The anticipation for the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament is the highest in years – maybe ever.
A total of 32 teams will have automatic bids in the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, and several of those bids for the major conferences will be determined this weekend. A total of 29 of the bids have been decided.
The last four bids were decided Sunday.
Sacred Heart beat Le Moyne 69-48 in the Northeast Conference tournament championship. Holy Cross beat Boston University 61-55 in the Patriot League championship.
Drake beat Missouri State 76-75 in the MVC championship. Drexel upset Stony Brook 68-60 in the CAA championship.
The Women's Seletion Show is at 7 p.m. on ESPN. This year's Final Four is April 5-7 at the Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland.
Until the final bracket is released, follow Sporting News' automatic bid tracker here:
MORE: Latest projections for men's bracket | Women's bracket
Women's March Madness automatic bids 2024
A total of 32 teams will have automatic bids in the 2024 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament. A look at the conference tournament dates, championship games and television times for those 32 games that will determine automatic bids:
| CONFERENCE | DATES | CHAMPIONSHIP | AUTOMATIC BID |
| America East | March 8-15 | March 15 | Maine (24-9) |
| American Athletic | March 9-13 | March 13 | Rice (19-14) |
| Atlantic 10 | March 6-10 | March 10 | Richmond (29-5) |
| ACC | March 6-10 | March 10 | Notre Dame (26-6) |
| Atlantic Sun | March 8-16 | March 16 | Florida Gulf Coast (29-4) |
| Big 12 | March 7-12 | March 12 | Texas (30-4) |
| Big East | March 8-11 | March 11 | UConn (29-5) |
| Big Sky | March 9-13 | March 13 | Eastern Washington (29-5) |
| Big South | March 6-10 | March 10 | Presbyterian (20-14) |
| Big Ten | March 6-10 | March 10 | Iowa (29-4) |
| Big West | March 13-16 | March 16 | UC Davis (23-8) |
| CAA | March 13-17 | March 17 | Drexel (19-14) |
| C-USA | March 12-16 | March 16 | Middle Tennessee (29-4) |
| Horizon | March 5-12 | March 12 | Green Bay (27-6) |
| Ivy | March 15-16 | March 16 | Princeton (25-4) |
| MAAC | March 12-16 | March 16 | Fairfield (31-1) |
| MAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | Kent State (21-10) |
| MEAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | Norfolk State (27-5) |
| MVC | March 14-17 | March 17 | Drake (29-5) |
| MWC | March 10-13 | March 13 | UNLV (30-2) |
| Northeast | March 11-17 | March 17 | Sacred Heart (24-9) |
| OVC | March 6-9 | March 9 | UT-Martin (16-16) |
| Pac-12 | March 6-10 | March 10 | USC (26-5) |
| Patriot | March 9-17 | March 17 | Holy Cross (20-12) |
| SEC | March 6-10 | March 10 | South Carolina (32-0) |
| Southern | March 11-14 | March 14 | Chattanooga (28-4) |
| Southland | March 11-14 | March 14 | Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (23-8) |
| SWAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | Jackson State (26-6) |
| Summit | March 8-12 | March 12 | South Dakota State (27-5) |
| Sun Belt | March 5-11 | March 11 | Marshall (26-6) |
| WAC | March 13-16 | March 16 | California Baptist (28-3) |
| West Coast | March 7-12 | March 12 | Portland (21-12) |
NCAA Women's Tournament bracket predictions
Here are Sporting News' latest Women's March Madness bracket predictions, according to Bill Bender: Women's Bracket Projections 4.0.
Projected No. 1 seeds in NCAA women's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| South Carolina | 32-0 |
| Iowa | 29-4 |
| Stanford | 27-5 |
| USC | 26-5 |
Last four in the NCAA women's basketball tournament
| SCHOOL | RECORD |
| Mississippi State | 21-11 |
| Vanderbilt | 22-9 |
| Miami | 19-12 |
| Arizona | 17-15 |
When is the NCAA Women's Selection Show?
The NCAA women's tournament field consists of 68 teams. The 32 automatic bids and 36 at-large bids will be revealed on March 17 at 8 p.m. on ESPN.
