The 2024 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States, culminating the 2023–24 NCAA Division II women's basketball season. The tournament featured 64 teams.
The national quarterfinals (Elite Eight), semifinals, and finals were played from March 25–29, 2024, at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Minnesota State defeated Texas Woman's in the final, 89–73, to claim the Mavericks' second national title and first since 2009.[1]
Tournament schedule and venues
2024 NCAA Division II Women's Tournament sites
Regionals
First, second, and third-round games (the latter of which serves as a regional championship) will be held at campus sites from March 15–18, 2024. The top-seeded team in each regional will serve as host.
Elite Eight
The national quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will be held at a predetermined site, the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Qualification
A total of 64 bids were available for the tournament: Twenty-three automatic bids (awarded to the champions of each Division II conference) and 41 at-large bids.[2]
The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains either two or three of the twenty-three Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and either five or six at-large bids, awarded regardless of conference affiliation.
Bracket
Atlantic regional
Central regional
* – Denotes overtime period
East regional
* – Denotes overtime period
Midwest regional
South regional
* – Denotes overtime period
South Central regional
Southeast regional
West regional
Elite Eight
| Elite Eight
March 25
| | | Final Four
March 27
| | | National Championship
March 29
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| 1
| Gannon
| 80
| | | |
|
| 8
| Cal State San Marcos
| 85*
| |
| | 8
| Cal State San Marcos
| 68
| |
|
| |
| | | 5
| Minnesota State
| 70
| |
| 5
| Minnesota State
| 93
| |
| |
| 4
| Georgia Southwestern
| 88
| |
| | 5
| Minnesota State
| 89
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| Texas Woman's
| 73
| |
| 6
| Tampa
| 60
| | |
| |
| 3
| Ferris State
| 63
| |
| | 3
| Ferris State
| 52
| |
|
| |
| | | 2
| Texas Woman's
| 68
| |
| 7
| Daemen
| 44
| |
| |
| 2
| Texas Woman's
| 76
| |
See also
References
