# 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 2024 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States, culminating the 2023–24 season. It again featured a field of 64 teams.
The first four rounds were played on campus sites, and the national semifinals and finals were held at the Capital University Performance Arena at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio from March 14–16, 2024.
NYU defeated Smith in the final, 51–41, to win the Violets' second national title.

## Tournament schedule and venues
### Regionals

The first and second rounds took place on campus sites from March 1–2, 2024. Teams were sent to one of sixteen host campus sites, which all corresponded to the home arena of one of the four teams in each grouping of four teams.
The third and fourth rounds (the sectional semifinals and finals), also took place on campus sites from March 8–19, 2024. Teams were sent to the home arena of one of the four remaining teams in their sectional bracket.

### Final Four

The national semifinals and finals were held at a predetermined site, the Capital University Performance Arena at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio. The national semifinals were played on March 14, and the final was played on March 16.

## Qualifying

A total of sixty-four bids were available for the tournament: Forty-two (42) automatic bids—awarded to the champions of the forty-two NCAA Division III conferences guaranteed a spot in the tournament and twenty (20) at-large bids to the highest rated programs that failed to win their respective leagues. The number of automatic bids decreased by two this year following the dissolution of the New England Collegiate Conference as an all-sports conference and the merger of the United East Conference and the Colonial States Athletic Conference (the UEC retained the auto bid).
While this is the second season for the Collegiate Conference of the South, its conference tournament champion will not be eligible for an automatic bid until 2025.

## Tournament bracket
### Top left sectional

| First round March 1, 2024 | First round March 1, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 New York, NY | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 New York, NY | | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 New York, NY | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 New York, NY |
| NYU | 78 | | | | | | | |
| Millsaps | 51 | | | | | | | |
| Millsaps | 51 | NYU | 93 | | | | | |
| Allentown, PA | Allentown, PA | NYU | 93 | | | | | |
| Allentown, PA | Allentown, PA | DeSales | 59 | | | | | |
| DeSales | 53 | DeSales | 59 | | | | | |
| Southern Virginia | 42 | | | | | | | |
| Southern Virginia | 42 | | | NYU | 73 | | | |
| | | | | Hardin–Simmons | 55 | | | |
| Mary Hardin-Baylor | 71 | | | | | Hardin–Simmons | 55 | | | |
| Trinity (TX) | 75 | | | | | | | |
| Trinity (TX) | 75 | Trinity (TX) | 62 | | | | | |
| Abilene, TX | Abilene, TX | Trinity (TX) | 62 | | | | | |
| Abilene, TX | Abilene, TX | Hardin–Simmons | 84 | | | | | |
| Hardin–Simmons | 65 | Hardin–Simmons | 84 | | | | | |
| Occidental | 53 | | | | | | | |
| Occidental | 53 | | | | | | NYU | 68 |
| | | | | | | | Scranton | 46 |
| Scranton | 60 | | | | | | | | Scranton | 46 |
| Framingham State | 39 | | | | | | | |
| Framingham State | 39 | Scranton | 60 | | | | | |
| Scranton, PA | Scranton, PA | Scranton | 60 | | | | | |
| Scranton, PA | Scranton, PA | Ohio Northern | 54 | | | | | |
| Marymount (VA) | 38 | Ohio Northern | 54 | | | | | |
| Ohio Northern | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Ohio Northern | 62 | | | Scranton | 65 | | | |
| | | | | Johns Hopkins | 53 | | | |
| Johns Hopkins | 75 | | | | | Johns Hopkins | 53 | | | |
| Marietta | 66 | | | | | | | |
| Marietta | 66 | Johns Hopkins | 77 | | | | | |
| Newport News, VA | Newport News, VA | Johns Hopkins | 77 | | | | | |
| Newport News, VA | Newport News, VA | Christopher Newport | 75 | | | | | |
| Christopher Newport | 104 | Christopher Newport | 75 | | | | | |
| Mount Saint Vincent | 52 | | | | | | | |

