2024 DIII women's basketball championship: Bracket, schedule, scores (2024)

The 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball championship was revealed during the selection show on Feb. 26. The first round begins on Friday, March 1 and continues through the national championship game on March 16 in Columbus, Ohio, at the Capital Center Performance Arena.

Transylvania is the defending national champion after defeating Christopher Newport 57-52 to cap off a perfect 33-0 season, winning its first national championship in program history.

2024 DIII women's basketball tournament bracket

Here's a look at the complete DIII women's basketball championship bracket:

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2024 DIII women's basketball tournament schedule

Here is the schedule for the 2024 DIII women's basketball championship.

All times Eastern.

Third round | Friday, March 8:

• Wartburg vs. Bates | TBA
• Baldwin Wallacevs.Bowdoin|TBA
• Hardin-Simmonsvs.NYU | TBA
• Johns Hopkins vs. Scranton| TBA
• Smith vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh| TBA
• Transylvania vs. Wisconsin-Stout | TBA
• Hope vs. Wisconsin-Whitewater | TBA

Secondround| Saturday, March 2:

• Bates 79,Widener 66
• Bowdoin 67,UMass Dartmouth 59
• Smith 69,Messiah61
• NYU 93,DeSales 59
• Baldwin Wallace 65,SUNY New Paltz 42
• ,Catholic 70
• Transylvania 70,Ohio Wesleyan 55
• Rhode Island College 66,St. John Fisher 43
• Johns Hopkins 77,Christopher Newport 75
• Scranton 60,Ohio Northern 54
• Hope 70,DePauw 55 vs.
• Wisconsin-Oshkosh 74,Trine 48
• Wartburg 62,IllinoisWesleyan 59
• Wisconsin-Whitewater 89,Millikin 65
• Wisconsin-Stout 61,Puget Sound 40
• Hardin-Simmons 84,Trinity [TX] 62

First round | Friday, March 1:

• Widener 57, Springfield 50
• NYU 78, Millsaps 51
• UMass-Dartmouth 78, New Jersey City 69
• Messiah 58, Shenandoah 57
• Catholic 71, Penn State-Behrend 55
• Baldwin Wallace 59, Trinity (CT) 54
• Ohio Wesleyan 64, Emory 54
• St. John Fisher 55, Gettysburg 46
• Ohio Northern 62, Marymount (VA) 38
• Johns Hopkins 75,Marietta 66
• Hope 65, Ripon 54
• Trine 61, Gustavus Adolphus 58
• Illinois Wesleyan 75,Concordia-Moorhead 62
• Trinity (TX) 75, Mary Hardin-Baylor 71
• Bates 66, Brooklyn 51
• Wisconsin-Stout 71, WashU 61
• Bowdoin 69, Western New England 48
• Millikin 91, Willamette 83
• DeSales 53, Southern Virginia 42
• Smith61, Maine Maritime 46
• SUNY New Paltz 70, Penn State-Harrisburg 52
• Transylvania 61, Chatham 40
• Rhode Island College 56, St. Joseph's (ME) 37
• Scranton 60, Framingham State 39
• Christopher Newport104, University of Mount St. Vincent 52
• DePauw 74, Berea 52
• Wisconsin-Oshkosh 57, Webster 42
• Wisconsin-Whitewater 86, Minnesota-Morris 47
• Wartburg 72, Wisconsin Lutheran 65
• Puget Sound 74,Carroll (WI) 65
• Hardin-Simmons 65, Occidental 53

Selection show:

• 2:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Feb. 26 on NCAA.com
• Click or tap here to rewatch the show

Sectional rounds

• March 8-9 on campus sites

Semifinals

• March 14at the Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, OH

Championship game

• March 16at the Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, OH

The tournament will consist of four regions of 16 teams each. Regional play will be hosted by the top 16 national seeds in the tournament. 42 teams will qualify by earning an automatic bid as conference champions, 21 teams will earn at-large bids and one team will be selected from a group of conference champions that do not meet the requirements for automatic selection.

Championship history

Beginning in 1982, the DIII women's basketball tournament has been held every year except for 2020 and 2021, seasons that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington University-St. Louis has won a record four championships, followed by Hope with three.

Here's a complete history of the DIII women's basketball championship game:

*Thomas More's 2015 national title was vacated