# 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

The 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 17, 2007, and concluded on April 3 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Final Four consisted of Tennessee, LSU, Rutgers, and North Carolina, with Tennessee defeating Rutgers 59–46 for their seventh National Title. Tennessee's Candace Parker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.

## Notable events

The Dallas Regional largely followed the seeding, with the top two seeds meeting in the regional final, and the top seed, North Carolina, winning 84–72 to move on to the Final Four, the second consecutive trip to the Final Four for the Tarheels. In the Dayton Regional, seventh-seeded Mississippi upset second-seeded Maryland, and followed that with an upset of third-seeded Oklahoma, but in the regional final faced top-seeded Tennessee, who went on to beat Mississippi by 36 points, and move on to the Final Four. This is last time Mississippi upset a top seed a feat not repeated until 2023 when 8 seeded Ole Miss upset number 1 seeded Stanford in the second round but losing to Louisville in the third round.
In the Fresno Regional, the second-seeded Stanford Cardinal fell to Florida State, who then lost to third-seeded LSU. This is last time Stanford got eliminated in the second round until 2023. The wins by Florida State over ODU and Stanford were vacated by the NCAA. In the regional final, LSU easily beat Connecticut, 73–50. This was the last Final Four to not feature Connecticut until 2023. In the Greensboro Regional, neither of the top two seeds made it to the regional final. The top seed, Duke, lost a one-point game to Rutgers, while the second seed, Vanderbilt, was ousted in the second round by Bowling Green. Fourth-seeded Rutgers beat the third seed, Arizona State, by 19 points in the regional final.
The semifinal game between Tennessee and North Carolina was expected to be a high-scoring game, but it turned out to be more disorder than scoring, In a game the New York Times would describe as an "artless grind", the Tarheels held a 48–36 lead with just over eight minutes to play. They would not score another basket. The Lady Vols, who ended up hitting only 27% of the field goal attempts, went on a 20–2 run, and ended up with the win, 56–50.
In the other semifinal, Rutgers faced LSU. Rutgers's appearance in a Final Four game seemed improbable earlier in the season, when the Scarlet Knights lost four of their first six games, and played so poorly that their coach C. Vivian Stringer revoked their access to their locker room. However, their play, particularly their defense, improved, and they were now a game away from a possible appearance in a national championship game, if they could defeat LSU, who had Sylvia Fowles as a dominant center. Fowles, who would go on to be the second overall WNBA draft pick the following year, had just completed a double-double against Connecticut, scoring 23 points, snaring 15 rebounds and blocking 6 shots. Rutgers held her to five points while missing eight of her ten field goal attempts. Rutgers pulled out to a 37–19 lead at halftime, and went on to win, holding LSU to 35 points, an NCAA record low in a Final Four game.
In the championship game, Tennessee was too much for Rutgers. The Lady Vols had an eleven-point lead at halftime, which Rutgers cut to seven, but that was as close as they would get. Candace Parker scored 17 points, but Pat Summitt noted the contribution of their 5-foot 2-inch point guard Shannon Bobbitt, who hit two key three-pointers en route to scoring 13 points of her own. Tennessee won 59–46, bringing the seventh national championship to the school, and increasing the win total of Summitt to 947, which is 33 more than Bob Knight, the most victorious coach on the men's side.

## Subregionals

Once again, the system was the same as the Division I men's basketball tournament, with the exception that only 64 teams go and there is no play-in game. Automatic bids are secured by 31 conference champions and 33 at-large bids.
The subregionals, which once again used the "pod system", keeping most teams at or close to the home cities, were held from March 17 to 20 at these locations:
* March 17 and 19:
    Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas at Austin)
    Williams Arena, Minneapolis (Host: University of Minnesota, Twin Cities)
    Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
    Galen Center, Los Angeles (Host: University of Southern California)
* March 18 and 20:
    Breslin Student Events Center, East Lansing, Michigan (Host: Michigan State University)
    XL Center, Hartford, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
    Petersen Events Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pittsburgh)
    RBC Center, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)

## Regionals

The regionals were held from March 24 to 27 in the following regions. The regionals, as they were in the previous two tournaments, were named after the city they were played in.
* March 24 and 26:
    Fresno Regional, Save Mart Center, Fresno, California (Host: Fresno State University)
    Greensboro Regional, Greensboro Coliseum, Greensboro, North Carolina (Host: Atlantic Coast Conference)
* March 25 and 27:
    Dallas Regional, Reunion Arena, Dallas, Texas (Hosts: Conference USA and Southern Methodist University)
    Dayton Regional, University of Dayton Arena, Dayton, Ohio (Host: University of Dayton)
The regional winners advanced to the Final Four, held on April 1 and 3, 2007, at Quicken Loans Arena, in Cleveland, Ohio, hosted by both Cleveland State University and the Mid-American Conference.