### Bottom left sectional

| First round March 1, 2024 | First round March 1, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Whitewater, WI | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Whitewater, WI | | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Whitewater, WI | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Whitewater, WI |
| Wisconsin–Whitewater | 86 | | | | | | | |
| Minnesota–Morris | 47 | | | | | | | |
| Minnesota–Morris | 47 | Wisconsin–Whitewater | 89 | | | | | |
| Whitewater, WI | Whitewater, WI | Wisconsin–Whitewater | 89 | | | | | |
| Whitewater, WI | Whitewater, WI | Millikin | 65 | | | | | |
| Millikin | 91 | Millikin | 65 | | | | | |
| Willamette | 83 | | | | | | | |
| Willamette | 83 | | | Wisconsin–Whitewater | 72 | | | |
| | | | | Hope | 61 | | | |
| Hope | 65 | | | | | Hope | 61 | | | |
| Ripon | 54 | | | | | | | |
| Ripon | 54 | Hope | 70 | | | | | |
| Greencastle, IN | Greencastle, IN | Hope | 70 | | | | | |
| Greencastle, IN | Greencastle, IN | DePauw | 55 | | | | | |
| DePauw | 74 | DePauw | 55 | | | | | |
| Berea | 52 | | | | | | | |
| Berea | 52 | | | | | | Wisconsin–Whitewater | 48 |
| | | | | | | | Transylvania | 62 |
| Carroll (WI) | 65 | | | | | | | | Transylvania | 62 |
| Puget Sound | 74 | | | | | | | |
| Puget Sound | 74 | Puget Sound | 40 | | | | | |
| Waukesha, WI | Waukesha, WI | Puget Sound | 40 | | | | | |
| Waukesha, WI | Waukesha, WI | Wisconsin–Stout | 61 | | | | | |
| Washington St. Louis | 61 | Wisconsin–Stout | 61 | | | | | |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 71 | | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin–Stout | 71 | | | Wisconsin–Stout | 58 | | | |
| | | | | Transylvania | 63 | | | |
| Emory | 54 | | | | | Transylvania | 63 | | | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 64 | | | | | | | |
| Ohio Wesleyan | 64 | Ohio Wesleyan | 55 | | | | | |
| Lexington, KY | Lexington, KY | Ohio Wesleyan | 55 | | | | | |
| Lexington, KY | Lexington, KY | Transylvania | 70 | | | | | |
| Transylvania | 61 | Transylvania | 70 | | | | | |
| Chatham | 40 | | | | | | | |

### Top right sectional

| First round March 1, 2024 | First round March 1, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Brunswick, ME | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Brunswick, ME | | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Brunswick, ME | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Brunswick, ME |
| Bowdoin | 69 | | | | | | | |
| Western New England | 48 | | | | | | | |
| Western New England | 48 | Bowdoin | 67 | | | | | |
| Brunswick, ME | Brunswick, ME | Bowdoin | 67 | | | | | |
| Brunswick, ME | Brunswick, ME | UMass Dartmouth | 59 | | | | | |
| UMass Dartmouth | 78 | UMass Dartmouth | 59 | | | | | |
| New Jersey City | 69 | | | | | | | |
| New Jersey City | 69 | | | Bowdoin | 78 | | | |
| | | | | Baldwin Wallace | 48 | | | |
| Trinity (CT) | 54 | | | | | Baldwin Wallace | 48 | | | |
| Baldwin Wallace | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Baldwin Wallace | 59 | Baldwin Wallace | 65 | | | | | |
| New Paltz, NY | New Paltz, NY | Baldwin Wallace | 65 | | | | | |
| New Paltz, NY | New Paltz, NY | New Paltz | 42 | | | | | |
| New Paltz | 70 | New Paltz | 42 | | | | | |
| Penn State Harrisburg | 52 | | | | | | | |
| Penn State Harrisburg | 52 | | | | | | Bowdoin | 47 |
| | | | | | | | Smith | 52 |
| Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 57 | | | | | | | | Smith | 52 |
| Webster | 42 | | | | | | | |
| Webster | 42 | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 74 | | | | | |
| Oshkosh, WI | Oshkosh, WI | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 74 | | | | | |
| Oshkosh, WI | Oshkosh, WI | Trine | 48 | | | | | |
| Gustavus Adolphus | 58 | Trine | 48 | | | | | |
| Trine | 61 | | | | | | | |
| Trine | 61 | | | Wisconsin–Oshkosh | 59 | | | |
| | | | | Smith | 61 | | | |
| Shenandoah | 57 | | | | | Smith | 61 | | | |
| Messiah | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Messiah | 58 | Messiah | 61 | | | | | |
| Northampton, MA | Northampton, MA | Messiah | 61 | | | | | |
| Northampton, MA | Northampton, MA | Smith | 69 | | | | | |
| Smith | 61 | Smith | 69 | | | | | |
| Maine Maritime | 46 | | | | | | | |

