NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament bids by school
This is a list of NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament bids by school,[1] at the conclusion of the 2022 conference tournaments. Schools whose names are italicized are no longer in Division I and can no longer be included in the tournament.
There are a total of 68 bids possible (32 automatic qualifiers, 36 at-large) since the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
Vacated appearances are not included in the totals.
The table is current through the 2022 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
Bids[]
(#) – Vacated appearance
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| Bids | School | Conference | Years | Bid | Win | Sweet 16 | Elite 8 | Final 4 | Final | Title (No.) | |
| 39 | Tennessee | Southeastern | 1982-2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2008 | 2008 | 2008 (8) | |
| 35 | Stanford | Pac-12 | 1982, 1988-2019, 2021-22 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 (3) | |
| 34 | Georgia | Southeastern | 1982-91, 1993, 1995-2014, 2016, 2018, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2013 | 2013 | 1999 | 1996 | ||
| 33 [a] | UConn | Big East | 1989-2019, 2021-2022 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 (11) | |
| 33 | Texas | Big 12 | 1983-94, 1996-97, 1999-2005, 2008-12, 2014-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2003 | 1986 | 1986 (1) | |
| 28 [a] | Maryland | Big Ten | 1982-84, 1986, 1988-93, 1997, 2001, 2004-09, 2011-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2015 | 2015 | 2006 | 2006 (1) | |
| 28 | North Carolina | Atlantic Coast | 1983-87, 1992-95, 1997-2000, 2002-11, 2013-15, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2015 | 2015 | 2014 | 2007 | 1994 | 1994 (1) | |
| 28 | Iowa | Big Ten | 1986-94, 1996-98, 2001-02, 2004, 2006, 2008-15, 2018-19, 2021-22 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 1993 | |||
| 27 | Louisiana Tech | C-USA | 1982-2006, 2010-11 | 2011 | 2004 | 2004 | 2001 | 1999 | 1998 | 1988 (2) | |
| 27 | Vanderbilt | Southeastern | 1986-87, 1989-98, 2000-14 | 2014 | 2013 | 2009 | 2002 | 1993 | |||
| 26 | LSU | Southeastern | 1984, 1986-91, 1997, 1999-2010, 2012-15, 2017-18 | 2018 | 2014 | 2014 | 2008 | 2008 | |||
| 27 [a] | NC State | Atlantic Coast | 1982-87, 1989-91, 1995-2001, 2004-07, 2010, 2014, 2017-19, 2021-22 | 2022 | 2021 | 2021 | 1998 | 1998 | |||
| 26 | Notre Dame | Atlantic Coast | 1992, 1994, 1996-2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 (2) | |
| 26 | Purdue | Big Ten | 1989-92, 1995-2009, 2011-14, 2016-17 | 2017 | 2017 | 2009 | 2009 | 2001 | 2001 | 1999 (1) | |
| 26 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 1986-94, 1998-2001, 2003-12, 2015, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2015 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2007 | ||
| 25 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 1982, 1984-90, 1993, 1996, 1999, 2003-12, 2015-18 | 2018 | 2018 | 2017 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 | ||
| 25 | Old Dominion | C-USA | 1982-85, 1987-90, 1992-2008 | 2008 | 2008 | 2008 | 2002 | 1997 | 1997 | 1985 (1) | |
| 25 | Penn State | Big Ten | 1982-88, 1990-96, 1999-2005, 2011-14 | 2014 | 2014 | 2014 | 2004 | 2000 | |||
| 25 | Virginia | Atlantic Coast | 1984-2003, 2005, 2008-10, 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2000 | 1996 | 1992 | 1991 | ||