## Tournament records

* Three pointers—Matee Ajavon, Rutgers hit four of five three point field goals. The 80% completion ratio is tied for the best in a Final Four game.
* Points—LSU scored 35 points in the semifinal game, the fewest points scored in a Final Four game.
* Three pointers—Nadia Begay, Boise State, hit eight three point field goals in a first-round game against George Washington, tied for the most scored in a first or second-round game.

## Qualifying teams - automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 2007 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 2007 NCAA tournament.
Automatic Bids :
| | | Record | Record | |
| Qualifying School | Conference | Regular Season | Conference | Seed |
| Belmont University | Atlantic Sun Conference | 25–6 | 16–2 | 14 |
| Boise State University | WAC | 24–8 | 12–4 | 12 |
| Bowling Green State University | MAC | 29–3 | 15–1 | 7 |
| University of Tennessee at Chattanooga | Southern Conference | 25–7 | 15–3 | 12 |
| Delaware State University | MEAC | 20–12 | 12–6 | 15 |
| Drake University | Missouri Valley Conference | 14–18 | 5–13 | 16 |
| East Carolina University | Conference USA | 19–13 | 11–5 | 13 |
| Gonzaga University | West Coast Conference | 24–9 | 13–1 | 12 |
| University of Wisconsin–Green Bay | Horizon League | 28–3 | 16–0 | 9 |
| Harvard University | Ivy League | 15–12 | 13–1 | 15 |
| College of the Holy Cross | Patriot League | 15–17 | 7–7 | 16 |
| Idaho State University | Big Sky Conference | 17–13 | 11–5 | 15 |
| Marist College | MAAC | 27–5 | 17–1 | 13 |
| Middle Tennessee State University | Sun Belt Conference | 29–3 | 18–0 | 5 |
| University of New Mexico | Mountain West | 24–8 | 11–5 | 8 |
| University of North Carolina | ACC | 30–3 | 11–3 | 1 |
| University of Oklahoma | Big 12 | 26–4 | 13–3 | 3 |
| Old Dominion University | Colonial | 24–8 | 17–1 | 7 |
| Oral Roberts University | Mid-Continent | 22–10 | 8–6 | 15 |
| Prairie View A&M University | SWAC | 19–13 | 14–4 | 16 |
| Purdue University | Big Ten | 28–5 | 14–2 | 2 |
| Robert Morris University | Northeast Conference | 24–7 | 15–3 | 13 |
| Rutgers University | Big East | 22–8 | 12–4 | 4 |
| Southeast Missouri State University | Ohio Valley Conference | 24–7 | 16–4 | 14 |
| Stanford University | Pac-10 | 28–4 | 17–1 | 2 |
| University of Texas at Arlington | Southland | 24–8 | 16–0 | 13 |
| University of California, Riverside | Big West Conference | 21–10 | 12–2 | 14 |
| University of Maryland, Baltimore County | America East | 16–16 | 6–10 | 16 |
| University of North Carolina at Asheville | Big South Conference | 21–11 | 9–5 | 14 |
| Vanderbilt University | SEC | 27–5 | 10–4 | 2 |
| Xavier University | Atlantic 10 | 26–7 | 11–3 | 6 |

## Qualifying teams - at-large

Thirty-three additional teams were selected to complete the sixty-four invitations.
At-large Bids :
| | | Record | Record | |
| Qualifying School | Conference | Regular Season | Conference | Seed |
| Arizona State University | Pacific-10 | 28–4 | 16–2 | 3 |
| Baylor University | Big 12 | 25–7 | 11–5 | 5 |
| Brigham Young University | Mountain West | 23–9 | 12–4 | 11 |
| University of California, Berkeley | Pacific-10 | 23–8 | 12–6 | 8 |
| University of Connecticut | Big East | 29–3 | 16–0 | 1 |
| University of Delaware | Colonial | 26–5 | 16–2 | 12 |
| DePaul University | Big East | 19–12 | 8–8 | 10 |
| Duke University | Atlantic Coast | 30–1 | 14–0 | 1 |
| Florida State University | Atlantic Coast | 22–9 | 10–4 | 10 |
| The George Washington University | Atlantic 10 | 26–3 | 14–0 | 5 |
| University of Georgia | Southeastern | 25–6 | 11–3 | 3 |
| Georgia Institute of Technology | Atlantic Coast | 20–11 | 9–5 | 7 |
| Iowa State University | Big 12 | 25–8 | 10–6 | 6 |
| James Madison University | Colonial | 27–5 | 16–2 | 9 |
| University of Louisiana at Lafayette | Sun Belt | 25–8 | 14–4 | 11 |
| University of Louisville | Big East | 26–7 | 10–6 | 6 |
| Louisiana State University | Southeastern | 26–7 | 10–4 | 3 |
| Marquette University | Big East | 25–6 | 12–4 | 6 |
| University of Maryland, College Park | Atlantic Coast | 27–5 | 10–4 | 2 |
| Michigan State University | Big Ten | 23–8 | 13–3 | 5 |
| University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) | Southeastern | 21–10 | 9–5 | 7 |
| University of Nebraska–Lincoln | Big 12 | 22–9 | 10–6 | 9 |
| North Carolina State University | Atlantic Coast | 23–9 | 10–4 | 4 |
| University of Notre Dame | Big East | 19–11 | 10–6 | 9 |
| Ohio State University | Big Ten | 28–3 | 15–1 | 4 |
| Oklahoma State University–Stillwater | Big 12 | 20–10 | 8–8 | 10 |
| University of Pittsburgh | Big East | 23–8 | 10–6 | 8 |
| Texas Christian University | Mountain West | 21–10 | 11–5 | 10 |
| Temple University | Atlantic 10 | 24–7 | 13–1 | 8 |
| University of Tennessee | Southeastern | 28–3 | 14–0 | 1 |
| Texas A&M University | Big 12 | 24–6 | 13–3 | 4 |
| University of Washington | Pacific-10 | 18–12 | 11–7 | 11 |
| West Virginia University | Big East | 20–10 | 11–5 | 11 |

