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2023 qualifying teams Total teams 68 Automatic bids 32 At-large bids 36 Top seed South Carolina National champion LSU
This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2023 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.
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.[ 3]
Qualifying Team
Record (Conf.)
Seed
Last App.
Tournament
Runner-up
Record (Conf.)
Seed
Vermont
25–6 (14–2)
1
2010
America East
Albany
22–12 (14–2)
2
East Carolina
23–9 (11–5)
3
2007
American
Houston
15–16 (10–5)
4
Florida Gulf Coast
33–3 (17–1)
1
2022[ 4]
Atlantic Sun
Liberty
24–9 (16–2)
2
St Louis
17–17 (10–6)
3
Never
Atlantic 10
UMass
27–7 (14–2)
1
Virginia Tech
29–4 (14–4)[ 5]
3
2022[ 4]
ACC
Louisville
25–11 (12–6)[ 5]
4
Iowa State[ 6]
22–9 (11–7)[ 7]
3
2022[ 4]
Big 12
Texas[ 6]
25–9 (14–4)[ 7]
1
Connecticut
29–5 (18–2)[ 8]
1
2022[ 4]
Big East
Villanova
28–6 (17–3)[ 8]
2
Sacramento State
25–7 (13–5)
3
Never
Big Sky
Northern Arizona
21–14 (13–5)
1
Gardner-Webb
29–4 (18–0)
1
2011
Big South
High Point
17–15 (13–5)
2
Iowa
26–6 (15–3)[ 9]
2
2022[ 4]
Big Ten
Ohio State
27–7 (12–6)[ 9]
4
Hawai'i
18–14 (13–7)
3
2022[ 4]
Big West
UC Santa Barbara
21–12 (12–8)
5
Monmouth
18–15 (9–9)
7
1983
Colonial
Towson
21–11 (13–5)
1
Middle Tennessee
28–4 (18–2)
1
2021[ 10]
C-USA
Western Kentucky
19–14 (14–6)
2
Cleveland State
30–4 (17–3)
2
2010
Horizon
Green Bay
28–5 (18–2)
1
Princeton
23–5 (12–2)
1
2022[ 4]
Ivy League
Harvard
18–11 (9–5)
3
Iona
26–6 (18–2)
1
2016
MAAC
Manhattan
16–17 (10–10)
6
Toledo
28–4 (16–2)
1
2017
MAC
Bowling Green
28–6 (14–4)
2
Norfolk State
26–6 (11–3)
1
2002
MEAC
Howard
16–14 (10–4)
3
Drake
22–9 (14–6)
4
2019
Missouri Valley
Belmont
23–12 (17–3)
2
UNLV
31–2 (18–0)
1
2022[ 4]
Mountain West
Wyoming
23–10 (13–5)
2
Sacred Heart
18–13 (12–4)
2
2012
Northeast
Fairleigh Dickinson
24–8 (14–2)
1
Tennessee Tech
22–9 (13–5)
3
2000
Ohio Valley
Little Rock
21–11 (17–1)
1
Washington State
23–10 (9–9)[ 11]
7
2022[ 4]
Pac-12
UCLA
22–8 (11–7)[ 11]
5
Holy Cross
24–8 (13–5)
2
2007
Patriot
Boston University
24–8 (17–1)
1
South Carolina [ 12]
32–0 (16–0)[ 13]
1
2022[ 4]
SEC
Tennessee[ 12]
21–10 (13–3)[ 13]
3
Chattanooga
20–12 (9–5)
2
2017
Southern
Wofford
20–8 (10–4)
1
Southeastern Louisiana
21–9 (14–4)
1
Never
Southland
Lamar
20–12 (12–6)
3
Southern
18–14 (12–6)
4
2019
SWAC
Arkansas-Pine Bluff
14–17 (10–8)
7
South Dakota State
28–5 (18–0)
1
2021[ 10]
Summit
Omaha
15–17 (8–10)
6
James Madison
26–7 (13–5)
1
2016
Sun Belt
Texas State
23–10 (13–5)
2
Portland
23–8 (15–3)
2
1997
West Coast
Gonzaga
28–5 (17–1)
1
Southern Utah
23–9 (16–2)
2
Never
WAC
California Baptist
19–13 (13–5)
4
36 At-Large teams were chosen through the NCAA Basketball Tournament selection process .[ 14]
Team
Record (Conf.)
Last App.
