The women's college basketball standings begin tonight on the Selection Sunday Show. This will determine which 68 teams will advance to March Madness 2024. Iowa's Caitlin Clark is poised to make another run to the Final Four after a breakthrough season in which she broke Pete Maravich's all-time scoring record. LSU's Angel Reese, Stanford's Cameron Brink, Connecticut's Paige Backers and South Carolina's Tehina Paopao hope to prevent her from winning her first national title. USA TODAY Sports will bring you the latest updates, news and analysis from the women's slot throughout the day. follow me.
Women's March Madness Bracket: When will it be announced?
Women's College Basketball Selection Sunday takes place today at 8pm ET. (Looking for coverage of Men's March Madness bracket announcements? Go here.)
Where can I watch Selection Sunday?
ESPN is broadcasting the women's March Madness bracket announcement.
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NCAA women's bracket
View USA TODAY Sports' Women's March Madness bracket here. We will update once the seeds are released during the Selection Sunday Show starting at 8pm ET.
Women's March Madness 2024 Schedule
The girls' schedule is as follows:
- Sunday selection: Broadcast on Sunday, March 17th at 8pm ET on ESPN
- First four: March 20th-21st
- First round: March 22nd-23rd
- Round 2: March 24th-25th
- Suite 16: March 29th-30th
- Elite Eight: March 31st – April 1st
- Last 4: Airs Friday, April 5th at 7:30pm and 9pm ET on ESPN
- NCAA Championship Game: Broadcast Sunday, April 7th at 3pm ET on ABC
Women's March Madness 2024 predictions: The women's tournament will get all the buzz and attention.
Caitlin Clark is must-see TV, JuJu Watkins and Hannah Hidalgo are her obvious successors, and the big question ahead of Sunday's selection is whether top-seeded South Carolina and LSU will be in the Final Four again The question is whether or not to fight. — nancy armor
NCAA women's tournament venue
Similar to the 2023 tournament, the 2024 tournament will feature two super regionals, with two brackets of 16 teams in each region held in Portland, Oregon and Albany, New York. next few weeks. The locations and venues for his first four rounds, and first and second rounds, will be determined on Selection Sunday.
| round | position | venue | date |
| first four | to be decided | to be decided | March 20th-21st |
| first round | to be decided | to be decided | March 22nd-23rd |
| 2nd round | to be decided | to be decided | March 24th-25th |
| suite 16 | Portland | moda center | March 29th-30th |
| suite 16 | Albany, New York | Times Union Center | March 29th-30th |
| elite eight | Portland | moda center | March 31st – April 1st |
| elite eight | Albany, New York | Times Union Center | March 31st – April 1st |
| final four | cleveland | Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse | April 5th |
| national championship tournament | cleveland | Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse | April 7th |
What date does Women's March Madness start?
The women's First Four games are March 20th and 21st. The women's first round will be March 22nd and 23rd.
How to watch Women's March Madness 2024
ESPN will broadcast the Selection Sunday program. ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNews and ABC will broadcast the first and second rounds, Sweet 16 and Elite Eight games. ESPN is scheduled to broadcast the Final Four games. ABC will broadcast the national championship game.
NCAA Tournament automatic bid for 2024 Women's March Madness
The women's NCAA Tournament has 32 conference tournaments and 32 automatic bids. The other 36 general teams selected to field will be announced on Selection Sunday.
- American Athletic: Rice
- Atlantic 10: Richmond
- Eastern United States: Maine
- ASUN: Florida Gulf Coast
- ACC: Notre Dame
- Big East: UConn
- Big Sky: Eastern Washington
- Big 12: Texas
- Big South: Presbyterian
- Big Ten: Iowa State
- Big West: University of California, Irvine
- CAA: Drexel
- Conference USA: Middle Tennessee
- Horizon: Green Bay
- Ivy League: Princeton
- MAAC: Fairfield
- MAC: Kent State University
- MEAC: Norfolk
- Missouri Valley: Drake
- Mountain West: UNLV
- Northeast: Sacred Heart
- Ohio Valley: UT Martin
- Pac-12: USC
- Patriot: Holy Cross
- SEC: South Carolina
- SoCon: Chattanooga
- Summit: South Dakota
- Southland: TAMU-Corpus Christi
- Sunbelt: Marshall
- SWAC: Jackson State University
- West Coast Conference: Portland
- WAC: Cal Baptist
Everything you need to know about Caitlin Clark
Caitlin Clark is this year's varsity player, a sharp-shooting supernova who shoots 3-pointers off the logo, flicks no-look passes through the arms of defenders, and curses everyone who gets in her way. I'm good at saying it. Iowa State is expected to earn a top-four seed in the NCAA Tournament and host the first two rounds. A year after leading Iowa State to the national championship game, Clark is aiming for a second consecutive Final Four appearance, an accomplishment few players have achieved. USA TODAY Sports is following her game closely. If you need to brush up on your Clark trivia, we have a complete guide to all things Clark.
