March 17, 2024
2024 NCAA Women’s Division I Tournament bracket unveiled
By The Next
Find out which 68 teams made the Big Dance and where they're playing
The 68 teams going dancing found out their NCAA Tournament seeds and placements on the Selection Sunday show on ESPN.
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Thirty-two teams knew they were dancing, thanks to clinching their conferences’ automatic qualifying bids. Many of the 36 at-large teams knew their fates, but the women’s basketball selection committee still had plenty of tough calls to make.
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To the surprise of absolutely no one, South Carolina was chosen as the No. 1 team in the nation, thanks to its second consecutive undefeated regular season. The Gamecocks will host the first two rounds in Columbia, S.C., before heading to the Albany 1 region.
Schedule-wise, there will be two First Four games on both Wednesday, March 20 and Thursday, March 21. Eight of the 16 host sites will host on Friday, March 22 and Sunday, March 24 while the other eight are on Saturday, March 23 and Monday, March 25.
Here is the rest of the field of 68, with each team’s seed as well as the locations for the first two rounds. The specific dates of each first round host site was not available at the time of publication.
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Regional 1 — Albany
Location: Columbia, S.C.
No. 1 South Carolina vs. No. 16 First Four winner: Sacred Heart vs. Presbyterian
No. 8 North Carolina vs. No. 9 Michigan State
Location: Bloomington, Ind.
No. 4 Indiana vs. No. 13 Fairfield
No. 5 Oklahoma vs. No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast
Location: Corvallis, Ore.
No. 3 Oregon State vs. No. 14 Eastern Washington
No. 6 Nebraska vs. No. 11 Texas A&M
Location: South Bend, Ind.
No. 2 Notre Dame vs. No. 15 Kent State
No. 7 Mississippi vs. No. 10 Marquette
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Regional 2 — Albany
Location: Iowa City, Iowa
No. 1 Iowa vs. No. 16 First Four winner: Holy Cross vs. UT Martin
No. 8 West Virginia vs. No. 9 Princeton
Location: Manhattan, Kan.
No. 4 Kansas State vs. No. 13 Portland
No. 5 Colorado vs. No. 12 Drake
Location: Baton Rouge, La.
No. 3 LSU vs. No. 14 Rice
No. 6 Louisville vs. No. 11 Middle Tennessee
Location: Los Angeles
No. 2 UCLA vs. No. 15 Cal Baptist
No. 7 Creighton vs. No. 10 UNLV
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Regional 3 — Portland
Location: Los Angeles
No. 1 USC vs. No. 16 Texas A&M Corpus Christi
No. 8 Kansas vs. No. 9 Michigan
Location: Blacksburg, Va.
No. 4 Virginia Tech vs. No. 13 Marshall
No. 5 Baylor vs. No. 12 First Four winner: Vanderbilt vs. Columbia
Location: Storrs, Conn.
No. 3 UConn vs. No. 14 Jackson State
No. 6 Syracuse vs. No. 11 First Four winner: Auburn vs. Arizona
Location: Columbus, Ohio
No. 2 Ohio State vs. No. 15 Maine
No. 7 Duke vs. No. 10 Richmond
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Regional 4 — Portland
Location: Austin, Texas
No. 1 Texas vs. No. 16 Drexel
No. 8 Alabama vs. No. 9 Florida State
Location: Spokane, Wash.
No. 4 Gonzaga vs. No. 13 UC Irvine
No. 5 Utah vs. No. 12 South Dakota State
Location: Raleigh, N.C.
No. 3 NC State vs. No. 14 Chattanooga
No. 6 Tennessee vs. No. 11 Green Bay
Location: Stanford, Calif.
No. 2 Stanford vs. No. 15 Norfolk State
No. 7 Iowa State vs. No. 10 Maryland
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The Next will have coverage previewing the tournament this week, including breakdowns by region and for major conferences. We will also have coverage of other women’s college basketball postseason action.
Editor’s note (March 18 at 1:10 p.m. ET): An earlier version of this story misstated the No. 4 seed playing Marshall in Regional 3. It is Virginia Tech, not Virginia.