| 24 [a] | DePaul | Big East | 1990-93, 1995-97, 2003-19 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | |||||
| 24 | Duke | Atlantic Coast | 1987, 1995-2015, 2017-18 | 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2013 | 2006 | 2006 | ||
| 23 | Louisville | Atlantic Coast | 1983-84, 1993, 1995, 1997-99, 2001, 2005-09, 2011-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 | 2013 | ||
| 21 | Auburn | Southeastern | 1982-83, 1985-91, 1993-94, 1996-97, 1999-2000, 2004, 2008-09, 2016-17, 2019 | 2019 | 2016 | 1996 | 1996 | 1990 | 1990 | ||
| 21 | Montana | Big Sky | 1983-84, 1986, 1988-92, 1994-98, 2000, 2004-05, 2008-09, 2011, 2013, 2015 | 2015 | 1995 | 1986 | |||||
| 21 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 1986, 1995, 2000-18 | 2018 | 2017 | 2013 | 2010 | 2010 | 2002 | ||
| 20 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 1984, 1986, 1990-2005, 2011, 2013 | 2013 | 2005 | 2005 | 2003 | 1993 | 1993 | 1993 (1) | |
| 20 | Western Kentucky | C-USA | 1985-95, 1997-98, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2014-15, 2017-18 | 2018 | 2000 | 1995 | 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | ||
| 19 | Baylor | Big 12 | 2001-02, 2004-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 (3) | |
| 19 | Florida State | Atlantic Coast | 1983, 1990-91, 2001, 2005-11, 2013-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2017 | 2017 | ||||
| 19 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 1997-2002, 2005, 2007-15, 2017, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2010 | 2009 | ||||
| 19 | Middle Tennessee | C-USA | 1983-86, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2004-07, 2009-14, 2016, 2021 | 2021 | 2007 | ||||||
| 19 | Stephen F. Austin | WAC | 1982-83, 1988-2002, 2006, 2021 | 2021 | 2000 | 1996 | |||||
| 19 | Washington | Pac-12 | 1985-91, 1993-95, 1997-98, 2001, 2003, 2006-07, 2015-17 | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2016 | 2016 | |||
| 18 | George Washington | Atlantic 10 | 1991-92, 1994-98, 2000-01, 2003-08, 2015-16, 2017-18 | 2018 | 2008 | 2008 | 1997 | ||||
| 18 | Green Bay | Horizon | 1994, 1998-2000, 2002-05, 2007, 2009-13, 2015-18 | 2018 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||
| 18 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 1991, 1996-97, 2003-07, 2009-14, 2016-17, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2009 | 2005 | 2005 | 2005 | ||
| 17 | Arizona State | Pac-12 | 1982-83, 1992, 2001-02, 2005-09, 2011, 2014-19 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2009 | ||||
| 17 | Liberty | ASUN | 1997-2006, 2008-10, 2012-13, 2015, 2018 | 2018 | 2005 | 2005 | |||||
| 17 | Mississippi | Southeastern | 1982-92, 1994-96, 2004-05, 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | 2007 | ||||
| 17 [a] | South Carolina | Southeastern | 1982, 1986, 1988-91, 2002-03, 2012-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2017 | 2017 (1) | |
| 17 | Texas A&M | Southeastern | 1994, 1996, 2006-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2014 | 2011 | 2011 | 2011 (1) | |
| 17 | UCLA | Pac-12 | 1983, 1985, 1990, 1992, 1998-2000, 2004, 2006, 2010-11, 2013, 2016-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | ||||
| 17 | Utah | Pac-12 | 1983, 1986, 1989-91, 1995-98, 2000-01, 2003, 2005-06, 2008-09, 2011 | 2011 | 2009 | 2006 | 2006 | ||||
| 16 | Clemson | Atlantic Coast | 1982, 1988-94, 1996-2002, 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 1999 | 1991 | ||||
