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The 2027 women's NCAA tournament field is announced March 14, Opening Round play begins March 17, the Final Four is April 2 in Columbus, and the championship game is April 4. For anyone checking a prediction market, the practical task is to separate the official NCAA calendar from Kalshi's exact contract terms, because one does not establish the other.
Source snapshot: September 1, 2026. Dates and market records below reflect the official sources available on that date.
Primary sources checked: the official NCAA tournament schedule, the NCAA's future Women's Final Four sites page, the CFTC designation record for KalshiEX, and the Kalshi rulebook.
The NCAA schedule checked September 1, 2026 lists the following calendar:
These are NCAA tournament dates, not Kalshi close, expiration, or settlement times. Traders should check any current Kalshi event page and its exact rules rather than treating the game calendar as contract language.
The checked NCAA pages do not identify participating teams, seeds, bracket positions, campus hosts, game-specific tipoff times, broadcasters, or ticket inventory. Those details should not be inferred from the early calendar.
The 2027 tournament is the first 76-team women's field. The official schedule calls the initial stage the Opening Round, consisting of 12 games on March 17 and 18. After those games, the tournament moves into a 64-team First Round with 32 games on March 19 and 20.
This is not a First Four, and it is not the historical 68-team format. The distinction matters for schedule searches and any contract whose wording refers to tournament participation, seeding, advancement, or a specific round.
No teams had been announced in the sources checked for this guide. Selection Sunday is March 14, so team names, seeds, matchups, and campus hosts must come from later NCAA announcements.
The NCAA lists two regional sites for the Sweet 16 and Elite Eight rounds:
The 2027 Women's Final Four is assigned to Nationwide Arena in Columbus. The NCAA future-sites page lists an April 1-4 event window, while the detailed schedule places the semifinal games on Friday, April 2 and the championship game on Sunday, April 4.
That surrounding event window should not be confused with additional tournament game dates. Venue information also does not establish the field, game conditions, ticket availability, or any prediction-market settlement result.
The men's tournament has a separate calendar and a Detroit Final Four. Readers comparing the two can use the related 2027 men's March Madness schedule and Kalshi market checks.
Kalshi's official API was checked on September 1, 2026. The open-event query for the KXWMARMAD series returned exactly one event, KXWMARMAD-27, titled “Women's 2027 College Basketball Champion” with the subtitle “2026-27 Season.”
That result needs a major qualification. The event-detail response contained zero nested market objects and no close time. The snapshot therefore did not establish that any team contract was available, and KXWMARMAD-27 should not be treated as an individual team-market ticker.
Two other annual women's basketball series were also checked:
Current availability, prices, fees, eligibility, close times, and exact settlement rules must come directly from Kalshi's current markets and the applicable contract terms. Kalshi is CFTC-regulated, contracts are USD-settled, and identity verification is required. Access can be available internationally subject to the Member Agreement, restricted jurisdictions, identity verification, and local law.
Sports-event contract rules can also face state-law disputes. The CFTC record establishes KalshiEX's designated-contract-market status, but it does not prove that a particular tournament event or team contract is currently available or eligible in every location.
For later market notes and source checks, readers can monitor the @Kalshi_market channel. This page remains a static calendar and verification guide, not a live market board.
Selection Sunday is March 14, 2027, and Opening Round games begin March 17. The Opening Round continues March 18, followed by the 64-team First Round on March 19 and 20. These dates come from the official NCAA schedule checked September 1, 2026, not from Kalshi contract terms.
The 2027 Women's Final Four is scheduled for Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio. The semifinal games are April 2, and the national championship game is April 4. The NCAA future-sites page lists April 1-4 as the surrounding event window, while the detailed schedule provides the specific game dates.
The official NCAA schedule says the 2027 tournament will have 76 teams. It begins with 12 Opening Round games on March 17 and 18, then proceeds to a 64-team First Round. The NCAA had not announced the participating teams, seeds, bracket, or exact campus hosts in the sources checked September 1, 2026.
No team market was established by the dated API snapshot. KXWMARMAD-27 was the one open event returned for its series on September 1, 2026, but its event-detail response contained zero nested markets and no close time. Traders should verify current availability, exact rules, fees, settlement language, and eligibility directly on Kalshi before taking any action.
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