Everyone’s favorite time of year is here.
Selection Sunday marks the end of nearly everyone’s season. The only question is – who plays on? Sixty-eight teams will earn bids to this year’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament. Thirty-two squads have already clinched a spot as an automatic qualifier for the event after winning their conference tournament. So, 36 spots remain open.
March Madness begins Wednesday, March 20 with the First Four games. Eight programs compete for an official spot in the tournament as an 11 or 16 seed.
Let the games begin.
The Sporting News is tracking live updates from the 2024 Women’s March Madness Selection Show, including seedings and snubs from the tournament.
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Women’s March Madness bracket 2024
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Women’s NCAA live bracket updates from Selection Sunday
4:55 p.m. – 32 bids are locked in. Here are all the conference tournament winners who have clinched their spot in the big dance.
The Women’s NCAA Tournament automatic bids are set 🎟️ pic.twitter.com/PdEityqT2F
— Yahoo Sports (@YahooSports) March 17, 2024
4:43 p.m. – Buzzer beater for the win! With that, Drake claims its second straight MVC tournament title.
@DrakeWBB with the last second shot to win @ValleyHoops women’s tournament! @TheNextHoops pic.twitter.com/hIvHbyAROZ
— angieholmes (@angieholmes) March 17, 2024
First Four
| Game 1 | TBD vs. TBD for No. 11 seed |
| Game 2 | TBD vs. TBD for No. 16 seed |
| Game 3 | TBD vs. TBD for No. 11 seed |
| Game 4 | TBD vs. TBD for No. 16 seed |
Albany 1
| Seed | Team (Record) |
| 1 | TBD |
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
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| 16 | TBD |
Albany 2
| Seed | Team (Record) |
| 1 | TBD |
| 2 | TBD |
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| 11 | TBD |
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| 16 | TBD |
Portland 3
| Seed | Team (Record) |
| 1 | TBD |
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
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| 15 | TBD |
| 16 | TBD |
Portland 4
| Seed | Team (Record) |
| 1 | TBD |
| 2 | TBD |
| 3 | TBD |
| 4 | TBD |
| 5 | TBD |
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| 11 | TBD |
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| 14 | TBD |
| 15 | TBD |
| 16 | TBD |
This section will be updated when the women’s NCAA Tournament bracket is announced at 8 p.m. ET. Read Sporting News’ final Field of 68 projections by Bill Bender.
Biggest NCAA Women’s Tournament snubs
This section will be updated following the complete bracket reveal.
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Women’s March Madness schedule 2024
First Four
Wednesday, March 20
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
Thursday, March 21
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
First Round
Friday, March 22
Saturday, March 23
Second Round
Sunday, March 24
Monday, March 25
Sweet 16
Friday, March 29
Saturday, March 30
Elite Eight
Sunday, March 31
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
Monday, April 1
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
| TBD | TBD | Sling |
Final Four
Friday, April 5
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| TBD | 7 p.m. | ESPN, Sling |
| TBD | 9:30 p.m. | ESPN, Sling |
National championship
Sunday, April 7
| Game | Time (ET) | TV/Live stream |
| TBD | 3 p.m. | ABC, Sling |
How to watch Women’s March Madness games in 2024
All games in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament will be made available to fans via the ESPN family of networks, which includes ABC, ESPN2, ESPNU and ESPNNews. The semifinals will be broadcast on ESPN while the championship will be on ABC.
Cord-cutters can stream games on Sling.