| 16 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 1982-84, 1987, 1997, 2002-05, 2008-09, 2011, 2012, 2016-17, 2019 | 2019 | 2017 | 2002 | 1982 | ||||
| 17 | Kentucky | Southeastern | 1982-83, 1986, 1991, 1999, 2006, 2010-17, 2019, 2021-22 | 2022 | 2021 | 2016 | 2013 | ||||
| 16 | Missouri State | Missouri Valley | 1991-96, 1998-2001, 2003-04, 2006, 2016, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2001 | 2001 | |||
| 16 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 1989-91, 1993-96, 2007-08, 2010, 2013-16, 2018, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2014 | |||||
| 16 [a] | Oregon | Pac-12 | 1982, 1984, 1987, 1994-2001, 2005, 2017-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2019 | |||
| 16 | Southern California | Pac-12 | 1982-88, 1991-95, 1997, 2005-06, 2014 | 2014 | 2006 | 1994 | 1994 | 1986 | 1986 | 1984 (2) | |
| 15 | Chattanooga | Southern | 1989, 1992, 2001-04, 2006-08, 2010, 2013-17 | 2017 | 2004 | ||||||
| 15 | Florida | Southeastern | 1993-99, 2001-02, 2004, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2016 | 2016 | 2014 | 1998 | 1997 | ||||
| 14 | BYU | West Coast | 1984-85, 1993, 2000, 2002-03, 2006-07, 2012, 2014-16, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2014 | |||||
| 14 | California | Pac-12 | 1990, 1992-93, 2006-09, 2012-15, 2017-19 | 2019 | 2019 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | |||
| 14 | Miami (FL) | Atlantic Coast | 1989, 1992-93, 1998, 2003-04, 2011-13, 2015-19 | 2019 | 2019 | 1992 | |||||
| 14 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 1988, 1993, 1996, 1998-2000, 2007-08, 2010, 2012-15, 2018 | 2018 | 2014 | 2013 | |||||
| 14 | UC Santa Barbara | Big West | 1992-93, 1997-2005, 2008-09, 2012 | 2012 | 2004 | 2004 | |||||
| 13 | Colorado | Pac-12 | 1988-89, 1992-97, 2001-04, 2013 | 2013 | 2003 | 2003 | 2002 | ||||
| 13 | Drake | Missouri Valley | 1982, 1984, 1986, 1995, 1997-98, 2000-02, 2007, 2017-19 | 2019 | 2002 | 2002 | 1982 | ||||
| 13 | Kansas | Big 12 | 1987-88, 1992-2000, 2012-13 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | |||||
| 13 | Marquette | Big East | 1994-95, 1997-2000, 2004, 2007, 2011, 2017-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | ||||||
| 13 | Missouri | Southeastern | 1982-86, 1994, 2001, 2004, 2006, 2016-19 | 2019 | 2019 | 2001 | |||||
| 13 | Saint Joseph's | Atlantic 10 | 1985-90, 1994-95, 1997, 1999-2000, 2013-14 | 2014 | 2014 | ||||||
| 13 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 1989, 1992, 2004, 2007-08, 2010-14, 2016-17, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 1992 | |||||
| 12 | Arkansas | Southeastern | 1986, 1989-91, 1995, 1998, 2001-03, 2012, 2015, 2021 | 2021 | 2015 | 1998 | 1998 | 1998 | |||
| 13 | Gonzaga | West Coast | 2007, 2009-15, 2017-19, 2021-22 | 2022 | 2019 | 2015 | 2011 | ||||
| 12 | Holy Cross | Patriot | 1985, 1989, 1991, 1995-96, 1998-2001, 2003, 2005, 2007 | 2007 | 1991 | ||||||
| 12 | James Madison | Colonial | 1986-89, 1991, 1996, 2007, 2010-11, 2014-16 | 2016 | 2014 | 1991 | |||||
| 12 | Long Beach State | Big West | 1982-92, 2017 | 2017 | 1991 | 1991 | 1989 | 1988 | |||
| 12 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 1983-84, 1994-96, 2014-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2018 | 2016 | |||
| 12 | Saint Francis (PA) | Northeast | 1996-2000, 2002-05, 2010-11, 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 12 | Syracuse | Atlantic Coast | 1985, 1988, 2002, 2008, 2013-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | ||
