2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams are entered into the tournament.^[1] Thirty-two of the teams qualified via automatic bids, earned by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 36 teams were via "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams are seeded from 1 to 16 within each of the four regionals.

2024 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	South Carolina
National champion	South Carolina
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
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Automatic Bids

A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament were granted to the below listed conferences, which were given to the team that won the conference's championship tournament.^[2] Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.^[1]

Qualifying Team	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last App.	Tournament	Runner-up	Record (Conf.)	Seed
Maine	24–9 (14–2)	1	2019	America East	Vermont	22–11 (12–4)	3
Rice	19–14 (9–9)	10	2019	American	East Carolina	19–14 (9–9)	9
Richmond	29–5 (16–2)	1	2005	Atlantic 10	Rhode Island	21–14 (10–8)	6
Notre Dame	26–6 (13–5)	4	2023	ACC	NC State	27–6 (13–5)	2
Florida Gulf Coast	29–4 (16–0)	1	2023	Atlantic Sun	Central Arkansas	21–11 (15–5)	3
Texas	30–4 (14–4)	2	2023	Big 12	Iowa State	20–11 (12–6)	4
UConn	29–5 (18–0)	1	2023	Big East	Georgetown	22–11 (9–9)	6
Eastern Washington	29–5 (16–2)	1	1987	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	25–9 (15–3)	2
Presbyterian	20–14 (8–8)	5	Never	Big South	Radford	13–17 (9–7)	3
Iowa	29–4 (15–3)	2	2023	Big Ten	Nebraska	22–11 (11–7)	5
UC Irvine	23–8 (16–4)	2	1995	Big West	UC Davis	20–14 (13–7)	5
Drexel	19–14 (10–8)	7	2021	CAA	Stony Brook	27–4 (16–2)	1
Middle Tennessee	29–4 (16–0)	1	2023	C-USA	Liberty	18–16 (11–5)	2
Green Bay	27–6 (17–3)	2	2018	Horizon	Cleveland State	18–2 (29–5)	1
Princeton	25–4 (13–1)	1	2023	Ivy League	Columbia	23–6 (13–1)	2
Fairfield	31–1 (20–0)	1	2022	MAAC	Niagara	20–13 (15–5)	2
Kent State	21–10 (13–5)	3	2002	MAC	Buffalo	19–13 (10–8)	4
Norfolk State	27–5 (13–1)	1	2023	MEAC	Howard	15–16 (10–4)	2
Drake	29–5 (19–1)	1	2023	Missouri Valley	Missouri State	23–9 (15–5)	3
UNLV	30–2 (17–1)	1	2023	Mountain West	San Diego State	22–13 (10–8)	7
Sacred Heart	24–9 (15–1)	1	2023	Northeast	Le Moyne	18–14 (14–2)	2
UT Martin[a]	16–16 (11–6)	3	2014	Ohio Valley	Southern Indiana[a]	24–6 (17–1)	1
USC	26–5 (13–5)	2	2023	Pac-12	Stanford	28–5 (15–3)	1
Holy Cross	20–12 (11–7)	1	2023	Patriot	Boston University	20–12 (10–8)	3
South Carolina	32–0 (16–0)	1	2023	SEC	LSU	28–5 (13–3)	2
Chattanooga	28–4 (13–1)	1	2023	Southern	UNC Greensboro	21–11 (8–6)	2
Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	23–8 (14–4)	2	Never	Southland	Lamar	24–6 (17–1)	1
Jackson State	26–6 (18–0)	1	2022	SWAC	Alcorn State	12–20 (8–10)	6
South Dakota State	27–5 (16–0)	1	2023	Summit	North Dakota State	21–11 (13–3)	2
Marshall	26–6 (17–1)	1	1997	Sun Belt	James Madison	23–11 (13–5)	3
Portland	21–12 (10–6)	3	2023	West Coast	Gonzaga	30–3 (16–0)	1
California Baptist	28–3 (18–2)	1	Never	WAC	Stephen F. Austin	22–12 (14–6)	2

1. 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.

