American college basketball tournament
The 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States, culminating the 2023–24 season. It again featured a field of 64 teams.
The first four rounds were played on campus sites, and the national semifinals and finals were held at the Capital University Performance Arena at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio from March 14–16, 2024.
NYU defeated Smith in the final, 51–41, to win the Violets' second national title.
Tournament schedule and venues
2023 NCAA Division III Women's Tournament sites
Regionals
The first and second rounds took place on campus sites from March 1–2, 2024. Teams were sent to one of sixteen host campus sites, which all corresponded to the home arena of one of the four teams in each grouping of four teams.
The third and fourth rounds (the sectional semifinals and finals), also took place on campus sites from March 8–19, 2024. Teams were sent to the home arena of one of the four remaining teams in their sectional bracket.
Final Four
The national semifinals and finals were held at a predetermined site, the Capital University Performance Arena at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. The national semifinals were played on March 14, and the final was played on March 16.
Qualifying
A total of sixty-four bids were available for the tournament: Forty-two (42) automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-two NCAA Division III conferences guaranteed a spot in the tournament and twenty (20) at-large bids to the highest rated programs that failed to win their respective leagues. The number of automatic bids decreased by two this year following the dissolution of the New England Collegiate Conference as an all-sports conference and the merger of the United East Conference and the Colonial States Athletic Conference (the UEC retained the auto bid).[1]
While this is the second season for the Collegiate Conference of the South, its conference tournament champion will not be eligible for an automatic bid until 2025.[2]
Tournament bracket
Top left sectional
| First round
March 1, 2024
| | | Second round
March 2, 2024
| | | Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
New York, NY
| | | Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
New York, NY
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| NYU
| 78
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| Millsaps
| 51
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| | NYU
| 93
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| Allentown, PA
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| | | DeSales
| 59
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| DeSales
| 53
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| Southern Virginia
| 42
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| | NYU
| 73
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| | | Hardin–Simmons
| 55
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| Mary Hardin-Baylor
| 71
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| Trinity (TX)
| 75
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| | Trinity (TX)
| 62
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| Abilene, TX
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| | | Hardin–Simmons
| 84
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| Hardin–Simmons
| 65
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| Occidental
| 53
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| | NYU
| 68
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| | | Scranton
| 46
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| Scranton
| 60
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| Framingham State
| 39
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| | Scranton
| 60
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| Scranton, PA
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| | | Ohio Northern
| 54
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| Marymount (VA)
| 38
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| Ohio Northern
| 62
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| | Scranton
| 65
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| | | Johns Hopkins
| 53
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| Johns Hopkins
| 75
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| Marietta
| 66
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| | Johns Hopkins
| 77
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| Newport News, VA
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| | | Christopher Newport
| 75
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| Christopher Newport
| 104
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| Mount Saint Vincent
| 52
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Bottom left sectional
| First round
March 1, 2024
| | | Second round
March 2, 2024
| | | Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
Whitewater, WI
| | | Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
Whitewater, WI
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| Wisconsin–Whitewater
| 86
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| Minnesota–Morris
| 47
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| | Wisconsin–Whitewater
| 89
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| Whitewater, WI
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| | | Millikin
| 65
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| Millikin
| 91
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| Willamette
| 83
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| | Wisconsin–Whitewater
| 72
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| | | Hope
| 61
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| Hope
| 65
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| Ripon
| 54
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| | Hope
| 70
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| Greencastle, IN
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| | | DePauw
| 55
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| DePauw
| 74
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| Berea
| 52
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| | Wisconsin–Whitewater
| 48
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| | | Transylvania
| 62
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| Carroll (WI)
| 65
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| Puget Sound
| 74
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| | Puget Sound
| 40
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| Waukesha, WI
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| | | Wisconsin–Stout
| 61
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| Washington St. Louis
| 61
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| Wisconsin–Stout
| 71
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| | Wisconsin–Stout
| 58
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| | | Transylvania
| 63
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| Emory
| 54
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| Ohio Wesleyan
| 64
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| | Ohio Wesleyan
| 55
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| Lexington, KY
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| | | Transylvania
| 70
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| Transylvania
| 61
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| Chatham
| 40
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Top right sectional
| First round
March 1, 2024
| | | Second round
March 2, 2024
| | | Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
Brunswick, ME
| | | Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
Brunswick, ME
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| Bowdoin
| 69
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| Western New England
| 48
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| | Bowdoin
| 67
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| Brunswick, ME
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| | | UMass Dartmouth
| 59
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| UMass Dartmouth
| 78
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| New Jersey City
| 69
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| | Bowdoin
| 78
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| | | Baldwin Wallace
| 48
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| Trinity (CT)
| 54
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| Baldwin Wallace
| 59
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| | Baldwin Wallace
| 65
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| New Paltz, NY
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| | | New Paltz
| 42
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| New Paltz
| 70
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| Penn State Harrisburg
| 52
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| | Bowdoin
| 47
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| | | Smith
| 52
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| Wisconsin–Oshkosh
| 57
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| Webster
| 42
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| | Wisconsin–Oshkosh
| 74
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| Oshkosh, WI
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| | | Trine
| 48
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| Gustavus Adolphus
| 58
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| Trine
| 61
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| | Wisconsin–Oshkosh
| 59
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| | | Smith
| 61
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| Shenandoah
| 57
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| Messiah
| 58
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| | Messiah
| 61
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| Northampton, MA
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| | | Smith
| 69
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| Smith
| 61
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| Maine Maritime
| 46
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Bottom right sectional
| First round
March 1, 2024
| | | Second round
March 2, 2024
| | | Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
Providence, RI
| | | Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
Providence, RI
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| Bates
| 66
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| Brooklyn
| 51
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| | Bates
| 79
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| Lewiston, ME
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| | | Widener
| 66
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| Springfield
| 50
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| Widener
| 57
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| | Bates
| 53
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| | | Wartburg
| 54
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| Illinois Wesleyan
| 75
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| Concordia Moorhead
| 62
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| | Illinois Wesleyan
| 59
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| Waverly, IA
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| | | Wartburg
| 62
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| Wartburg
| 72
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| Wisconsin Lutheran
| 65
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| | Wartburg
| 68
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| | | Washington and Lee
| 58
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| Washington and Lee
| 68
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| Vassar
| 61
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| | Washington and Lee
| 80
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| Lexington, VA
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| | | Catholic
| 70
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| Catholic
| 71
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| Penn State Behrend
| 55
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| | Washington and Lee
| 61
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| | | Rhode Island College
| 55
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| Gettysburg
| 46
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| St. John Fisher
| 55
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| | St. John Fisher
| 43
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| Providence, RI
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| | | Rhode Island College
| 66
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| Rhode Island College
| 56
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| St. Joseph's (ME)
| 37
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Final Four
| National semifinals
March 14
Columbus, OH
| | | National championship
March 16
Columbus, OH
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| NYU
| 57
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| Transylvania
| 42
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| | NYU
| 51
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| | | Smith
| 41
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| Smith
| 61
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| Wartburg
| 54
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See also
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