The 2025 NCAA women's basketball tournament will look to build off last year's Women's Final Four, which brought more growth to the game.
USC's JuJu Watkins, Notre Dame's Hannah Hidalgo and UConn's Paige Bueckers are among the star players looking to lead national championship runs. South Carolina – the defending national champion – is a projected No. 1 seed. Texas and UCLA are also in the mix.
Before we get to Selection Sunday, we have to do the conference tournaments first. The Horizon League and Sun Belt kicked off their tournaments Tuesday, and that means the postseason is officially under way. This year's Women's Final Four is April 4-6 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Fla.
Sporting News will track the automatic berths throughout the conference tournaments.
Women's March Madness automatic bids 2025
A total of 31 teams will have automatic bids in the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament.
Here is a look at the conference tournament dates, championship games and television times for those 31 games that will determine automatic bids:
| CONFERENCE | DATES | CHAMPIONSHIP | AUTOMATIC BID |
| America East | March 6-14 | March 14 | |
| American Athletic | March 8-12 | March 12 | |
| Atlantic 10 | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| ACC | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| Atlantic Sun | March 7-15 | March 15 | |
| Big 12 | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| Big East | March 7-10 | March 10 | |
| Big Sky | March 8-12 | March 12 | |
| Big South | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| Big Ten | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| Big West | March 12-15 | March 15 | |
| CAA | March 12-16 | March 16 | |
| C-USA | March 11-15 | March 15 | |
| Horizon | March 4-11 | March 11 | |
| Ivy | March 14-15 | March 15 | |
| MAAC | March 11-15 | March 15 | |
| MAC | March 12-15 | March 15 | |
| MEAC | March 12-15 | March 15 | |
| MVC | March 13-16 | March 16 | |
| MWC | March 9-12 | March 12 | |
| Northeast | March 5-11 | March 11 | |
| OVC | March 5-8 | March 8 | |
| Patriot | March 8-16 | March 16 | |
| SEC | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| Southern | March 6-9 | March 9 | |
| Southland | March 10-13 | March 13 | |
| SWAC | March 11-15 | March 15 | |
| Summit | March 5-9 | March 9 | |
| Sun Belt | March 4-10 | March 10 | |
| WAC | March 11-15 | March 15 | |
| West Coast | March 6-11 | March 11 |
NCAA Women's Tournament bracket predictions
Here are Here are the latest Sporting News' latest Women's March Madness bracket predictions, according to Bill Bender:
Projected No. 1 seeds in NCAA women's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| USC | 26-2 |
| South Carolina | 27-3 |
| Texas | 29-2 |
| UCLA | 27-2 |
Last four in the NCAA women's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| Minnesota | 20-10 |
| Harvard | 21-4 |
| Virginia Tech | 18-11 |
| Washington | 18-12 |
When is the NCAA Women's Selection Show?
The NCAA women's tournament field consists of 68 teams. The 31 automatic bids and 36 at-large bids will be revealed on Sunday, March 16 at 8 p.m. on ESPN.