Conference
Alabama
20–10 (9–7)[ 13]
2021[ 10]
SEC
Arizona
21–9 (11–7)[ 11]
2022[ 4]
Pac-12
Baylor
19–12 (10–8)[ 7]
2022[ 4]
Big 12
Colorado
23–8 (13–5)[ 11]
2022[ 4]
Pac-12
Creighton
22–8 (15–5)[ 8]
2022[ 4]
Big East
Duke
25–6 (14–4)[ 5]
2018
ACC
Florida State
23–9 (12–6)[ 5]
2022[ 4]
ACC
Georgia
21–11 (9–7)[ 13]
2022[ 4]
SEC
Gonzaga
28–4 (17–1)
2022[ 4]
WCC
Illinois
22–9 (11–7)[ 9]
2003
Big Ten
Indiana
27–4 (16–2)[ 9]
2022[ 4]
Big Ten
Louisville
23–11 (12–6)[ 5]
2022[ 4]
ACC
LSU
28–2 (15–1)[ 13]
2022[ 4]
SEC
Marquette
21–10 (13–7)[ 8]
2022[ 4]
Big East
Maryland
25–6 (15–3)[ 9]
2022[ 4]
Big Ten
Miami (FL)
19–12 (11–7)[ 5]
2022[ 4]
ACC
Michigan
22–10 (11–7)[ 9]
2022[ 4]
Big Ten
Mississippi State
20–10 (9–7)[ 13]
2019
SEC
NC State
20–11 (9–9)[ 5]
2022[ 4]
ACC
North Carolina
21–11 (11–7)[ 5]
2022[ 4]
ACC
Notre Dame
25–5 (15–3)[ 5]
2022[ 4]
ACC
Ohio State
25–7 (12–6)[ 9]
2022[ 4]
Big Ten
Oklahoma
25–6 (14–4)[ 7]
2022[ 4]
Big 12
Oklahoma State
21–11 (10–8)[ 7]
2021[ 10]
Big 12
Ole Miss
23–8 (11–5)[ 13]
2022[ 4]
SEC
Purdue
19–11 (9–8)[ 9]
2017
Big Ten
Stanford
28–6 (15–3)[ 11]
2022[ 4]
Pac-12
South Florida
26–6 (15–1)
2022[ 4]
American
St Johns
22–9 (13–7)[ 8]
2016
Big East
Tennessee
23–11 (13–3)[ 13]
2022[ 4]
SEC
Texas
25–9 (14–4)[ 7]
2022[ 4]
Big 12
UCLA
25–9 (11–7)[ 11]
2021[ 10]
Pac-12
USC
21–10 (11–7)[ 11]
2014
Pac-12
Utah
25–4 (15–3)[ 11]
2022[ 4]
Pac-12
Villanova
28–6 (17–3)[ 8]
2022[ 4]
Big East
West Virginia
19–11 (10–8)[ 7]
2021[ 10]
Big 12
Bids
State
Schools
5
North Carolina
Duke, East Carolina, Gardner-Webb, NC State, North Carolina
4
California
Sacramento State, Stanford, UCLA, USC
4
Florida
Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami, South Florida
4
Tennessee
Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech
3
Indiana
Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
3
Iowa
Drake, Iowa, Iowa State
3
Louisiana
LSU, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern
3
Ohio
Cleveland State, Ohio State, Toledo
3
Virginia
James Madison, Norfolk State, Virginia Tech
2
Connecticut
Connecticut, Sacred Heart
2
Mississippi
Mississippi State, Ole Miss
2
New Jersey
Monmouth, Princeton
2
New York
Iona, St Johns
2
Oklahoma
Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
2
Texas
Baylor, Texas
2
Utah
Southern Utah, Utah
2
Washington
Gonzaga, Washington State
1
Alabama
Alabama
1
Arizona
Arizona
1
Colorado
Colorado
1
Georgia
Georgia
1
Hawai'i
Hawai'i
1
Illinois
Illinois
1
Kentucky
Louisville
1
Massachusetts
Holy Cross
1
Maryland
Maryland
1
Michigan
Michigan
1
Missouri
St Louis
1
Nebraska
Creighton
1
Nevada
UNLV
1
Oregon
Portland
1
Pennsylvania
Villanova
1
South Carolina
South Carolina
1
South Dakota
South Dakota State
1
Vermont
Vermont
1
West Virginia
West Virginia
1
Wisconsin
Marquette
Conferences with multiple bids [ edit ]
Bids
Conference
Schools
8
ACC
Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
7
Big Ten
Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue
Pac-12
Arizona, Colorado, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington State
SEC
Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee
6
Big 12
Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahomas State, Texas, West Virginia
4
Big East
Creighton, Marquette, St John's, UConn, Villanova
2
West Coast
Gonzaga, Portland
American
East Carolina, South Florida
1
22 other conferences
See Automatic Bids
Tournament seeds (list by region) [ edit ]
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.[ 15] [ 16]
*See First Four
NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams