2024 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament explained

Division:II
Year:2024
Gender:Women's
Teams:64
Finalfourarena:St. Joseph Civic Arena
Finalfourcity: St. Joseph, Missouri
Champions:Minnesota State Mavericks
Titlecount:2nd
Runnerup:Texas Woman's Pioneers
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:Cal State San Marcos Cougars
Finalfourcount:1st
Semifinal2:Ferris State Bulldogs
Finalfourcount2:1st
Coach:Emily Thiesse
Coachcount:1st
Mop:Natalie Bremer
Mopteam:Minnesota State

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

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minnesota State's defense keys win for 2nd Division II title . espn.com . ESPN . 30 March 2024.
  2. Web site: Division II women's basketball committee announces 2024 championship field . NCAA.com . NCAA . 27 March 2024.