### Bottom right sectional

| First round March 1, 2024 | First round March 1, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Second round March 2, 2024 | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Providence, RI | Sectional semifinals March 8, 2024 Providence, RI | | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Providence, RI | Sectional finals March 9, 2024 Providence, RI |
| Bates | 66 | | | | | | | |
| Brooklyn | 51 | | | | | | | |
| Brooklyn | 51 | Bates | 79 | | | | | |
| Lewiston, ME | Lewiston, ME | Bates | 79 | | | | | |
| Lewiston, ME | Lewiston, ME | Widener | 66 | | | | | |
| Springfield | 50 | Widener | 66 | | | | | |
| Widener | 57 | | | | | | | |
| Widener | 57 | | | Bates | 53 | | | |
| | | | | Wartburg | 54 | | | |
| Illinois Wesleyan | 75 | | | | | Wartburg | 54 | | | |
| Concordia Moorhead | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Concordia Moorhead | 62 | Illinois Wesleyan | 59 | | | | | |
| Waverly, IA | Waverly, IA | Illinois Wesleyan | 59 | | | | | |
| Waverly, IA | Waverly, IA | Wartburg | 62 | | | | | |
| Wartburg | 72 | Wartburg | 62 | | | | | |
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Wisconsin Lutheran | 65 | | | | | | Wartburg | 68 |
| | | | | | | | Washington and Lee | 58 |
| Washington and Lee | 68 | | | | | | | | Washington and Lee | 58 |
| Vassar | 61 | | | | | | | |
| Vassar | 61 | Washington and Lee | 80 | | | | | |
| Lexington, VA | Lexington, VA | Washington and Lee | 80 | | | | | |
| Lexington, VA | Lexington, VA | Catholic | 70 | | | | | |
| Catholic | 71 | Catholic | 70 | | | | | |
| Penn State Behrend | 55 | | | | | | | |
| Penn State Behrend | 55 | | | Washington and Lee | 61 | | | |
| | | | | Rhode Island College | 55 | | | |
| Gettysburg | 46 | | | | | Rhode Island College | 55 | | | |
| St. John Fisher | 55 | | | | | | | |
| St. John Fisher | 55 | St. John Fisher | 43 | | | | | |
| Providence, RI | Providence, RI | St. John Fisher | 43 | | | | | |
| Providence, RI | Providence, RI | Rhode Island College | 66 | | | | | |
| Rhode Island College | 56 | Rhode Island College | 66 | | | | | |
| St. Joseph's (ME) | 37 | | | | | | | |

### Final Four

| National semifinals March 14 Columbus, OH | National semifinals March 14 Columbus, OH | National championship March 16 Columbus, OH | National championship March 16 Columbus, OH |
| NYU | 57 | | |
| Transylvania | 42 | | |
| Transylvania | 42 | NYU | 51 |
| | | Smith | 41 |
| Smith | 61 | Smith | 41 |
| Wartburg | 54 | | |