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N.C.A.A. Tournament Live: Women Begin, Men Have Round 2

The Big Ten began with the highest number of teams, nine, and six of them have now advanced — including a pair of No. 1 seeds in Michigan and Illinois. The others still in the tournament from the conference are Iowa, Wisconsin, Rutgers and Maryland. Michigan State, Ohio State and Purdue are out.

With the loss by No. 3 seed Texas to No. 14 seed Abilene Christian on Saturday night, the Big 12 totaled six of a possible seven teams advancing: Baylor, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Texas Tech and West Virginia.

All five Pac-12 schools remain alive in Colorado, Oregon, Oregon State, U.