2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

2024 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
Season	2023–24
Teams	68
Finals site	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse; Cleveland, Ohio
Champions	South Carolina Gamecocks (3rd title, 3rd title game,; 6th Final Four)
Runner-up	Iowa Hawkeyes (2nd title game,; 3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists	NC State Wolfpack (2nd Final Four); UConn Huskies (23rd Final Four);
Winning coach	Dawn Staley (3rd title)
MOP	Kamilla Cardoso (South Carolina)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«2023	2025»

The 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a 68-team single-elimination tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college basketball national champion for the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The 42nd edition of the tournament began on March 20, 2024, and concluded with the championship game on April 7, 2024 at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio.

Big South champion Presbyterian, Southland champion Texas A&M–Corpus Christi, WAC champion California Baptist and at-large bid Columbia all made their NCAA tournament debuts. Additionally, Big Sky champion Eastern Washington made its second-ever appearance and first since 1987, Big West champion UC Irvine made its first appearance since 1995 and Sun Belt champion Marshall made its first appearance since 1997. In the championship game, Iowa returned for their second straight appearance while South Carolina entered their third championship game in seven years and became the tenth team in Division I women's tournament history to finish an undefeated season at 38–0.

This was the first time where the top #1 seed won both the Men's & Women's NCAA Tournament since 2012.

Tournament procedure

A total of 68 teams participated in the 2024 tournament, consisting of the 32 conference champions, and 36 "at-large" bids that were determined by the NCAA Selection Committee. The last four at-large teams and teams seeded 65 through 68 overall competed in First Four games, whose winners advanced to the 64-team first round.^[1]

2024 NCAA Tournament schedule and venues

The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals, will be played at the sites of the top 16 seeds.

First Four

March 20–21
Four of the campuses seeded in the Top 16

Subregionals (First and Second Rounds)

March 22 and 24 (Fri/Sun)
- Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina)
- Gill Coliseum, Corvallis, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)
- Moody Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
- Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
- Bramlage Coliseum, Manhattan, Kansas (Host: Kansas State University)
- Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana (Host: Louisiana State University)
- Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia (Host: Virginia Tech)
- Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University)
March 23 and 25 (Sat/Mon)
- Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana (Host: Indiana University)
- Purcell Pavilion, Notre Dame, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
- McCarthey Athletic Center, Spokane, Washington (Host: Gonzaga University)
- Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)
- Carver–Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa (Host: University of Iowa)
- Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California (Host: University of California, Los Angeles)
- Galen Center, Los Angeles, California (Host: University of Southern California)
- Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

March 29 – April 1
- Albany Regional, MVP Arena, Albany, New York (Hosts: The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference and Siena College)
- Portland Regional, Moda Center, Portland, Oregon (Host: Oregon State University)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

April 5 and April 7
- Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, Ohio (Hosts: Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference)

Cleveland hosted the women's Final Four for the second time; the first was in 2007.^[2]

Qualification and selection of teams

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the 2024 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament.^[a]

Automatic qualifiers
Conference	Team	Record	Appearance	Last bid
America East	Maine	24–9	10th	2019
American	Rice	19–14	4th	2019
Atlantic 10	Richmond	29–5	4th	2005
ACC	Notre Dame	26–6	29th	2023
ASUN	Florida Gulf Coast	29–4	10th	2023
Big 12	Texas	30–4	36th	2023
Big East	UConn	29–5	35th	2023
Big Sky	Eastern Washington	29–5	2nd	1987
Big South	Presbyterian	20–14	1st	Never
Big Ten	Iowa	29–4	30th	2023
Big West	UC Irvine	23–8	2nd	1995
CAA	Drexel	19–14	3rd	2021
CUSA	Middle Tennessee	29–4	21st	2023
Horizon	Green Bay	27–6	19th	2018
Ivy League	Princeton	25–4	11th	2023
MAAC	Fairfield	31–1	6th	2022
MAC	Kent State	21–10	6th	2002
MEAC	Norfolk State	27–5	3rd	2023
Missouri Valley	Drake	29–5	15th	2023
Mountain West	UNLV	30–2	11th	2023
NEC	Sacred Heart	24–9	5th	2023
Ohio Valley	UT Martin^[a]	16–16	5th	2014
Pac-12	USC	26–5	18th	2023
Patriot	Holy Cross	20–12	14th	2023
SEC	South Carolina	32–0	20th	2023
Southern	Chattanooga	28–4	17th	2023
Southland	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	23–8	1st	Never
SWAC	Jackson State	26–6	7th	2022
Summit	South Dakota State	27–5	12th	2023
Sun Belt	Marshall	26–6	2nd	1997
WCC	Portland	21–12	6th	2023
WAC	California Baptist	28–3	1st	Never

