Women's March Madness bracket tracker: Updated list of automatic bids to 2024 NCAA Tournament

Bill Bender

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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. 

Bill Bender

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Bill Bender graduated from Ohio University in 2002 and started at The Sporting News as a fantasy football writer in 2007. He has covered the College Football Playoff, NBA Finals and World Series for SN. Bender enjoys story-telling, awesomely-bad 80s movies and coaching youth sports.