| 11 | Alabama | Southeastern | 1984, 1988, 1992-99, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 1998 | 1994 | 1994 | |||
| 11 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1987-90, 1993-94, 2005-07, 2010-11 | 2011 | 2007 | 2007 | |||||
| 11 | Marist | MAAC | 2004, 2006-14, 2021 | 2021 | 2012 | 2007 | |||||
| 11 | Mississippi State | Southeastern | 1999-2000, 2002-03, 2009-10, 2015-19 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | 2018 | ||
| 11 | Temple | American | 1989, 2002, 2004-11, 2017 | 2017 | 2011 | ||||||
| 11 | Tulane | American | 1995-2003, 2010, 2015 | 2015 | 2002 | ||||||
| 11 | Villanova | Big East | 1986-89, 2001-04, 2009, 2013, 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2003 | 2003 | ||||
| 10 | Georgia Tech | Atlantic Coast | 1993, 2003, 2007-12, 2014, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
| 10 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 1994, 2002-06, 2008-09, 2015, 2018 | 2018 | 2018 | 2005 | 2004 | 2004 | |||
| 10 | South Dakota State | Summit | 2009-13, 2015-16, 2018-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2019 | 2019 | |||||
| 10 | St. John's | Big East | 1983-84, 1988, 2006, 2010-14, 2016 | 2016 | 2014 | 2012 | |||||
| 10 | Tennessee Tech | Ohio Valley | 1982, 1985, 1987, 1989-93, 1999-2000 | 2000 | 1990 | ||||||
| 10 | Virginia Tech | Atlantic Coast | 1994-95, 1998-99, 2001, 2003-06, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 1999 | |||||
| 10 | Xavier | Big East | 1993, 1999-2001, 2003, 2007-11 | 2011 | 2011 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||
| 9 | Hampton | Big South | 2000, 2003-04, 2010-14, 2017 | 2017 | |||||||
| 9 | Maine | America East | 1995-2000, 2004, 2018-19 | 2019 | 1999 | ||||||
| 9 | Michigan | Big Ten | 1990, 1998, 2000-01, 2012-13, 2018-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | |||||
| 9 | San Diego State | Mountain West | 1984-85, 1993-95, 1997, 2009-10, 2012 | 2012 | 2010 | 2010 | |||||
| 9 | TCU | Big 12 | 2001-07, 2009-10 | 2010 | 2006 | ||||||
| 8 | Arizona | Pac-12 | 1997-2000, 2003-05, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||
| 8 [a] | Dayton | Atlantic 10 | 2010-15, 2017-18 | 2018 | 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | ||||
| 8 | Illinois | Big Ten | 1982, 1986-87, 1997-2000, 2003 | 2003 | 2000 | 1997 | |||||
| 8 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 1998, 2002-08 | 2008 | 2006 | 2003 | |||||
| 8 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 1982, 1987, 1990-91, 1993, 1997, 2015, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
| 8 [b] | Princeton | Ivy | 2010-13, 2015-16, 2018-19 | 2019 | 2015 | ||||||
| 8 | Southern Mississippi | C-USA | 1985, 1987, 1989-90, 1992, 1994-96 | 1996 | 1996 | 1994 | |||||
| 8 | Toledo | Mid-American | 1991-92, 1995-97, 1999, 2001, 2017 | 2017 | 1996 | ||||||
| 9 | UNLV | Mountain West | 1984-86, 1989-91, 1994, 2002, 2022 | 2022 | 1991 | 1989 | |||||
| 7 | Austin Peay | Ohio Valley | 1996, 2001-04, 2009-10 | 2010 | |||||||
| 7 | Boston College | Atlantic Coast | 1999-2000, 2002-06 | 2006 | 2006 | 2006 | |||||
| 7 | Creighton | Big East | 1992, 1994, 2002, 2012-13, 2017-18 | 2018 | 2018 | ||||||
| 7 | Dartmouth | Ivy | 1983, 1995, 1999-2000, 2005-06, 2009 | 2009 | |||||||
| 7 | Florida Gulf Coast | ASUN | 2012, 2014-15, 2017-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2018 | ||||||
| 7 | Fresno State | Mountain West | 2008-14 | 2014 | |||||||
| 7 | Indiana | Big Ten | 1983, 1994-95, 2002, 2016, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||
| 7 | Saint Peter's | MAAC | 1982, 1992-93, 1997, 1999-2000, 2002 | 2002 | |||||||
| 7 | SMU | American | 1994-96, 1998-2000, 2008 | 2008 | 2000 | ||||||
| 7 | South Florida | American | 2006, 2013, 2015-18, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
| 7 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 1992, 1995-96, 1998, 2001-02, 2010 | 2010 | 1996 | ||||||
| 6 | Albany | America East | 2012-17 | 2017 | 2016 | ||||||
| 7 | Belmont | Ohio Valley | 2007, 2016-19, 2021-22 | 2022 | 2021 | ||||||
| 6 [a] | Boise State | Mountain West | 1994, 2007, 2015, 2017-19 | 2019 | |||||||
| 6 [b] | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 1983-84, 2013, 2018-19, 2021 | 2021 | 2018 | 2018 | |||||
| 6 | Colorado State | Mountain West | 1996, 1998-99, 2001-02, 2016 | 2016 | 2001 | 1999 | |||||
| 6 | Grambling | SWAC | 1994, 1996-99, 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 6 | FIU | C-USA | 1994-95, 1997-99, 2002 | 2002 | 2002 | ||||||
| 6 | Hartford | America East | 2002, 2005-06, 2008, 2010-11 | 2011 | 2008 | ||||||
| 6 | Harvard | Ivy | 1996-98, 2002-03, 2007 | 2007 | 1998 | ||||||
| 6 | Hawaiʻi | Big West | 1989-90, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2016 | 2016 | 1990 | ||||||
| 6 | Little Rock | Sun Belt | 2010-12, 2015, 2018-19 | 2019 | 2015 | ||||||
| 6 # | Memphis[c] | American | 1982, 1985, 1987, 1995-98 | 1998 | 1995 | 1982 | |||||
| 6 | New Mexico State | WAC | 1987-88, 2015-17, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 6 | Oral Roberts | Summit | 1999, 2001, 2005, 2007-08, 2013 | 2013 | |||||||
| 6 | Prairie View A&M | SWAC | 2007, 2009, 2011-14 | 2014 | |||||||
| 6 [b] | Robert Morris | Horizon | 2007-08, 2014, 2016-17, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 6 | Santa Clara | West Coast | 1992, 1994, 1998-99, 2002, 2005 | 2005 | 1992 | ||||||
| 6 | UCF | American | 1996, 1999, 2009, 2011, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 6 | Vermont | America East | 1992-94, 2000, 2009-10 | 2010 | 2010 | ||||||
| 5 | Houston | American | 1988, 1992, 2004-05, 2011 | 2011 | 2004 | ||||||
| 5 | Howard | MEAC | 1982, 1996-98, 2001 | 2001 | |||||||
| 5 | Illinois State | Missouri Valley | 1983, 1985, 1989, 2005, 2008 | 2008 | 1989 | ||||||
| 5 | Jackson State | SWAC | 1982-83, 1995, 2008, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 5 | Kent State | Mid-American | 1982, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002 | 2002 | 1996 | ||||||
| 5 | North Carolina A&T | Big South | 1994, 2009, 2016, 2018, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 5 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American | 1990, 1992-95 | 1995 | 1992 | ||||||
| 5 | Penn | Ivy | 2001, 2004, 2014, 2016-17 | 2017 | |||||||
| 5 | Providence | Big East | 1986, 1989-92 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | |||||
| 5 | Quinnipiac | MAAC | 2013, 2015, 2017-19 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | |||||
| 4 | Appalachian State | Sun Belt | 1990-91, 1996, 1999 | 1999 | |||||||
| 4 | Bucknell | Patriot | 2002, 2008, 2017, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 4 | Cal State Northridge | Big West | 1999, 2014-15, 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 4 | Cincinnati | American | 1989, 1999, 2002-03 | 2003 | 2002 | ||||||
