2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams are entered into the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams qualified via automatic bids, earned by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 36 teams were via "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams are seeded from 1 to 16 within each of the four regionals.

Automatic Bids

A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament were granted to the below listed conferences, which were given to the team that won the conference's championship tournament. Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.

Qualifying Team	Record (Conf.)	Seed	Last App.	Tournament	Runner-up	Record (Conf.)	Seed
Vermont	25–6 (14–2)	1	2010	America East	Albany	22–12 (14–2)	2
East Carolina	23–9 (11–5)	3	2007	American	Houston	15–16 (10–5)	4
Florida Gulf Coast	33–3 (17–1)	1	2022	Atlantic Sun	Liberty	24–9 (16–2)	2
St Louis	17–17 (10–6)	3	Never	Atlantic 10	UMass	27–7 (14–2)	1
Virginia Tech	29–4 (14–4)	3	2022	ACC	Louisville	25–11 (12–6)	4
Iowa State	22–9 (11–7)	3	2022	Big 12	Texas	25–9 (14–4)	1
Connecticut	29–5 (18–2)	1	2022	Big East	Villanova	28–6 (17–3)	2
Sacramento State	25–7 (13–5)	3	Never	Big Sky	Northern Arizona	21–14 (13–5)	1
Gardner-Webb	29–4 (18–0)	1	2011	Big South	High Point	17–15 (13–5)	2
Iowa	26–6 (15–3)	2	2022	Big Ten	Ohio State	27–7 (12–6)	4
Hawai'i	18–14 (13–7)	3	2022	Big West	UC Santa Barbara	21–12 (12–8)	5
Monmouth	18–15 (9–9)	7	1983	Colonial	Towson	21–11 (13–5)	1
Middle Tennessee	28–4 (18–2)	1	2021	C-USA	Western Kentucky	19–14 (14–6)	2
Cleveland State	30–4 (17–3)	2	2010	Horizon	Green Bay	28–5 (18–2)	1
Princeton	23–5 (12–2)	1	2022	Ivy League	Harvard	18–11 (9–5)	3
Iona	26–6 (18–2)	1	2016	MAAC	Manhattan	16–17 (10–10)	6
Toledo	28–4 (16–2)	1	2017	MAC	Bowling Green	28–6 (14–4)	2
Norfolk State	26–6 (11–3)	1	2002	MEAC	Howard	16–14 (10–4)	3
Drake	22–9 (14–6)	4	2019	Missouri Valley	Belmont	23–12 (17–3)	2
UNLV	31–2 (18–0)	1	2022	Mountain West	Wyoming	23–10 (13–5)	2
Sacred Heart	18–13 (12–4)	2	2012	Northeast	Fairleigh Dickinson	24–8 (14–2)	1
Tennessee Tech	22–9 (13–5)	3	2000	Ohio Valley	Little Rock	21–11 (17–1)	1
Washington State	23–10 (9–9)	7	2022	Pac-12	UCLA	22–8 (11–7)	5
Holy Cross	24–8 (13–5)	2	2007	Patriot	Boston University	24–8 (17–1)	1
South Carolina	32–0 (16–0)	1	2022	SEC	Tennessee	21–10 (13–3)	3
Chattanooga	20–12 (9–5)	2	2017	Southern	Wofford	20–8 (10–4)	1
Southeastern Louisiana	21–9 (14–4)	1	Never	Southland	Lamar	20–12 (12–6)	3
Southern	18–14 (12–6)	4	2019	SWAC	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	14–17 (10–8)	7
South Dakota State	28–5 (18–0)	1	2021	Summit	Omaha	15–17 (8–10)	6
James Madison	26–7 (13–5)	1	2016	Sun Belt	Texas State	23–10 (13–5)	2
Portland	23–8 (15–3)	2	1997	West Coast	Gonzaga	28–5 (17–1)	1
Southern Utah	23–9 (16–2)	2	Never	WAC	California Baptist	19–13 (13–5)	4

