### **Updated March 13, 2020**: The following supersedes the respective terms outlined below.  As a result of COVID-19, this competition will be cancelled with no Kaggle points, Kaggle medals, or monetary prizes. The end date has been updated from April 7, 2020 at 11:59pm UTC to March 20, 2020 at 3:00 am UTC. Please see this [announcement post](https://www.kaggle.com/c/google-cloud-ncaa-march-madness-2020-division-1-womens-tournament/discussion/135403) for more details.
Stage 1 - Model Building
Sunday, March 15
- Prior to this deadline, competitors build and test models on historical data. The leaderboard shows the model performance on historical tournament outcomes.
Stage 2 - Championship
Monday, March 16
- Selection Monday® (64 teams announced)
Tuesday, March 17
- Kaggle begins to accept 2020 predictions. Release of up-to-date 2019-2020 season data.
Friday, March 20 3PM UTC
- Final deadline to submit 2020 predictions.
March 20 onward
- Watch your tournament results play out! The Kaggle Team will refresh the leaderboard throughout the competition as games are finalized.
All deadlines are at 11:59 PM UTC on the corresponding day unless otherwise noted. The organizers reserve the right to update the contest timeline if they deem it necessary.