At Large Bids

36 At-Large teams were chosen through the NCAA Basketball Tournament selection process.^[1]

Team	Record (Conf.)	Last App.	Conference
Alabama	23–9 (10–6)	2023	SEC
Arizona	17–15 (8–10)	2023	Pac-12
Auburn	20–11 (8–8)	2019	SEC
Baylor	24–7 (12–6)	2023	Big 12
Colorado	22–9 (11–7)	2023	Pac-12
Columbia	23–6 (13–1)	Never	Ivy League
Creighton	25–5 (15–3)	2023	Big East
Duke	20–11 (11–7)	2023	ACC
Florida State	23–10 (12–6)	2023	ACC
Gonzaga	30–3 (16–0)	2023	West Coast
Indiana	24–5 (15–3)	2023	Big Ten
Iowa State	20–11 (12–6)	2023	Big 12
Kansas	19–12 (11–7)	2022	Big 12
Kansas State	25–7 (13–5)	2022	Big 12
LSU	28–5 (13–3)	2023	SEC
Louisville	24–9 (12–6)	2023	ACC
Marquette	23–8 (11–7)	2023	Big East
Maryland	19–13 (9–9)	2023	Big Ten
Michigan	20–13 (9–9)	2023	Big Ten
Michigan State	22–8 (12–6)	2021	Big Ten
Nebraska	22–11 (11–7)	2022	Big Ten
North Carolina	19–12 (11–7)	2023	ACC
NC State	27–6 (13–5)	2023	ACC
Ohio State	25–5 (16–2)	2023	Big Ten
Oklahoma	22–9 (15–3)	2023	Big 12
Ole Miss	23–8 (12–4)	2023	SEC
Oregon State	24–7 (12–6)	2021	Pac-12
Stanford	28–5 (15–3)	2023	Pac-12
Syracuse	23–7 (13–6)	2021	ACC
Tennessee	19–12 (10–6)	2023	SEC
Texas A&M	19–12 (6–10)	2021	SEC
UCLA	25–6 (13–5)	2023	Pac-12
Utah	22–10 (11–7)	2023	Pac-12
Vanderbilt	22–9 (9–7)	2014	SEC
Virginia Tech	24–7 (14–4)	2023	ACC
West Virginia	24–7 (12–6)	2023	Big 12

Bids by State

Bids	State	Teams
5	CA	Cal Baptist, Stanford, UC Irvine, UCLA, USC
5	TN	Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, UT Martin, Vanderbilt
5	TX	Baylor, Rice, Texas, Texas A&M, Texas A&M Corpus Christi
3	CT	Connecticut, Fairfield, Sacred Heart
3	IA	Drake, Iowa, Iowa State
3	NC	Duke, North Carolina, NC State
3	VA	Norfolk State, Richmond, Virginia Tech
2	AL	Alabama, Auburn
2	FL	FGCU, Florida State
2	IN	Indiana, Notre Dame
2	KS	Kansas, Kansas State
2	MI	Michigan, Michigan State
2	MS	Jackson State, Ole Miss
2	NE	Creighton, Nebraska
2	NY	Columbia, Syracuse
2	OH	Kent State, Ohio State
2	OR	Oregon State, Portland
2	SC	Presbyterian, South Carolina
2	WA	Eastern Washington, Gonzaga
2	WV	Marshall, West Virginia
2	WI	Green Bay, Marquette
1	AZ	Arizona
1	CO	Colorado
1	KY	Louisville
1	LA	LSU
1	ME	Maine
1	MA	Holy Cross
1	MD	Maryland
1	NV	UNLV
1	NJ	Princeton
1	OK	Oklahoma
1	PA	Drexel
1	SD	South Dakota State
1	UT	Utah

Reference:^[3]

Conference with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Teams
8	ACC	Duke, Florida State, Louisville, North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Syracuse, Virginia Tech
8	SEC	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 League	Columbia, Princeton
2	West Coast	Gonzaga, Portland
1	19 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Tournament seeds (list by region)

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 Overall seed 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 Presbyterian Big South 20–14 Automatic Never

Portland Regional 4 – Moda Center, Portland, Oregon Seed School Conference Record Overall seed 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 Overall seed 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 UT Martin Ohio Valley 16–16 Automatic 2014

Portland Regional 3 – Moda Center, Portland, Oregon Seed School Conference Record Overall seed 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 Arizona Pac-12 17–15 At-large 2023 12* Vanderbilt SEC 22–9 At-large 2014 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
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See also

• 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament qualifying teams