^ ^a ^b Southern Indiana defeated UT Martin in the OVC championship. However, due to Southern Indiana's transition from Division II, UT Martin received the OVC's automatic bid.

Bids by state

The sixty-eight teams came from thirty-four states.

Bids	State(s)	Schools
5	California	California Baptist, Stanford, UC Irvine, UCLA, USC
	Tennessee	Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, UT Martin, Vanderbilt
	Texas	Baylor, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
3	Connecticut	Fairfield, Sacred Heart, UConn
	Iowa	Drake, Iowa, Iowa State
	North Carolina	Duke, NC State, North Carolina
	Virginia	Norfolk State, Richmond, Virginia Tech
2	Alabama	Alabama, Auburn
	Florida	Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State
	Indiana	Indiana, Notre Dame
	Kansas	Kansas, Kansas State
	Michigan	Michigan, Michigan State
	Mississippi	Jackson State, Ole Miss
	Nebraska	Creighton, Nebraska
	New York	Columbia, Syracuse
	Ohio	Kent State, Ohio State
	Oregon	Oregon State, Portland
	South Carolina	Presbyterian, South Carolina
	Washington	Gonzaga, Eastern Washington
	West Virginia	Marshall, West Virginia
	Wisconsin	Green Bay, Marquette
1	Arizona	Arizona
	Colorado	Colorado
	Kentucky	Louisville
	Louisiana	LSU
	Maine	Maine
	Maryland	Maryland
	Massachusetts	Holy Cross
	Nevada	UNLV
	New Jersey	Princeton
	Oklahoma	Oklahoma
	Pennsylvania	Drexel
	South Dakota	South Dakota State
	Utah	Utah

Bids by conference

Thirty-two conferences earned an automatic bid. In nineteen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-six additional at-large teams were selected from twelve of the conferences.

Bids	Conference	Teams
8	Atlantic Coast	Duke, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
8	Southeastern	Alabama, Auburn, LSU, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas A&M, Vanderbilt
7	Big 12	Baylor, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Oklahoma, Texas, West Virginia
7	Big Ten	Indiana, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska, Ohio State
7	Pac-12	Arizona, Colorado, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah
3	Big East	Creighton, Marquette, UConn
2	Ivy	Columbia, Princeton
2	West Coast	Gonzaga, Portland
1	America East	Maine
1	American	Rice
1	Atlantic 10	Richmond
1	Atlantic Sun	Florida Gulf Coast
1	Big Sky	Eastern Washington
1	Big South	Presbyterian
1	Big West	UC Irvine
1	Coastal	Drexel
1	Conference USA	Middle Tennessee
1	Horizon	Green Bay
1	Metro Atlantic	Fairfield
1	Mid-American	Kent State
1	Mid-Eastern	Norfolk State
1	Missouri Valley	Drake
1	Mountain West	UNLV
1	Northeast	Sacred Heart
1	Ohio Valley	UT Martin
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Chattanooga
1	Southland	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
1	Southwestern	Jackson State
1	Summit	South Dakota State
1	Sun Belt	Marshall
1	Western Athletic	California Baptist

Seeds

The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released on March 17.

