment up large numbers, and that could beryllium the lawsuit for Taylor Soule arsenic well. The Tigers don't person overmuch size and volition trust connected spreading the level and making jumpers. Of course, that strategy worked against a overmuch taller South Carolina squad erstwhile Missouri upset the Gamecocks past season.

Ole Miss vs. No. 25 Utah
Pink Flamingo Championship (Bahamas), 7 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The Utes look their 2nd SEC squad successful 3 days, and some Alabama and Ole Miss are imaginable NCAA tourney teams. If Utah is simply a existent Pac-12 contender, and if the Utes privation to emergence to the level manager Lynne Roberts has successful mind, these are the games they person to win. The aforesaid could beryllium said for Ole Miss, and since Oklahoma is the Rebels' lone different prime nonconference crippled connected the schedule, this 1 could beryllium vital.

Thursday, Nov. 24

North Carolina vs. No. 21 Oregon
Phil Knight Invitational (Portland, Oregon), 5 p.m. ET, ESPNU/ESPN App

The Tar Heels should beryllium acceptable for immoderate upgraded contention by the clip they scope Portland, and the Ducks are precisely that. The crippled wrong the crippled is the matchup betwixt 2 of the country's champion constituent guards -- North Carolina's Deja Kelly and Oregon's Te-Hina Paopao. The victor of that conflict apt decides the game, which should person important NCAA tourney seeding implications.

No. 7 Iowa State vs. Michigan State
Phil Knight Invitational (Portland, Oregon), 7:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU/ESPN App

The Cyclones are the wide favorite, but the Spartans are disconnected to a coagulated start, capable to participate into the NCAA tourney discussion. An upset would person a immense interaction moving that forward. Ashley Joens is the prima for Iowa State, but this is the benignant of crippled that volition springiness a much close depiction of however overmuch of an interaction 6-6 NAIA transportation Stephanie Soares volition marque for the Cyclones.

Friday, Nov. 25

Belmont vs. Villanova
Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.), 1:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

Featuring 2 of the sport's astir underrated players successful the country, this crippled could easy beryllium an 8-9 NCAA tourney matchup. Villanova's Maddy Siegrist is the champion scorer successful the state not named Caitlin Clark, and Destinee Wells, who averaged 16.7 PPG and 4.5 APG past year, is besides connected the watchlist for each large postseason award. The victor volition apt look a Baylor squad that is dealing with aggregate injuries.

Florida State vs. Purdue
Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico), 1:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The tourney tips disconnected Thanksgiving Day successful Cancun, but Friday represents the champion of the schedule. The Boilermakers and Seminoles underwent important unit changes successful the offseason, but person achieved aboriginal chemistry, each averaging amended than 80 points per crippled successful their archetypal 3 contests. Florida State freshman Ta'Niya Latson is among the champion scorers successful the state implicit the archetypal 2 weeks of the season, and Bradley and Rutgers transportation Lasha Petree has settled successful seamlessly successful West Lafayette.

No. 10 NC State vs. West Virginia
Cancun Challenge (Cancun, Mexico), 4 p.m. ET, FloHoops

This is the astir important and intriguing matchup successful the three-day event. West Virginia figures to beryllium successful the bubble speech each play nether first-year manager Dawn Plitzuweit. With sophomore JJ Quinerly and elder Madisen Smith, the Mountaineers person endowment and acquisition successful the backcourt that could situation the seasoned NC State backcourt of Diamond Johnson and Madison Hayes. The Wolfpack are sandwiching this travel to Mexico successful betwixt games astatine UConn and astatine Iowa Hawkeyes. This mightiness beryllium a accidental for West Virginia to drawback a résumé-building upset.

No. 5 UConn vs. Duke
Phil Knight Legacy (Portland, Oregon), 6 p.m. ET, ESPN2 oregon ESPNU/ESPN App

These 2 historical programs haven't met since 2018, and that mightiness beryllium a bully happening for Duke. The Huskies person won the past games against the Blue Devils by an mean of astir 27 points. The bully quality for Duke is that nary of the existent players connected either squad person thing to bash with that streak. This is simply a large accidental for the Blue Devils, who haven't been to the NCAA tourney since 2018. Including this game, UConn volition play 3 ACC opponents successful 2 weeks (NC State and Notre Dame are the others).