At Large Bids

36 At-Large teams were chosen through the NCAA Basketball Tournament selection process.

Team	Record (Conf.)	Last App.	Conference
Alabama	20–10 (9–7)	2021	SEC
Arizona	21–9 (11–7)	2022	Pac-12
Baylor	19–12 (10–8)	2022	Big 12
Colorado	23–8 (13–5)	2022	Pac-12
Creighton	22–8 (15–5)	2022	Big East
Duke	25–6 (14–4)	2018	ACC
Florida State	23–9 (12–6)	2022	ACC
Georgia	21–11 (9–7)	2022	SEC
Gonzaga	28–4 (17–1)	2022	WCC
Illinois	22–9 (11–7)	2003	Big Ten
Indiana	27–4 (16–2)	2022	Big Ten
Louisville	23–11 (12–6)	2022	ACC
LSU	28–2 (15–1)	2022	SEC
Marquette	21–10 (13–7)	2022	Big East
Maryland	25–6 (15–3)	2022	Big Ten
Miami (FL)	19–12 (11–7)	2022	ACC
Michigan	22–10 (11–7)	2022	Big Ten
Mississippi State	20–10 (9–7)	2019	SEC
NC State	20–11 (9–9)	2022	ACC
North Carolina	21–11 (11–7)	2022	ACC
Notre Dame	25–5 (15–3)	2022	ACC
Ohio State	25–7 (12–6)	2022	Big Ten
Oklahoma	25–6 (14–4)	2022	Big 12
Oklahoma State	21–11 (10–8)	2021	Big 12
Ole Miss	23–8 (11–5)	2022	SEC
Purdue	19–11 (9–8)	2017	Big Ten
Stanford	28–6 (15–3)	2022	Pac-12
South Florida	26–6 (15–1)	2022	American
St Johns	22–9 (13–7)	2016	Big East
Tennessee	23–11 (13–3)	2022	SEC
Texas	25–9 (14–4)	2022	Big 12
UCLA	25–9 (11–7)	2021	Pac-12
USC	21–10 (11–7)	2014	Pac-12
Utah	25–4 (15–3)	2022	Pac-12
Villanova	28–6 (17–3)	2022	Big East
West Virginia	19–11 (10–8)	2021	Big 12

Bids by State

Bids	State	Schools
5	North Carolina	Duke, East Carolina, Gardner-Webb, NC State, North Carolina
4	California	Sacramento State, Stanford, UCLA, USC
4	Florida	Florida Gulf Coast, Florida State, Miami, South Florida
4	Tennessee	Chattanooga, Middle Tennessee, Tennessee, Tennessee Tech
3	Indiana	Indiana, Notre Dame, Purdue
3	Iowa	Drake, Iowa, Iowa State
3	Louisiana	LSU, Southeastern Louisiana, Southern
3	Ohio	Cleveland State, Ohio State, Toledo
3	Virginia	James Madison, Norfolk State, Virginia Tech
2	Connecticut	Connecticut, Sacred Heart
2	Mississippi	Mississippi State, Ole Miss
2	New Jersey	Monmouth, Princeton
2	New York	Iona, St Johns
2	Oklahoma	Oklahoma, Oklahoma State
2	Texas	Baylor, Texas
2	Utah	Southern Utah, Utah
2	Washington	Gonzaga, Washington State
1	Alabama	Alabama
1	Arizona	Arizona
1	Colorado	Colorado
1	Georgia	Georgia
1	Hawai'i	Hawai'i
1	Illinois	Illinois
1	Kentucky	Louisville
1	Massachusetts	Holy Cross
1	Maryland	Maryland
1	Michigan	Michigan
1	Missouri	St Louis
1	Nebraska	Creighton
1	Nevada	UNLV
1	Oregon	Portland
1	Pennsylvania	Villanova
1	South Carolina	South Carolina
1	South Dakota	South Dakota State
1	Vermont	Vermont
1	West Virginia	West Virginia
1	Wisconsin	Marquette

Conferences with multiple bids

Bids	Conference	Schools
8	ACC	Duke, Florida State, Louisville, Miami (FL), North Carolina, NC State, Notre Dame, Virginia Tech
7	Big Ten	Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Ohio State, Purdue
	Pac-12	Arizona, Colorado, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington State
	SEC	Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee
6	Big 12	Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahomas State, Texas, West Virginia
4	Big East	Creighton, Marquette, St John's, UConn, Villanova
2	West Coast	Gonzaga, Portland
2	American	East Carolina, South Florida
1	22 other conferences	See Automatic Bids

Tournament seeds (list by region)

The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released.