Albany Regional 1 – MVP Arena, Albany, NY
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Last bid
1	South Carolina	SEC	32–0	Automatic	2023
2	Notre Dame	ACC	26–6	Automatic	2023
3	Oregon State	Pac-12	24–7	At-large	2021
4	Indiana	Big Ten	24–5	At-large	2023
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	22–9	At-large	2023
6	Nebraska	Big Ten	22–11	At-large	2022
7	Ole Miss	SEC	23–8	At-large	2023
8	North Carolina	ACC	19–12	At-large	2023
9	Michigan State	Big Ten	22–8	At-large	2021
10	Marquette	Big East	23–8	At-large	2023
11	Texas A&M	SEC	19–12	At-large	2021
12	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	29–4	Automatic	2023
13	Fairfield	MAAC	31–1	Automatic	2022
14	Eastern Washington	Big Sky	29–5	Automatic	1987
15	Kent State	MAC	21–10	Automatic	2002
16*	Sacred Heart	Northeast	24–9	Automatic	2023
16*	Presbyterian	Big South	20–14	Automatic	Never

Portland Regional 4 – Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Last bid
1	Texas	Big 12	30–4	Automatic	2023
2	Stanford	Pac-12	28–5	At-large	2023
3	NC State	ACC	27–6	At-large	2023
4	Gonzaga	WCC	30–3	At-large	2023
5	Utah	Pac-12	22–10	At-large	2023
6	Tennessee	SEC	19–12	At-large	2023
7	Iowa State	Big 12	20–11	At-large	2022
8	Alabama	SEC	23–9	At-large	2023
9	Florida State	ACC	23–10	At-large	2023
10	Maryland	Big Ten	19–13	At-large	2023
11	Green Bay	Horizon	27–6	Automatic	2018
12	South Dakota State	Summit	27–5	Automatic	2023
13	UC Irvine	Big West	23–8	Automatic	1995
14	Chattanooga	Southern	28–4	Automatic	2023
15	Norfolk State	MEAC	27–5	Automatic	2023
16	Drexel	Coastal	19–14	Automatic	2021

Albany Regional 2 – MVP Arena, Albany, NY
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Last bid
1	Iowa	Big Ten	29–4	Automatic	2023
2	UCLA	Pac-12	25–6	At-large	2023
3	LSU	SEC	28–5	At-large	2023
4	Kansas State	Big 12	25–7	At-large	2022
5	Colorado	Pac-12	22–9	At-large	2023
6	Louisville	ACC	24–9	At-large	2023
7	Creighton	Big East	25–5	At-large	2023
8	West Virginia	Big 12	24–7	At-large	2023
9	Princeton	Ivy League	25–4	Automatic	2023
10	UNLV	Mountain West	30–2	Automatic	2023
11	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	29–4	Automatic	2023
12	Drake	Missouri Valley	29–5	Automatic	2023
13	Portland	WCC	21–12	Automatic	2023
14	Rice	American	19–14	Automatic	2019
15	California Baptist	WAC	28–3	Automatic	Never
16*	Holy Cross	Patriot	20–12	Automatic	2023
16*	UT Martin	Ohio Valley	16–16	Automatic	2014

Portland Regional 3 – Moda Center, Portland, Oregon
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type	Last bid
1	USC	Pac-12	26–5	Automatic	2023
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	25–5	At-large	2023
3	UConn	Big East	29–5	Automatic	2023
4	Virginia Tech	ACC	24–7	At-large	2023
5	Baylor	Big 12	24–7	At-large	2023
6	Syracuse	ACC	23–7	At-large	2021
7	Duke	ACC	20–11	At-large	2023
8	Kansas	Big 12	19–12	At-large	2022
9	Michigan	Big Ten	20–13	At-large	2023
10	Richmond	Atlantic 10	29–5	Automatic	2005
11*	Auburn	SEC	20–11	At-large	2019
11*	Arizona	Pac-12	17–15	At-large	2023
12*	Vanderbilt	SEC	22–9	At-large	2014
12*	Columbia	Ivy League	23–6	At-large	Never
13	Marshall	Sun Belt	26–6	Automatic	1997
14	Jackson State	SWAC	26–6	Automatic	2022
15	Maine	America East	24–9	Automatic	2019
16	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	Southland	23–8	Automatic	Never

*See First Four
Source:

Tournament bracket

All times are listed in Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−4)

First Four

The First Four games involve eight teams: the four lowest-seeded automatic qualifiers and the four lowest-seeded at-large teams.

March 20 – Albany Regional 1 Columbia, South Carolina

16	Sacred Heart	42

16	Presbyterian	49

March 21 – Portland Regional 3 Storrs, Connecticut

11	Auburn	59

11	Arizona	69

March 21 – Albany Regional 2 Iowa City, Iowa

16	Holy Cross	72

16	UT Martin	45

March 20 – Portland Regional 3 Blacksburg, Virginia

12	Vanderbilt	72

12	Columbia	68

Albany regional 1 – Albany, NY

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 29			Regional Final Elite 8 March 31

1	South Carolina	91

16	Presbyterian	39
			1	South Carolina	88
Columbia, South Carolina – Fri/Sun
			8	North Carolina	41
8	North Carolina	59

9	Michigan State	56
						1	South Carolina	79

						4	Indiana	75
5	Oklahoma	73

12	Florida Gulf Coast	70
			5	Oklahoma	68
Bloomington, Indiana – Sat/Mon
			4	Indiana	75
4	Indiana	89

13	Fairfield	56
									1	South Carolina	70

									3	Oregon State	58
6	Nebraska	61

11	Texas A&M	59
			6	Nebraska	51
Corvallis, Oregon – Fri/Sun
			3	Oregon State	61
3	Oregon State	73

14	Eastern Washington	51
						3	Oregon State	70

						2	Notre Dame	65
7	Ole Miss	67

10	Marquette	55
			7	Ole Miss	56
Notre Dame, Indiana – Sat/Mon
			2	Notre Dame	71
2	Notre Dame	81

15	Kent State	67

Albany regional 1 final

ABC

March 31
1:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 South Carolina 70, No. 3 Oregon State 58
Scoring by quarter: 18—14, 19–19, 21—13, 12–12
Pts: Tessa Johnson (15) Rebs: Ashlyn Watkins (14) Asts: Raven Johnson (6)		Pts: Raegan Beers (16) Rebs: Timea Gardiner (12) Asts: Tied (5)

MVP Arena – Albany, NY
Attendance: 13,568
Referees: Felicia Grinter, Talisa Green, Tyler Trimble

Albany regional 1 all-tournament team

Kamilla Cardoso (MOP) – South Carolina
Raven Johnson – South Carolina
Raegan Beers – Oregon State
Timea Gardiner – Oregon State
Sydney Parrish – Indiana

Portland regional 4 – Portland, OR

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 29			Regional Final Elite 8 March 31

1	Texas	82

16	Drexel	42
			1	Texas	65
Austin, Texas – Fri/Sun
			8	Alabama	54
8	Alabama	82

9	Florida State	74
						1	Texas	69

						4	Gonzaga	47
5	Utah	68

12	South Dakota State	54
			5	Utah	66
Spokane, Washington – Sat/Mon
			4	Gonzaga	77
4	Gonzaga	75

13	UC Irvine	56
									1	Texas	66

									3	NC State	76
6	Tennessee	92

11	Green Bay	63
			6	Tennessee	72
Raleigh, North Carolina – Sat/Mon
			3	NC State	79
3	NC State	64

14	Chattanooga	45
						3	NC State	77

						2	Stanford	67
7	Iowa State	93

10	Maryland	86
			7	Iowa State	81
Stanford, California – Fri/Sun
			2	Stanford	87^OT
2	Stanford	79

15	Norfolk State	50

Portland 4 regional final

ABC

March 31
3:00 p.m. EDT

No. 1 Texas 66, No. 3 NC State 76
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 17–24, 17–14, 18–19
Pts: Booker (17) Rebs: Moore (9) Asts: Booker (5)		Pts: James (27) Rebs: James (6) Asts: Rivers (5)

Moda Center – Portland, OR
Referees: In'Fini Robinson, Katie Lukanich, Gina Cross

Portland 4 regional all-tournament team

Aziaha James (MOP) – NC State
Saniya Rivers – NC State
Aaliyah Moore – Texas
Shay Holle – Texas
Kiki Iriafen – Stanford

