No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 20 Maryland, in Paris

When: Monday, Nov. 2, 2026, noon ET
Where: Adidas Arena, Paris
TV: ESPN

On the full opening day of the women's season, the No. 1 team starts overseas. In the second game of the Paris doubleheader, No. 12 North Carolina plays No. 21 Oklahoma at 2:30 p.m. ET on ESPN2.

The season starts a day earlier, on Sunday, Nov. 1, when No. 13 Notre Dame plays Villanova at Palazzo dello Sport in Rome at noon ET on FS1 (Eternal City Tip-Off).

Also Monday (ET)

• 4 p.m.: No. 3 USC vs. UNLV, T-Mobile Arena, Las Vegas (Hall of Fame Series), CBSSN
• 5 p.m.: Cornell at No. 2 UConn, Hartford, Peacock
• 7 p.m.: Southeastern Louisiana at No. 9 LSU, SEC Network

Rankings are the AP preseason ranks as ESPN lists them.

Sources

• ESPN women's college basketball scoreboard: events 401918849, 401906088, 401920983, 401920491, 401911736 and 401912964, retrieved Oct. 31, 2026
• Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas 2026

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