NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament bids by school
This is a list of NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament bids by school,[1] at the conclusion of the 2020 conference tournaments. Schools whose names are italicized are no longer in Division I and can no longer be included in the tournament.
There are a total of 64 bids possible (32 automatic qualifiers, 32 at-large) since the 2014 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
Vacated appearances are not included in the totals.
The table is current through the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
Bids
(#) – Vacated appearance
- Notes
- Received an automatic bid in 2020 for winning its conference tournament but is not reflected in the totals when the NCAA cancelled the 2020 Tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Was awarded the 2020 Conference Championship when the Conference Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the NCAA cancelling the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. It has not been reflected in the totals.
- The current LIU athletic program, created in 2019 when Long Island University merged the Division I athletic program of its Brooklyn campus and the Division II program of its Post campus, inherited the athletic history of the Brooklyn campus.
Schools vacating NCAA tournament appearances
As of March 2017:
| School | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Memphis | 1985 |
| Southern | 2010 |
Schools yet to receive bids
- America East Conference – Binghamton, New Hampshire, NJIT, Stony Brook,[lower-alpha 1] UMass Lowell
- Atlantic 10 Conference – Davidson, George Mason, Saint Louis
- Atlantic Sun Conference – Bellarmine, Kennesaw State, North Alabama, North Florida
- North Alabama will be eligible for an NCAA Tournament bid for the first time in 2023.[3]
- Bellarmine will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2025.[4]
- Big Sky Conference – Sacramento State, Southern Utah
- Big South Conference – Charleston Southern, High Point, Longwood, Presbyterian, South Carolina Upstate
- Big West Conference – Cal State Bakersfield, UC San Diego
- UC San Diego will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2025.[5]
- Colonial Athletic Association – Charleston, Hofstra, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary
- Horizon League – IUPUI,[lower-alpha 2] Northern Kentucky, Purdue Fort Wayne, UIC
- Ivy League – Columbia, Yale
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Niagara, Rider[lower-alpha 1]
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, North Carolina Central
- Missouri Valley Conference – Bradley, Indiana State
- Mountain West Conference – Air Force, Nevada, San Jose State, Utah State
- Northeast Conference – Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Merrimack, Wagner
- Merrimack will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2024.[6]
- Ohio Valley Conference – Jacksonville State, Morehead State
- Patriot League – Lafayette
- Southern Conference – Wofford
- Southland Conference – Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Sam Houston State, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Mississippi Valley State
- Sun Belt Conference – Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina
- Summit League – Kansas City,[lower-alpha 1] North Dakota State, Omaha
- St. Thomas joins in 2021–22 and will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026.[7]
- Western Athletic Conference – California Baptist, Chicago State, Dixie State, Grand Canyon, Tarleton State, Utah Valley, UTRGV
- West Coast Conference – Pacific
- Notes
- Was awarded the Conference Championship when the Conference Tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the NCAA cancelling the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
- Won the 2020 Conference Tournament but was not able to participate in the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament when the NCAA cancelled the tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
See also
References
- "2020 Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved February 20, 2020.
- Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, vacated its participation in the 1985 tournament.
- "North Alabama to join ASUN in 2017-18". LipscombSports.com. December 6, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- "ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University". ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- "UC San Diego to Join NCAA Division I Big West Conference". UC San Diego News Center. November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- "Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference". Northeast Conference. September 10, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- Ryan, Megan (July 15, 2020). "St. Thomas gets approval from NCAA to go Division I". Star Tribune. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
- "Cal Baptist moving to NCAA Division I". The Press-Enterprise. January 14, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- "Blazing a New Trail: Dixie State Accepts Invitation to Join Western Athletic Conference". January 11, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- "Tarleton State University to Join Western Athletic Conference in 2020-21" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. November 12, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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