Albany regional 2 – Albany, New York

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 30			Regional Final Elite 8 April 1

1	Iowa	91

16	Holy Cross	65
			1	Iowa	64
Iowa City, Iowa – Sat/Mon
			8	West Virginia	54
8	West Virginia	63

9	Princeton	53
						1	Iowa	89

						5	Colorado	68
5	Colorado	86

12	Drake	72
			5	Colorado	63
Manhattan, Kansas – Fri/Sun
			4	Kansas State	50
4	Kansas State	78

13	Portland	65
									1	Iowa	94

									3	LSU	87
6	Louisville	69

11	Middle Tennessee	71
			11	Middle Tennessee	56
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Fri/Sun
			3	LSU	83
3	LSU	70

14	Rice	60
						3	LSU	78

						2	UCLA	69
7	Creighton	87

10	UNLV	73
			7	Creighton	63
Los Angeles, California – Sat/Mon
			2	UCLA	67
2	UCLA	84

15	California Baptist	55

Albany regional 2 final

ESPN

April 1
7:15 p.m. EDT

No. 1 Iowa 94, No. 3 LSU 87
Scoring by quarter: 26–31, 19–14, 24–13, 25–29
Pts: Clark (41) Rebs: Clark (7) Asts: Clark (12)		Pts: Johnson (23) Rebs: Reese (20) Asts: Reese (4)

MVP Arena – Albany, New York

Albany regional 2 all-tournament team

Portland regional 3 – Portland, Oregon

First round Round of 64 March 22–23			Second round Round of 32 March 24–25			Regional semifinals Sweet 16 March 30			Regional Final Elite 8 April 1

1	USC	87

16	Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	55
			1	USC	73
Los Angeles, California – Sat/Mon
			8	Kansas	55
8	Kansas	81^OT

9	Michigan	72
						1	USC	74

						5	Baylor	70
5	Baylor	80

12	Vanderbilt	63
			5	Baylor	75
Blacksburg, Virginia – Fri/Sun
			4	Virginia Tech	72
4	Virginia Tech	92

13	Marshall	49
									1	USC	73

									3	UConn	80
6	Syracuse	74

11	Arizona	69
			6	Syracuse	64
Storrs, Connecticut – Sat/Mon
			3	UConn	72
3	UConn	86

14	Jackson State	64
						3	UConn	53

						7	Duke	45
7	Duke	72

10	Richmond	61
			7	Duke	75
Columbus, Ohio – Fri/Sun
			2	Ohio State	63
2	Ohio State	80

15	Maine	57

Portland regional 3 final

ESPN

April 1
9:15 p.m. EDT

No. 1 USC Trojans 73, No. 3 UConn Huskies 80
Scoring by quarter: 17–15, 16–18, 18–22, 22–25
Pts: JuJu Watkins (29) Rebs: Rayah Marshall (11) Asts: McKenzie Forbes (3)		Pts: Paige Bueckers (28) Rebs: Paige Bueckers (10) Asts: Nika Mühl (8)

Moda Center – Portland, Oregon
Attendance: 10,869
Referees: Maj Forsberg, Kyle Bacon, Brian Hall

Portland regional 3 all-tournament team

Paige Bueckers (MOP) – UConn
Rayah Marshall – USC
McKenzie Forbes – USC
JuJu Watkins – USC
Aaliyah Edwards – UConn

Final Four – Cleveland, Ohio

National Semifinals Final Four Friday, April 5			National Championship Game Sunday, April 7

A1(1)	South Carolina	78

P4(3)	NC State	59
			A1(1)	South Carolina	87

			A2(1)	Iowa	75
A2(1)	Iowa	71

P3(3)	UConn	69

National semifinals

ESPN

April 5
7:00 p.m. EDT

A1 South Carolina Gamecocks 78, P4 NC State Wolfpack 59
Scoring by quarter: 16–16, 16–15, 29–6, 17–22
Pts: Kamilla Cardoso (22) Rebs: Ashlyn Watkins (20) Asts: Te-Hina Paopao (6)		Pts: Aziaha James (20) Rebs: River Baldwin (9) Asts: Tied (2)