How does Selection Sunday work?
Sunday's selection will reveal the full women's bracket on ESPN, as well as the brackets and locations of all first-round matches. A 12-person selection committee will decide who will play in the tournament, as well as each team's seeding and place to play. Lisa Peterson, Pac-12 senior associate commissioner for sports administration, chairs the women's committee. She was playing in the Women's Pac-12 Tournament in Las Vegas, where many believe USC earned the No. 1 seed with an upset win over Stanford in the tournament championship game. Here's everything you need to know about how Selection Sunday works.
How many teams will be participating in Women's March Madness?
The tournament will feature 68 teams, including eight teams that will play in the first four games. Here's everything you need to know about how Selection Sunday works.
Who won the Women's Big Ten Tournament?
Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes won their third straight Big Ten Tournament title in a thrilling back-and-forth overtime game as Iowa got its revenge on the Nebraska Cornhuskers with a 94-89 victory.
Who won the Women's SEC Tournament?
No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 5 LSU 79-72, winning Dawn Staley's eighth SEC championship and first in 10 years. It was a tense matchup between Kim Mulkey and the defending national champion. The Shamcocks remained undefeated and improved to 32-0 after the fourth quarter was stopped for 20 minutes due to a near brawl.
Who won the Women's Pac-12 Tournament?
Mackenzie Forbes scored 26 points and No. 8 Southern California defeated No. 2 Stanford 74-61 to win the Pac-12 Tournament and earn the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament.
The Trojans (26-5) are playing in the championship game for the first time since 2014, when they defeated Stanford. That was their only other tournament title. USC freshman sensation JuJu Watkins had a frustrating game, finishing with nine points on 2-of-15 shooting. It was the first time she didn't score in double digits.
Cameron Brink led the Cardinal (28-5) with 19 points, and Kiki Iliafen added 18 points. AP
Who won the Women's ACC Tournament?
Freshman Hannah Hidalgo proved old enough, bold enough and gold enough to lead Notre Dame women's basketball to the ACC Tournament title with a 55-51 win over North Carolina State. Hidalgo collected 22 points, six assists and six rebounds, she grabbed two steals in the fourth quarter, and she got this one with the rock in her hands more than anyone else, finishing with no turnovers. — Correspondent Anthony Anderson
Who won the Women's Big East Tournament?
Paige Bueckers had 27 points and five blocks as 10th-ranked UW defeated Georgetown 78-42 to win its 22nd Big East Tournament title. This is the Huskies' 29th overall title, and they have not lost in conference championship contention since Notre Dame defeated them for the Big East title in 2013. — Doug Feinberg, Associated Press
Who won the Women's Big 12 Tournament?
Texas defeated Iowa State 70-53 to win the Big 12 Tournament title. Madison Booker led the Longhorns with 26 points, six rebounds and five assists.
How are women's March Madness bids determined?
The committee uses several different resources to select the best 36 at-large teams, including record and strength of schedule. But perhaps most important is the NET ranking. The NET rankings consider a team's record and resume and rank all teams in Division I. Bubble teams with a high NET (top 25-50) should feel good about their chances, especially if they have a few wins over other top teams. 25 NET teams.
Important note regarding the women's tournament: The selection committee does not consider “quad” wins like the men's. Instead, women have five categories. The committee creates a “team sheet” when selecting a large team. The categories considered by the selection committee are Win/Loss and the following pairs:
- net 1-25
- net 26-50
- net 51-100
- Net 101-200
- net 201+
According to the NCAA website, the committee also considers: bad losses, common opponents, competitiveness of losses, conference record, early and late performance, head-to-head, NET rankings, and Conference records, observables, overall records, regional rankings, key wins, and strength of schedule.
Considering NET rankings and other factors, the committee will determine the 36 best At-Large teams to be selected. There is no limit to the number of teams selected from a particular conference. Here's everything you need to know about how Selection Sunday works.
How are women's March Madness seeds determined?
After the committee selects 68 teams to participate in the tournament, it ranks all teams from 1 to 68. Once all teams are ranked, every fourth team will be evaluated at the same seed line. Example: No. 1-4 are No. 1 seeds, No. 5-8 are No. 2 seeds. The four lowest ranked teams in the automatic qualifier will play the first four games as 16th seeds, and the large bottom four teams will play the other first four games, usually as 11th or 12th seeds. Here's everything you need to know about how Selection Sunday works.
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