## Tournament seeds

Dallas Regional :
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | North Carolina | ACC | 30-3 | Automatic |
| 2 | Purdue | Big Ten | 28-5 | Automatic |
| 3 | Georgia | SEC | 25-6 | At-large |
| 4 | Texas A&M | Big 12 | 24-6 | At-large |
| 5 | George Washington | Atlantic 10 | 26-3 | At-large |
| 6 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 25-8 | At-large |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 20-11 | At-large |
| 8 | California | Pac-10 | 23-8 | At-large |
| 9 | Notre Dame | Big East | 19-11 | At-large |
| 10 | DePaul | Big East | 19-12 | At-large |
| 11 | Washington | Pac-10 | 18-12 | At-large |
| 12 | Boise State | WAC | 24-8 | Automatic |
| 13 | Texas-Arlington | Southland | 24-8 | Automatic |
| 14 | Belmont | Atlantic Sun | 25-6 | Automatic |
| 15 | Oral Roberts | Mid-Continent | 22-10 | Automatic |
| 16 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 19-13 | Automatic |
Dayton Regional :
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Tennessee | SEC | 28-3 | At-large |
| 2 | Maryland | ACC | 27-5 | At-large |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 26-4 | Automatic |
| 4 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 28-3 | At-large |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee State | Sun Belt | 29-3 | Automatic |
| 6 | Marquette | Big East | 25-6 | At-large |
| 7 | Ole Miss | SEC | 21-10 | At-large |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | Big East | 23-8 | At-large |
| 9 | James Madison | CAA | 27-5 | At-large |
| 10 | TCU | Mountain West | 21-10 | At-large |
| 11 | Louisiana-Lafayette | Sun Belt | 25-8 | At-large |
| 12 | Gonzaga | West Coast | 24-9 | Automatic |
| 13 | Marist | MAAC | 27-5 | Automatic |
| 14 | Southeast Missouri State | Ohio Valley | 24-7 | Automatic |
| 15 | Harvard | Ivy | 15-12 | Automatic |
| 16 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 14-18 | Automatic |
Fresno Regional :
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Connecticut | Big East | 29-3 | At-large |
| 2 | Stanford | Pac-10 | 28-4 | Automatic |
| 3 | LSU | SEC | 26-7 | At-large |
| 4 | NC State | ACC | 23-9 | At-large |
| 5 | Baylor | Big 12 | 25-7 | At-large |
| 6 | Xavier | Atlantic 10 | 26-7 | Automatic |
| 7 | Old Dominion | CAA | 24-8 | Automatic |
| 8 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 24-8 | Automatic |
| 9 | Wisconsin-Green Bay | Horizon | 28-3 | Automatic |
| 10 | Florida State | ACC | 22-9 | At-large |
| 11 | West Virginia | Big East | 20-10 | At-large |
| 12 | Chattanooga | Southern | 25-7 | Automatic |
| 13 | Robert Morris | Northeast | 24-7 | Automatic |
| 14 | UNC-Asheville | Big South | 21-11 | Automatic |
| 15 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 17-13 | Automatic |
| 16 | UMBC | America East | 16-16 | Automatic |
Greensboro Regional :
| Seed | School | Conference | Record | Berth type |
| 1 | Duke | ACC | 30-1 | At-large |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 27-5 | Automatic |
| 3 | Arizona State | Pac-10 | 28-4 | At-large |
| 4 | Rutgers | Big East | 22-8 | Automatic |
| 5 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 23-8 | At-large |
| 6 | Louisville | Big East | 26-7 | At-large |
| 7 | Bowling Green | MAC | 29-3 | Automatic |
| 8 | Temple | Atlantic 10 | 24-7 | At-large |
| 9 | Nebraska | Big 12 | 22-9 | At-large |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 20-10 | At-large |
| 11 | BYU | Mountain West | 23-9 | At-large |
| 12 | Delaware | CAA | 26-5 | At-large |
| 13 | East Carolina | Conference USA | 19-13 | Automatic |
| 14 | UC Riverside | Big West | 21-10 | Automatic |
| 15 | Delaware State | MEAC | 20-12 | Automatic |
| 16 | Holy Cross | Patriot | 15-17 | Automatic |

## Bids by conference

Thirty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In twenty-one cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-three additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.
| Bids | Conference | Teams |
| 8 | Big East | Rutgers, Connecticut, DePaul, Louisville, Marquette, Notre Dame, Pittsburgh, West Virginia |
| 6 | Atlantic Coast | North Carolina, Duke, Florida St., Georgia Tech, Maryland, North Carolina St. |
| 6 | Big 12 | Oklahoma, Baylor, Iowa St., Nebraska, Oklahoma St., Texas A&M |
| 5 | Southeastern | Vanderbilt, Georgia, LSU, Ole Miss, Tennessee |
| 4 | Pacific-10 | Stanford, Arizona St., California, Washington |
| 3 | Atlantic 10 | Xavier, George Washington, Temple |
| 3 | Big Ten | Purdue, Michigan St., Ohio St. |
| 3 | Colonial | Old Dominion, Delaware, James Madison |
| 3 | Mountain West | New Mexico, BYU, TCU |
| 2 | Sun Belt | Middle Tenn., La.-Lafayette |
| 1 | America East | UMBC |
| 1 | Atlantic Sun | Belmont |
| 1 | Big Sky | Idaho St. |
| 1 | Big South | UNC Asheville |
| 1 | Big West | UC Riverside |
| 1 | Conference USA | East Carolina |
| 1 | Horizon | Green Bay |
| 1 | Ivy | Harvard |
| 1 | Metro Atlantic | Marist |
| 1 | Mid-American | Bowling Green |
| 1 | Mid-Continent | Oral Roberts |
| 1 | Mid-Eastern | Delaware St. |
| 1 | Missouri Valley | Drake |
| 1 | Northeast | Robert Morris |
| 1 | Ohio Valley | Southeast Mo. St. |
| 1 | Patriot | Holy Cross |
| 1 | Southern | Chattanooga |
| 1 | Southland | Texas-Arlington |
| 1 | Southwestern | Prairie View |
| 1 | West Coast | Gonzaga |
| 1 | Western Athletic | Boise St. |

## Bids by state

The sixty-four teams came from thirty-one states, plus Washington, D.C. Texas, Tennessee, and North Carolina had the most teams with five bids each. Nineteen states did not have any teams receiving bids.
| Bids | State | Teams |
| 5 | North Carolina | East Carolina, North Carolina, UNC Asheville, Duke, North Carolina St. |
| 5 | Tennessee | Belmont, Chattanooga, Middle Tenn., Vanderbilt, Tennessee |
| 5 | Texas | Prairie View, Texas-Arlington, Baylor, TCU, Texas A&M |
| 3 | California | Stanford, UC Riverside, California |
| 3 | Ohio | Bowling Green, Xavier, Ohio St. |
| 3 | Oklahoma | Oklahoma, Oral Roberts, Oklahoma St. |
| 3 | Pennsylvania | Robert Morris, Pittsburgh, Temple |
| 2 | Delaware | Delaware St., Delaware |
| 2 | Florida | Southeast Mo. St., Florida St. |
| 2 | Georgia | Georgia, Georgia Tech |
| 2 | Idaho | Boise St., Idaho St. |
| 2 | Indiana | Purdue, Notre Dame |
| 2 | Iowa | Drake, Iowa St. |
| 2 | Louisiana | La.-Lafayette, LSU |
| 2 | Maryland | UMBC, Maryland |
| 2 | Massachusetts | Harvard, Holy Cross |
| 2 | Virginia | Old Dominion, James Madison |
| 2 | Washington | Gonzaga, Washington |
| 2 | Wisconsin | Green Bay, Marquette |
| 1 | Arizona | Arizona St. |
| 1 | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| 1 | District of Columbia | George Washington |
| 1 | Illinois | DePaul |
| 1 | Kentucky | Louisville |
| 1 | Michigan | Michigan St. |
| 1 | Mississippi | Ole Miss |
| 1 | Nebraska | Nebraska |
| 1 | New Jersey | Rutgers |
| 1 | New Mexico | New Mexico |
| 1 | New York | Marist |
| 1 | Utah | BYU |
| 1 | West Virginia | West Virginia |

## Brackets

Data source (*) – Number of asterisks denotes number of overtimes.

### Dallas Regional

| First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | | Regional finals March 27 | Regional finals March 27 | Regional finals March 27 |
| 1 | North Carolina | 95 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Prairie View A&M | 38 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Prairie View A&M | 38 | 1 | North Carolina | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | North Carolina | 60 | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | 9 | Notre Dame | 51 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | California | 59 | 9 | Notre Dame | 51 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 62 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Notre Dame | 62 | | | | 1 | North Carolina | 70 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | George Washington | 56 | | | | |
| 5 | George Washington | 76 | | | | | | | 5 | George Washington | 56 | | | | |
| 12 | Boise State | 67 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Boise State | 67 | 5 | George Washington | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | 5 | George Washington | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | 4 | Texas A&M | 47 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Texas A&M | 58 | 4 | Texas A&M | 47 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Texas – Arlington | 50 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Texas – Arlington | 50 | | | | | | | | 1 | North Carolina | 84 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Purdue | 72 |
| 6 | Iowa State | 79 | | | | | | | | | | | 2 | Purdue | 72 |
| 11 | Washington | 60 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Washington | 60 | 6 | Iowa State | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | 6 | Iowa State | 56 | | | | | | | |
| Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | 3 | Georgia | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Georgia | 53 | 3 | Georgia | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Belmont | 36 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Belmont | 36 | | | | 3 | Georgia | 65 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Purdue | 78 | | | | |
| 7 | Georgia Tech | 55 | | | | | | | 2 | Purdue | 78 | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | DePaul | 54 | 7 | Georgia Tech | 63 | | | | | | | |
| Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | 7 | Georgia Tech | 63 | | | | | | | |
| Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | Minneapolis, MN | 2 | Purdue | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Purdue | 63 | 2 | Purdue | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Oral Roberts | 42 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Dayton Regional

| First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | Regional semifinals March 25 | | Regional finals March 27 | Regional finals March 27 | Regional finals March 27 |
| 1 | Tennessee | 76 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Drake | 37 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Drake | 37 | 1 | Tennessee | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | 1 | Tennessee | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | Pittsburgh, PA | 8 | Pittsburgh | 54 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Pittsburgh | 71 | 8 | Pittsburgh | 54 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | James Madison | 61 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | James Madison | 61 | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 65 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 13 | Marist | 46 | | | | |
| 5 | Middle Tennessee St. | 85 | | | | | | | 13 | Marist | 46 | | | | |
| 12 | Gonzaga | 46 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Gonzaga | 46 | 5 | Middle Tennessee State | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | 5 | Middle Tennessee State | 59 | | | | | | | |
| Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | 13 | Marist | 73 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Ohio State | 63 | 13 | Marist | 73 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Marist | 67 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Marist | 67 | | | | | | | | 1 | Tennessee | 98 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Ole Miss | 62 |
| 6 | Marquette | 87 | | | | | | | | | | | 7 | Ole Miss | 62 |
| 11 | LA-Lafayette | 58 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | LA-Lafayette | 58 | 6 | Marquette | 47 | | | | | | | |
| Austin, TX | Austin, TX | Austin, TX | 6 | Marquette | 47 | | | | | | | |
| Austin, TX | Austin, TX | Austin, TX | 3 | Oklahoma | 78 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Oklahoma | 74 | 3 | Oklahoma | 78 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | SE Missouri State | 60 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | SE Missouri State | 60 | | | | 3 | Oklahoma | 82 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Ole Miss | 90 | | | | |
| 7 | Ole Miss | 88 | | | | | | | 7 | Ole Miss | 90 | | | | |
| 10 | TCU | 74 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | TCU | 74 | 7 | Ole Miss | 89 | | | | | | | |
| Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | 7 | Ole Miss | 89 | | | | | | | |
| Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | 2 | Maryland | 78 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Maryland | 89 | 2 | Maryland | 78 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Harvard | 65 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Fresno Regional

| First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Regional semifinals March 24 | Regional semifinals March 24 | Regional semifinals March 24 | | Regional finals March 26 | Regional finals March 26 | Regional finals March 26 |
| 1 | Connecticut | 82 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | UMBC | 33 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | UMBC | 33 | 1 | Connecticut | 94 | | | | | | | |
| Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | 1 | Connecticut | 94 | | | | | | | |
| Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | Hartford, CT | 9 | Green Bay | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | New Mexico | 52 | 9 | Green Bay | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Green Bay | 59 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Green Bay | 59 | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 78 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | N.C. State | 71 | | | | |
| 5 | Baylor | 68 | | | | | | | 4 | N.C. State | 71 | | | | |
| 12 | Chattanooga | 55 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Chattanooga | 55 | 5 | Baylor | 72 | | | | | | | |
| Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | 5 | Baylor | 72 | | | | | | | |
| Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | 4 | N.C. State | 78* | | | | | | | |
| 4 | N.C. State | 84 | 4 | N.C. State | 78* | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Robert Morris | 52 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | Robert Morris | 52 | | | | | | | | 1 | Connecticut | 50 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | LSU | 73 |
| 6 | Xavier | 52 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | LSU | 73 |
| 11 | West Virginia | 65 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | West Virginia | 65 | 11 | West Virginia | 43 | | | | | | | |
| Austin, TX | Austin, TX | Austin, TX | 11 | West Virginia | 43 | | | | | | | |
| Austin, TX | Austin, TX | Austin, TX | 3 | LSU | 49 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | LSU | 77 | 3 | LSU | 49 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | UNC-Asheville | 39 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | UNC-Asheville | 39 | | | | 3 | LSU | 55 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 10 | Florida State | 43 | | | | |
| 7 | Old Dominion | 75 | | | | | | | 10 | Florida State | 43 | | | | |
| 10 | Florida State | 85 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Florida State | 85 | 10 | Florida State | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | 10 | Florida State | 68 | | | | | | | |
| Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | Stanford, CA | 2 | Stanford | 61 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Stanford | 96 | 2 | Stanford | 61 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Idaho State | 58 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Greensboro Regional