Greenville Regional 1 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Overall Seed	Berth type
1	South Carolina	SEC	32–0	1	Automatic
2	Maryland	Big Ten	25–6		At-Large
3	Notre Dame	ACC	25–5		At-Large
4	UCLA	Pac-12	25–9		At-Large
5	Oklahoma	Big 12	25–6		At-Large
6	Creighton	Big East	22–8		At-Large
7	Arizona	Pac-12	21–9		At-Large
8	South Florida	American	26–6		At-Large
9	Marquette	Big East	21–10		At-Large
10	West Virginia	Big 12	19–11		At-Large
11*	Illinois	Big Ten	22–9		At-Large
11*	Mississippi State	SEC	20–10		At-Large
12	Portland	WCC	23–8		Automatic
13	Sacramento State	Big Sky	25–7		Automatic
14	Southern Utah	WAC	23–9		Automatic
15	Holy Cross	Patriot	23–8		Automatic
16	Norfolk State	MEAC	26–6		Automatic

Seattle Regional 3 – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Virginia Tech	ACC	27–4	Automatic
2	UConn	Big East	29–5	Automatic
3	Ohio State	Big Ten	25–7	At-Large
4	Tennessee	SEC	23–11	At-Large
5	Iowa State	Big 12	22–9	Automatic
6	North Carolina	ACC	21–11	At-Large
7	Baylor	Big 12	19–12	At-Large
8	USC	Pac-12	21–10	At-Large
9	South Dakota State	Summit	28–5	Automatic
10	Alabama	SEC	20–10	At-Large
11*	Purdue	Big Ten	19–11	At-Large
11*	St. John's	Big East	22–9	At-Large
12	Toledo	MAC	28–4	Automatic
13	Saint Louis	Atlantic 10	17–17	Automatic
14	James Madison	Sun Belt	26–7	Automatic
15	Vermont	America East	25–6	Automatic
16	Chattanooga	Southern	20–12	Automatic

Greenville Regional 2 – Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Indiana	Big Ten	27–4	At-Large
2	Utah	Pac-12	25–4	At-Large
3	LSU	SEC	28–2	At-Large
4	Villanova	Big East	28–6	At-Large
5	Washington State	Pac-12	23–10	Automatic
6	Michigan	Big Ten	22–10	At-Large
7	NC State	ACC	20–11	At-Large
8	Oklahoma State	Big 12	21–11	At-Large
9	Miami (FL)	ACC	19–12	At-Large
10	Princeton	Ivy League	23–5	Automatic
11	UNLV	Mountain West	31–2	Automatic
12	Florida Gulf Coast	ASUN	32–3	Automatic
13	Cleveland State	Horizon	30–4	Automatic
14	Hawaiʻi	Big West	18–14	Automatic
15	Gardner–Webb	Big South	29–4	Automatic
16*	Tennessee Tech	Ohio Valley	22–9	Automatic
16*	Monmouth	Colonial	18–15	Automatic

Seattle Regional 4 – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA
Seed	School	Conference	Record	Berth type
1	Stanford	Pac-12	28–6	At-Large
2	Iowa	Big Ten	26–6	Automatic
3	Duke	ACC	25–6	At-Large
4	Texas	Big 12	25–9	At-Large
5	Louisville	ACC	23–11	At-Large
6	Colorado	Pac-12	23–8	At-Large
7	Florida State	ACC	23–9	At-Large
8	Ole Miss	SEC	23–8	At-Large
9	Gonzaga	WCC	28–4	At-Large
10	Georgia	SEC	21–11	At-Large
11	Middle Tennessee	C-USA	28–4	Automatic
12	Drake	Missouri Valley	22–9	Automatic
13	East Carolina	American	23–9	Automatic
14	Iona	MAAC	26–6	Automatic
15	Southeastern Louisiana	Southland	21–9	Automatic
16*		SWAC	18–14	Automatic
16*	Sacred Heart	Northeast	18–13	Automatic

*See First Four

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2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

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See also

2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament qualifying teams

Automatic Bids

At Large Bids

Bids by State

Conferences with multiple bids

Tournament seeds (list by region)

See also

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