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2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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2024 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteCapital University Performance Arena
Ohio Columbus, Ohio
ChampionsNYU Violets (2nd title)
Runner-upSmith Pioneers (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coachMeg Barber (1st title)
MOPNatalie Bruns (NYU)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«2023 2025»

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

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2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament is located in the United States
Whitewater
Whitewater
Lewiston
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Providence
Providence
New York
New York
Columbus
Columbus
2023 NCAA Division III Women's Tournament sites

Regionals

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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

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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

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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

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Top left sectional

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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
        
NYU 78
Millsaps 51
NYU 93
Allentown, PA
DeSales 59
DeSales 53
Southern Virginia 42
NYU 73
Hardin–Simmons 55
Mary Hardin-Baylor 71
Trinity (TX) 75
Trinity (TX) 62
Abilene, TX
Hardin–Simmons 84
Hardin–Simmons 65
Occidental 53
NYU 68
Scranton 46
Scranton 60
Framingham State 39
Scranton 60
Scranton, PA
Ohio Northern 54
Marymount (VA) 38
Ohio Northern 62
Scranton 65
Johns Hopkins 53
Johns Hopkins 75
Marietta 66
Johns Hopkins 77
Newport News, VA
Christopher Newport 75
Christopher Newport 104
Mount Saint Vincent 52

Bottom left sectional

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First round
March 1, 2024
Second round
March 2, 2024
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
Whitewater, WI
Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
Whitewater, WI
        
Wisconsin–Whitewater 86
Minnesota–Morris 47
Wisconsin–Whitewater 89
Whitewater, WI
Millikin 65
Millikin 91
Willamette 83
Wisconsin–Whitewater 72
Hope 61
Hope 65
Ripon 54
Hope 70
Greencastle, IN
DePauw 55
DePauw 74
Berea 52
Wisconsin–Whitewater 48
Transylvania 62
Carroll (WI) 65
Puget Sound 74
Puget Sound 40
Waukesha, WI
Wisconsin–Stout 61
Washington St. Louis 61
Wisconsin–Stout 71
Wisconsin–Stout 58
Transylvania 63
Emory 54
Ohio Wesleyan 64
Ohio Wesleyan 55
Lexington, KY
Transylvania 70
Transylvania 61
Chatham 40

Top right sectional

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First round
March 1, 2024
Second round
March 2, 2024
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
Brunswick, ME
Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
Brunswick, ME
        
Bowdoin 69
Western New England 48
Bowdoin 67
Brunswick, ME
UMass Dartmouth 59
UMass Dartmouth 78
New Jersey City 69
Bowdoin 78
Baldwin Wallace 48
Trinity (CT) 54
Baldwin Wallace 59
Baldwin Wallace 65
New Paltz, NY
New Paltz 42
New Paltz 70
Penn State Harrisburg 52
Bowdoin 47
Smith 52
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 57
Webster 42
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 74
Oshkosh, WI
Trine 48
Gustavus Adolphus 58
Trine 61
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 59
Smith 61
Shenandoah 57
Messiah 58
Messiah 61
Northampton, MA
Smith 69
Smith 61
Maine Maritime 46

Bottom right sectional

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First round
March 1, 2024
Second round
March 2, 2024
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 2024
Providence, RI
Sectional finals
March 9, 2024
Providence, RI
        
Bates 66
Brooklyn 51
Bates 79
Lewiston, ME
Widener 66
Springfield 50
Widener 57
Bates 53
Wartburg 54
Illinois Wesleyan 75
Concordia Moorhead 62
Illinois Wesleyan 59
Waverly, IA
Wartburg 62
Wartburg 72
Wisconsin Lutheran 65
Wartburg 68
Washington and Lee 58
Washington and Lee 68
Vassar 61
Washington and Lee 80
Lexington, VA
Catholic 70
Catholic 71
Penn State Behrend 55
Washington and Lee 61
Rhode Island College 55
Gettysburg 46
St. John Fisher 55
St. John Fisher 43
Providence, RI
Rhode Island College 66
Rhode Island College 56
St. Joseph's (ME) 37

Final Four

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National semifinals
March 14
Columbus, OH
National championship
March 16
Columbus, OH
    
NYU 57
Transylvania 42
NYU 51
Smith 41
Smith 61
Wartburg 54

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "CSAC AND UNITED EAST CONFERENCE - INTENT TO MERGE". csacsports.com. Colonial States Athletic Conference. Retrieved 18 February 2023.
  2. ^ Coleman, Pat; McHugh, Dave (16 February 2022). "USA South Athletic Conference to split in two". D3Sports. Retrieved 9 April 2022.