| First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | First round March 17–18 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Second round March 19–20 | Regional semifinals March 24 | Regional semifinals March 24 | Regional semifinals March 24 | | Regional finals March 26 | Regional finals March 26 | Regional finals March 26 |
| 1 | Duke | 81 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Holy Cross | 44 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Holy Cross | 44 | 1 | Duke | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | 1 | Duke | 62 | | | | | | | |
| Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | Raleigh, NC | 8 | Temple | 52 | | | | | | | |
| 8 | Temple | 64 | 8 | Temple | 52 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Nebraska | 61 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Nebraska | 61 | | | | 1 | Duke | 52 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Rutgers | 53 | | | | |
| 5 | Michigan State | 69 | | | | | | | 4 | Rutgers | 53 | | | | |
| 12 | Delaware | 58 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Delaware | 58 | 5 | Michigan State | 57 | | | | | | | |
| East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | 5 | Michigan State | 57 | | | | | | | |
| East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | 4 | Rutgers | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 4 | Rutgers | 77 | 4 | Rutgers | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 13 | East Carolina | 34 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 13 | East Carolina | 34 | | | | | | | | 4 | Rutgers | 64 |
| | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Arizona State | 45 |
| 6 | Louisville | 80 | | | | | | | | | | | 3 | Arizona State | 45 |
| 11 | BYU | 54 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | BYU | 54 | 6 | Louisville | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | 6 | Louisville | 58 | | | | | | | |
| Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | Los Angeles, CA | 3 | Arizona State | 67 | | | | | | | |
| 3 | Arizona State | 57 | 3 | Arizona State | 67 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | UC Riverside | 50 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 14 | UC Riverside | 50 | | | | 3 | Arizona State | 67 | | | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Bowling Green | 49 | | | | |
| 7 | Bowling Green | 70 | | | | | | | 7 | Bowling Green | 49 | | | | |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 66 | | | | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Oklahoma State | 66 | 7 | Bowling Green | 60 | | | | | | | |
| East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | 7 | Bowling Green | 60 | | | | | | | |
| East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | East Lansing, MI | 2 | Vanderbilt | 59 | | | | | | | |
| 2 | Vanderbilt | 62 | 2 | Vanderbilt | 59 | | | | | | | |
| 15 | Delaware State | 47 | | | | | | | | | | |

### Final Four – Quicken Loans Arena, Cleveland, Ohio

| National Semifinals April 1 | National Semifinals April 1 | National Semifinals April 1 | National Championship April 3 | National Championship April 3 | National Championship April 3 |
| DAL1 | North Carolina | 50 | | | |
| DAY1 | Tennessee | 56 | | | |
| DAY1 | Tennessee | 56 | DAY1 | Tennessee | 59 |
| | | | GRE4 | Rutgers | 46 |
| FRE3 | LSU | 35 | GRE4 | Rutgers | 46 |
| GRE4 | Rutgers | 59 | | | |
Regional Initials: DAL-Dallas; DAY-Dayton; FRE-Fresno; GRE-Greensboro.

## Television and radio

As it had every year since 2003, ESPN and ESPN2 televised all 63 games. The first two rounds were presented on a regional basis. In some cases, a complete game of interest to a particular region were shown. However, most of the telecasts were in a "whip-around" format, with the specific game being shown changed on occasion and the endings to all close games or potential major upsets included. All games not shown on either ESPN or ESPN2 in a local market area were available to subscribers of ESPN Full Court, a pay-per-view package available on most major cable and satellite providers. Select games were also simulcast on ESPNU and ESPN360.
All games from the regional semifinals forward were televised nationally on either ESPN or ESPN2, in both standard-definition and high-definition formats. The Final Four was on ESPN. In addition, the championship game was presented in the ESPN Full Circle format.
ESPN had three announcers at each site: a play-by-play announcer, a color commentator, and a sideline reporter. (In contrast, CBS Sports, which covers nearly every game of the men's tournament, did not use sideline reporters until the Final Four.) Mike Patrick, Doris Burke, Holly Rowe and Mark Jones had those respective roles at the Final Four site in Cleveland. Patrick, Burke and Rowe also covered the Greensboro regional.
Burke, who had been a sideline reporter at previous Final Fours, replaced Ann Meyers, who had that role for the last ten years. Meyers is now the general manager of the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.
Other regional broadcast teams were:
* Dallas regional – Jones, Nancy Lieberman, and Rebecca Lobo
* Dayton regional – Dave Pasch, Debbie Antonelli, and Heather Cox
* Fresno regional – Pam Ward, Jimmy Dykes, and Beth Mowins
Some of the other ESPN commentators during earlier rounds included Linda Cohn, Dave Revsine, Dave Barnett, Fran Fraschilla, and Van Chancellor.
Trey Wingo was the studio host, with analysts Kara Lawson and Stacey Dales.
Mowins and Debbie Antonelli called the Final Four action on Westwood One radio.