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – Cleveland, Ohio
Referees: Eric Brewton, Melissa Barlow, Tiffany Bird

ESPN

April 5
9:30 p.m. EDT

A2 Iowa Hawkeyes 71, P3 UConn Huskies 69
Scoring by quarter: 14–19, 12–13, 25–19, 20–18
Pts: Hannah Stuelke (23) Rebs: Caitlin Clark (9) Asts: Caitlin Clark (7)		Pts: Tied (17) Rebs: Aaliyah Edwards (8) Asts: Nika Mühl (7)

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – Cleveland, Ohio
Attendance: 18,284
Referees: Roy Gulbeyan, Gina Cross, Katie Lukanich

National championship

ABC, ESPN

April 7, 2024
3:00 p.m. EDT

A1 South Carolina Gamecocks 87, A2 Iowa Hawkeyes 75
Scoring by quarter: 20–27, 29–19, 19–13, 19–16
Pts: Tessa Johnson (19) Rebs: Kamilla Cardoso (17) Asts: MiLaysia Fulwiley (4)		Pts: Caitlin Clark (30) Rebs: Caitlin Clark (8) Asts: Caitlin Clark (5)

Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse – Cleveland, Ohio

Final Four all-tournament team

Kamilla Cardoso (MOP) – South Carolina
Tessa Johnson – South Carolina
Caitlin Clark – Iowa
Hannah Stuelke – Iowa
Paige Bueckers – UConn

Record by conference

Conference	Bids	Record	Win %	FF	R64	R32	S16	E8	F4	CG	NC
Southeastern	8	13–7	.650	2	7	5	2	2	1	1	1
Big Ten	7	9–7	.563	–	7	4	2	1	1	1	–
Big East	3	5–3	.625	–	3	2	1	1	1	–	–
Atlantic Coast	8	11–8	.579	–	8	6	3	1	1	–	–
Pac-12	7	14–7	.667	1	7	6	5	2	–	–	–
Big 12	7	10–7	.588	–	7	7	2	1	–	–	–
West Coast	2	2–2	.500	–	2	1	1	–	–	–	–
CUSA	1	1–1	.500	–	1	1	–	–	–	–	–
Big South	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Patriot	1	1–1	.500	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
America East	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
American	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Atlantic 10	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
ASUN	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Big Sky	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Big West	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
CAA	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Horizon	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ivy League	2	0–2	.000	1	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
MAAC	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
MAC	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
MEAC	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Missouri Valley	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Mountain West	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Southern	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Southland	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
SWAC	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Summit	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Sun Belt	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
WAC	1	0–1	.000	–	1	–	–	–	–	–	–
Northeast	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Ohio Valley	1	0–1	.000	1	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

The FF, R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the first four, round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively.

Game summaries and tournament notes

Tournament upsets

Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least five seed lines better than the winning team."^[3]

Round	Albany	Portland	Albany	Portland
First round	None	None	No. 11 Middle Tennessee defeated No. 6 Louisville, 71–69	None
Second round	None	None	None	No. 7 Duke defeated No. 2 Ohio State, 75–63
Sweet 16	None	None	None	None
Elite 8	None	None	None	None
Final 4	None
National championship	None

Tournament records

Game officials

Media coverage

Most watched tournament games

(#) Tournament seedings and region in parentheses.

The Albany 2 regional final between Iowa and LSU, a rematch of the previous year's national championship game drew the largest audience ever for a women's college basketball game as well as the most watched college basketball game in the 45-year history of ESPN.^[4] The record would last only a few days, as Iowa's national semifinal match with Connecticut averaged the most viewers for a basketball game at any level on ESPN.^[5]^{[failed verification]} The Championship game again broke this record, with it becoming the most watched basketball game (including the NBA) since 2019 and the most watched basketball game to air outside of prime-time since the Fab Five played in the men's Final Four in 1992.^[6]

