2024 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | St. Joseph Civic Arena![]() | ||||
Champions | Minnesota State Mavericks (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Texas Woman's Pioneers (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Emily Thiesse (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Natalie Bremer (Minnesota State) | ||||
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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
[edit]Regionals
[edit]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
[edit]The national quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will be held at a predetermined site, the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.
Qualification
[edit]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
[edit]Atlantic regional
[edit]- Site: Erie, Pennsylvania (Gannon) and Fairmont, West Virginia (Fairmont State)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 19 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gannon | 73 | ||||||||||||
8 | West Virginia State | 53 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gannon | 91 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lock Haven | 72 | ||||||||||||
5 | California (PA) | 60 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lock Haven | 74 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gannon | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | Fayetteville State | 47 | ||||||||||||
3 | Fayetteville State | 72 | ||||||||||||
6 | Indiana (PA) | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Fayetteville State | 70 | ||||||||||||
2 | Fairmont State | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | West Chester | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Fairmont State | 72 |
Central regional
[edit]- Site: Bethany, Oklahoma (Southern Nazarene)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Southern Nazarene | 70 | ||||||||||||
8 | Henderson State | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Southern Nazarene | 72 | ||||||||||||
5 | Harding | 62 | ||||||||||||
5 | Harding | 82* | ||||||||||||
4 | Pittsburg State | 74 | ||||||||||||
1 | Southern Nazarene | 48 | ||||||||||||
7 | Minnesota State | 80 | ||||||||||||
3 | Fort Hays State | 62 | ||||||||||||
6 | NW Missouri State | 47 | ||||||||||||
3 | Fort Hays State | 66 | ||||||||||||
7 | Minnesota State | 78 | ||||||||||||
7 | Minnesota State | 78 | ||||||||||||
2 | Missouri Western | 58 |
* – Denotes overtime period
East regional
[edit]- Site: Waltham, Massachusetts (Bentley)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bentley | 63 | ||||||||||||
8 | Mercy | 50 | ||||||||||||
1 | Bentley | 50 | ||||||||||||
4 | Jefferson | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | SNHU | 89 | ||||||||||||
4 | Jefferson | 91* | ||||||||||||
4 | Jefferson | 62 | ||||||||||||
6 | Daemen | 69 | ||||||||||||
3 | Saint Rose | 47 | ||||||||||||
6 | Daemen | 52 | ||||||||||||
6 | Daemen | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Assumption | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Franklin Pierce | 43 | ||||||||||||
2 | Assumption | 58 |
* – Denotes overtime period
Midwest regional
[edit]First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Grand Valley State | 63 | ||||||||||||
8 | Trevecca Nazarene | 35 | ||||||||||||
1 | Grand Valley State | 72 | ||||||||||||
4 | Northern Michigan | 44 | ||||||||||||
5 | Kentucky Wesleyan | 56 | ||||||||||||
4 | Northern Michigan | 69 | ||||||||||||
1 | Grand Valley State | 46 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ferris State | 49 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ferris State | 75 | ||||||||||||
6 | Lewis | 53 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ferris State | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Ashland | 59 | ||||||||||||
7 | Drury | 65 | ||||||||||||
2 | Ashland | 102 |
South regional
[edit]- Site: Valdosta, Georgia (Valdosta State)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Valdosta State | 66 | ||||||||||||
8 | Miles | 55 | ||||||||||||
1 | Valdosta State | 58 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nova Southeastern | 69 | ||||||||||||
5 | Lee | 61 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nova Southeastern | 71 | ||||||||||||
4 | Nova Southeastern | 56 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tampa | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tampa | 76 | ||||||||||||
6 | Embry–Riddle (FL) | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Tampa | 69* | ||||||||||||
7 | Eckerd | 68 | ||||||||||||
7 | Eckerd | 84 | ||||||||||||
2 | Union (TN) | 70 |
* – Denotes overtime period
South Central regional
[edit]- Site: Denton, Texas (Texas Woman's)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Texas Woman's | 81 | ||||||||||||
8 | Colorado Mines | 72 | ||||||||||||
1 | Texas Woman's | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | Adams State | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | Adams State | 96 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas–Permian Basin | 83 | ||||||||||||
1 | Texas Woman's | 65 | ||||||||||||
6 | Texas–Tyler | 51 | ||||||||||||
3 | Regis (CO) | 54 | ||||||||||||
6 | Texas–Tyler | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Texas–Tyler | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Colorado Mesa | 56 | ||||||||||||
7 | Lubbock Christian | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Colorado Mesa | 68 |
Southeast regional
[edit]- Site: Salisbury, North Carolina (Catawba)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Catawba | 58 | ||||||||||||
8 | UNC Pembroke | 48 | ||||||||||||
1 | Catawba | 63 | ||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southwestern | 88 | ||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southwestern | 62 | ||||||||||||
4 | Lenoir–Rhyne | 59 | ||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southwestern | 79 | ||||||||||||
2 | Carson–Newman | 62 | ||||||||||||
3 | Wingate | 55 | ||||||||||||
6 | Anderson (SC) | 74 | ||||||||||||
6 | Anderson (SC) | 54 | ||||||||||||
2 | Carson–Newman | 74 | ||||||||||||
7 | Augusta | 55 | ||||||||||||
2 | Carson–Newman | 61 |
West regional
[edit]- Site: Azusa, California (Azusa Pacific)
First round March 15 | Regional semifinals March 16 | Regional Finals March 18 | ||||||||||||
1 | Azusa Pacific | 66 | ||||||||||||
8 | Cal State Los Angeles | 60 | ||||||||||||
1 | Azusa Pacific | 56 | ||||||||||||
4 | Montana State Billings | 66 | ||||||||||||
5 | Chico State | 55 | ||||||||||||
4 | Montana State Billings | 86 | ||||||||||||
4 | Montana State Billings | 71 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cal State San Marcos | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Washington | 66 | ||||||||||||
6 | Cal Poly Pomona | 61 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Washington | 56 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cal State San Marcos | 62 | ||||||||||||
7 | Point Loma | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Cal State San Marcos | 82 |
Elite Eight
[edit]Elite Eight March 25 | Final Four March 27 | National Championship March 29 | ||||||||||||
1 | Gannon | 80 | ||||||||||||
8 | Cal State San Marcos | 85* | ||||||||||||
8 | Cal State San Marcos | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota State | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota State | 93 | ||||||||||||
4 | Georgia Southwestern | 88 | ||||||||||||
5 | Minnesota State | 89 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Woman's | 73 | ||||||||||||
6 | Tampa | 60 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ferris State | 63 | ||||||||||||
3 | Ferris State | 52 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Woman's | 68 | ||||||||||||
7 | Daemen | 44 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas Woman's | 76 |
See also
[edit]- 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 2024 NAIA women's basketball tournament
- 2024 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Minnesota State's defense keys win for 2nd Division II title". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
- ^ "Division II women's basketball committee announces 2024 championship field". NCAA.com. NCAA. Retrieved 27 March 2024.