## Comments

* Judy Southard, an athletics administrator at Louisiana State University, is the head of the Division I Women's Basketball Committee, which selected and seeded the teams for this event. Southard carried on her duties despite an ongoing scandal in which the head women's basketball coach, Pokey Chatman, resigned after it was alleged that she had an inappropriate sexual relationship with one of her former players. When asked about the scandal on the ESPN program announcing the tournament field and matchups, Southard declined to comment, saying that she wanted the focus to be on the players and teams in the tourney. Assistant coach Bob Starkey was named interim head coach and guided the Tigers to their fourth consecutive Final Four.
* This was the first tournament since the NCAA began sanctioning women's basketball in which Louisiana Tech is not a participant. This leaves Tennessee as the only program to appear in all 26 events.
* Texas was not in the tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time in its history. (At about the same moment that the selections were announced, Jody Conradt, who won 900 games and a championship during her tenure, resigned as the team's head coach.)
* Marist College was the first current MAAC participant to win in the NCAA tournament. The MAAC was previously 0–21 in the tournament under its current membership. Marist also matched the record for the lowest seed to advance to the Sweet Sixteen as a 13 seed. Texas A&M did so in 1994 and Liberty also accomplished this in 2005.
* The Bowling Green State University Falcons became the first team from the Mid American Conference to reach the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, after they upset the second seed Vanderbilt 59–56 at the Breslin Student Events Center in East Lansing, Michigan in 2007.
* The Final Four logo features a guitar that resembles the Fender Stratocaster, marking the fact that Cleveland serves as the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also, the opening teases on the ESPN telecasts featured an actress playing a disc jockey and mock-up vinyl album covers with players and coaches pictured, to further advance the theme. At the Final Four, a picture of a guitar was applied onto the playing surface with a wood finish, and ESPN used classic rock and roll and R&B songs to lead out into some of the commercial breaks.
* Rutgers' Cinderella performance in the NCAA tournament was the indirect catalyst of a chain of events that led to CBS Radio firing nationally syndicated radio host Don Imus and to a car accident that nearly killed New Jersey governor Jon Corzine. After their underdog performance, Imus mentioned the Rutgers women's basketball team in his radio program, where he referred to the team as "nappy-headed hos", which resulted in his radio show being canceled by CBS Radio and MSNBC on April 12, 2007. In an attempt to apologize to the Rutgers' basketball team, Don Imus apologized to the Rutgers team in person at the New Jersey governor's mansion in Princeton, New Jersey. The meeting was also to be attended by Corzine, but on his way to the meeting, he was involved in an auto accident that left him in critical condition.

## Record by conference

| Conference | # of Bids | Record | Win % | Round of 32 | Sweet Sixteen | Elite Eight | Final Four | Championship Game |
| Big East | 8 | 13–8 | .619 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Atlantic Coast | 6 | 12–6 | .667 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Big 12 | 6 | 5–6 | .455 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Southeastern | 5 | 16–4 | .800 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Pacific-10 | 4 | 4–4 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Big Ten | 3 | 4–3 | .571 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Atlantic 10 | 3 | 3–3 | .500 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Colonial | 3 | 0–3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mountain West | 3 | 0–3 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sun Belt | 2 | 1–2 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Metro Atlantic | 1 | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mid-American | 1 | 2–1 | .667 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Horizon | 1 | 1–1 | .500 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Eighteen conferences went 0-1: America East, Atlantic Sun Conference, Big Sky Conference, Big South Conference, Big West Conference, Conference USA, Ivy League, Mid-Continent, MEAC, Missouri Valley Conference, Northeast Conference, Ohio Valley Conference, Patriot League, Southern Conference, Southland, SWAC, West Coast Conference, and WAC

## All-Tournament Team

* Candace Parker, Tennessee
* Matee Ajavon, Rutgers
* Nicky Anosike, Tennessee
* Shannon Bobbitt, Tennessee
* Kia Vaughn, Rutgers

## Game Officials

* Bob Trammell (semifinal)
* Clarke Stevens (semifinal)
* Eric Brewton (semifinal)
* Dee Kantner (semifinal)
* Denise Brooks-Clauser (semifinal)
* Mary Day (semifinal)
* Lisa Mattingly (final)
* Michael Price (final)
* Tina Napier (final)