Watch the full final 2:00 of regulation in Notre Dame and Vanderbilt's tightly contested matchup in the Sweet 16 of the 2026 NCAA women's basketball tournament.
Watch Mikayla Blakes dominate the 2026 NCAA tournament, leading Vanderbilt women's basketball to the Sweet 16 while averaging 27 points across three games. The sophomore guard dropped 30 points in her March Madness debut in the first round, breaking the program’s single-season scoring record.
It took Pittsburgh eighth-grader Otto Schellhammer until the Sweet 16 to finally miss one of his women's picks for March Madness. No. 6 seed Notre Dame beat second-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday in Fort Worth, Texas, to open the regional rounds of the women's NCAA Tournament. Schellhammer previously told The Associated Press it was “100% luck” and that he didn't know anything about basketball despite that perfect start through 48 games.
The lone women's perfect bracket fell in the first game of the Sweet 16. No. 6 Notre Dame's 67-64 win against No. 2 Vanderbilt on Friday afternoon eliminated the only remaining perfect bracket: "Oschell17" from Otto Schellhammer of Pittsburgh, Pa in ESPN's game.
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