South Florida vs. Georgia Tech
Gulf Coast Showcase (Estero, Fla.), 7:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

Two big-time shooters successful Georgia Tech's Cameron Swartz and Sammie Puisis of the Bulls person gotten comfy rapidly successful their caller homes. Both volition beryllium invaluable successful a matchup of notoriously outstanding antiaircraft programs. This crippled and their show successful this tourney volition beryllium much important to the Yellow Jackets, who look large challenges successful the ACC and volition request a marquee triumph oregon 2 to solidify their NCAA tourney résumé. That Michigan is the adjacent apt hostile could assistance adjacent more.

Iowa vs. Oregon State
Phil Knight Legacy (Portland, Oregon), 8:30 p.m. ET, ESPNU/ESPN App

The Hawkeyes person each 5 starters back. The Beavers person one. Iowa has its sights acceptable connected March, portion Oregon State is inactive searching for its identity. The Beavers are susceptible of reaching the NCAA tournament, but these programs are successful distinctly antithetic places. Unsurprisingly, Clark and Monika Czinano are the highest scoring duo successful the country. If the Beavers are to propulsion the upset, controlling the gait volition beryllium imperative. That occupation volition autumn to sophomore guards Talia von Oelhoffen and AJ Marotte.

Colorado State vs. Mercer
Las Vegas Invitational, 11 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The Bears, the victor of the past 4 Southern Conference tournaments, person already pulled disconnected 1 mid-major upset, beating Middle Tennessee astatine the buzzer successful the play opener. A brace of highly productive tiny guards item this one. Mercer's 5-6 Amoria Neal-Tysor already has a 32-point crippled this season, and 5-5 McKenna Hofschild of the Rams handed retired 11 assists against Montana and scored 20 points a crippled later. Colorado State figures to beryllium the biggest challenger to UNLV successful the Mountain West.

Saturday, Nov. 26

Seton Hall vs. Georgia
Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands), 5:15 p.m. ET, ESPN3

After falling successful a adjacent crippled astatine location to Princeton, the Pirates mightiness request this crippled for their résumé. In what should beryllium a amusive idiosyncratic matchup, Lauren Park-Lane is simply a big-time scorer and playmaker for Seton Hall, portion Georgia's Diamond Battles is simply a big-time defender.

Kansas State vs. Arkansas
Paradise Jam (St. Thomas, Virgin Islands), 10 p.m. ET, ESPN3

Perhaps these games should beryllium labeled Bubble Teams vs. the SEC. The Wildcats are figuring retired beingness without prima halfway Ayoka Lee, sidelined this play with a genu injury, but Oklahoma transportation Gabby Gregory has been a revelation. Erynn Barnum, a 6-2 senior, has been adjacent amended for the Razorbacks.

Sunday, Nov. 27

Phil Knight Legacy title game
1 p.m. ET, ABC/ESPN App

The anticipation of a UConn-Iowa rubric crippled volition beryllium precocious adjacent without Paige Bueckers connected the level to spell toe-to-toe with Caitlin Clark. An Azzi Fudd-Clark shootout seems beauteous fun, too. Regardless of the idiosyncratic matchups, this crippled would beryllium the filet mignon of this Thanksgiving week hoops smorgasbord. Both teams should beryllium vying for No. 1 seeds each season, and a triumph present is simply a important steppingstone toward that goal.

Phil Knight Invitational third-place game
1 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN App

This is different clip to usage that 2nd tv arsenic you devour the past of the leftovers since the third-place crippled and the Phil Knight Legacy rubric crippled volition beryllium played astatine the aforesaid time.

Phil Knight Invitational title game
7:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN App

North Carolina and Iowa State are the favorites to get here, but an quality by the Ducks would adhd much section flavor.

Gulf Coast Showcase title game
7:30 p.m. ET, FloHoops

The tract is wide open. Baylor would person been considered the favourite successful this lawsuit had the wounded bug not deed the Bears truthful hard. Baylor could inactive marque it this far, but present thing similar a Villanova-Michigan last is simply a stronger possibility. Belmont and South Florida volition besides beryllium successful the mix.

Phil Knight Legacy third-place game
10 p.m. ET, ESPN2/ESPN App

Oregon State and Duke volition person thing to accidental astir who extremity up successful the rubric game, but for whichever teams extremity up here, the crippled volition inactive person ample capable ramifications that it could beryllium costly to fto the disappointment of losing Friday linger.