2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

2024 qualifying teams
2024 qualifying teams
Total teams	68
Automatic bids	32
At-large bids	36
Top seed	South Carolina
National champion	TBD
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
	«2023 2025»

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.

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

^ ^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.

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)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "2024 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
^ "Tracking all 32 NCAA women's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2024 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.
^ "NCAA Division I Schools By State". state.1keydata.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

[OVC-3] 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.

[:0-1] "2024 Division I Women's Basketball Official Bracket | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.

[2] "Tracking all 32 NCAA women's basketball conference tournaments, auto bids for 2024 | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2024-03-20.

[4] "NCAA Division I Schools By State". state.1keydata.com. Retrieved 2024-03-27.

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