Rank	Round	Date and Time (ET)	Matchup	Network	Viewers (millions)	TV rating
1	Championship Game	April 7 3:00 p.m.	(A2-1)Iowa vs. (A1-1)South Carolina	ABC	18.89^[6]	9.3
1	Final Four	April 5 9:30 p.m.	(A2-1)Iowa vs. (P3-3)UConn	ESPN	14.2^[5]
2	Elite 8	April 1 7:12 p.m.	(1)Iowa vs. (3)LSU (Albany 2)		12.3^[7]
3	Final Four	April 5 7 p.m.	(A1-1)South Carolina vs. (P4-3)NC State		7.1^[8]
4	Sweet 16	March 30 3:50 p.m.	(1)Iowa vs. (5)Colorado (Albany 2)	ABC	6.9^[9]	3.6

Television

ESPN broadcast each game of the tournament across either ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS, or ABC. For the second consecutive season, the national championship game aired on ABC.^[10]^[11]

ESPN's The Pat McAfee Show broadcast live from Iowa City for the Iowa Hawkeyes' first-round game.^[12] ESPN provided Megacast coverage during the Final Four and national championship games, with the Bird & Taurasi Show alternate broadcast with Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi returning on ESPN2 and ESPN during the Final Four and national championship respectively, and the "Beyond the Rim" (additional statistics) and rail cam feeds available on ESPN+.^[13]

Studio host and analysts

Elle Duncan (host) (first four, first/second rounds, regionals, Final Four, and national championship)
Kelsey Riggs (host) (first/second rounds)
Rebecca Lobo (analyst) (first four, and first/second rounds)
Andraya Carter (analyst) (first four, first/second rounds, regionals, Final Four and national championship)
Chiney Ogwumike (analyst) (first/second rounds, regionals, Final Four and national championship)
Carolyn Peck (analyst) (Final Four and national championship)
Nikki Fargas (analyst) (first/second rounds)
Aliyah Boston (analyst) (Final Four and national championship)
Lisa Mattingly (rules analyst) (first four, first/second rounds, regionals, Final Four, and national championship)
Denny Meyer (rules analyst) (Final Four and national championship)

Commentary teams

First Four^[14]

Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck – Columbia, South Carolina
Pam Ward and Christy Winters-Scott – Storrs, Connecticut
Beth Mowins, Stephanie White, and Holly Rowe – Iowa City, Iowa
Jay Alter and Kelly Gramlich – Blacksburg, Virginia

First & second rounds Friday/Sunday (Subregionals)^[14]

Courtney Lyle and Carolyn Peck – Columbia, South Carolina
Jason Ross Jr. and Aja Ellison – Corvallis, Oregon
Tiffany Greene and Jimmy Dykes – Austin, Texas
Roy Philpott and Brooke Weisbrod – Stanford, California
Brenda VanLengen and Holly Warlick – Manhattan, Kansas
Dave O'Brien and Christy Thomaskutty – Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Jay Alter and Kelly Gramlich – Blacksburg, Virginia
Matt Schumacker and Meghan McKeown – Columbus, Ohio

First & second rounds Saturday/Monday (Subregionals)^[14]

Angel Gray and Andrea Lloyd-Curry – Bloomington, Indiana
Sam Gore and Tamika Catchings – Notre Dame, Indiana
Ann Schatz and Mike Thibault – Spokane, Washington
Eric Frede and Steffi Sorensen – Raleigh, North Carolina
Beth Mowins, Stephanie White, and Holly Rowe – Iowa City, Iowa
Kevin Fitzgerald and Kim Adams – Los Angeles, California (UCLA)
Elise Woodward and Mary Murphy – Los Angeles, California (USC)
Pam Ward and Christy Winters-Scott – Storrs, Connecticut

Regionals (Sweet 16 and Elite Eight)^[15]

Pam Ward, Stephanie White, and Holly Rowe – Albany, New York (Regional 1 – Sweet 16 games only)
Courtney Lyle, Carolyn Peck, and Brooke Weisbrod – Portland, Oregon (Regional 4)
Ryan Ruocco, Rebecca Lobo, and Holly Rowe – Albany, New York (Regional 2 – Sweet 16/Regionals 1 & 2 – Elite Eight)
Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli, and Angel Gray – Portland, Oregon (Regional 3)

Final Four and National Championship^[16]