| 4 | Delaware | Colonial | 2001, 2007, 2012-13 | 2013 | 2013 | 2013 | |||||
| 4 | Fairfield | MAAC | 1988, 1991, 1998, 2001 | 2001 | |||||||
| 4 | Georgetown | Big East | 1993, 2010-12 | 2012 | 2012 | 2011 | |||||
| 4 | Idaho | Big Sky | 1985, 2013-14, 2016 | 2016 | |||||||
| 4 | Idaho State | Big Sky | 2001, 2007, 2012, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 4 | La Salle | Atlantic 10 | 1983, 1986, 1988-89 | 1989 | 1989 | ||||||
| 4 | Lehigh | Patriot | 1997, 2009-10, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 4 | Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt | 1983-85, 1987 | 1987 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | 1985 | |||
| 4 | Manhattan | MAAC | 1987, 1990, 1996, 2003 | 2003 | |||||||
| 4 | Northwestern State | Southland | 1989, 2004, 2014-15 | 2015 | |||||||
| 4 | Pepperdine | West Coast | 2000, 2002-03, 2006 | 2006 | |||||||
| 4 | Pittsburgh | Atlantic Coast | 2007-09, 2015 | 2015 | 2015 | 2009 | |||||
| 4 [a] | Portland | West Coast | 1994-97 | 1997 | |||||||
| 4 | Radford | Big South | 1994-96, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 4 | San Francisco | West Coast | 1995-97, 2016 | 2016 | 1996 | 1996 | |||||
| 4 | Seton Hall | Big East | 1994-95, 2015-16 | 2016 | 1995 | 1994 | |||||
| 4 # | Southern | SWAC | 2002, 2004, 2006, 2010, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 4 | Southern Illinois | Missouri Valley | 1986-87, 1990, 1992 | 1992 | 1992 | 1987 | |||||
| 4 | Tennessee–Martin | Ohio Valley | 2011-14 | 2014 | |||||||
| 4 [b] | Troy | Sun Belt | 1997, 2016-17, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 3 | Alabama State | SWAC | 2003, 2015-16 | 2016 | |||||||
| 3 | Alcorn State | SWAC | 2000-01, 2005 | 2005 | |||||||
| 3 | Army | Patriot | 2006, 2014, 2016 | 2016 | |||||||
| 3 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 2016, 2018-19 | 2019 | 2019 | 2018 | |||||
| 3 | Cheyney | Independent | 1982-84 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1984 | 1982 | 1982 | ||
| 3 | Coppin State | MEAC | 2005-06, 2008 | 2008 | |||||||
| 3 | East Tennessee State | Southern | 2008-10 | 2010 | |||||||
| 3 | Fordham | Atlantic 10 | 1994, 2014, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 3 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 2001-03 | 2003 | |||||||
| 4 | Mercer | Southern | 2018-19, 2021-22 | 2022 | |||||||
| 3 | Mount St. Mary's | Northeast | 1994-95, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 3 | Navy | Patriot | 2011-13 | 2013 | |||||||
| 3 | Northern Iowa | Missouri Valley | 2010-11, 2017 | 2017 | |||||||
| 3 | Ohio | Mid-American | 1986, 1995, 2015 | 2015 | |||||||
| 3 | Rice | C-USA | 2000, 2005, 2019 | 2019 | 2000 | ||||||
| 3 | Richmond | Atlantic 10 | 1990-91, 2005 | 2005 | |||||||
| 3 | Sacred Heart | Northeast | 2006, 2009, 2012 | 2012 | |||||||
| 3 | San Diego | West Coast | 1993, 2000, 2008 | 2008 | |||||||
| 4 [a] | South Dakota | Summit | 2014, 2019, 2021-22 | 2022 | |||||||
| 3 | Stetson | ASUN | 2005, 2011, 2013 | 2013 | |||||||
| 3 | Tennessee State | Ohio Valley | 1994-95, 2015 | 2015 | |||||||
| 3 | UC Davis | Big West | 2011, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 3 | UC Riverside | Big West | 2006-07, 2010 | 2010 | |||||||
| 3 | UNC Asheville | Big South | 2007, 2016-17 | 2017 | |||||||
| 3 | Wichita State | American | 2013-15 | 2015 | |||||||
| 3 | Wright State | Horizon | 2014, 2019, 2021 | 2021 | 2021 | ||||||
| 3 | Youngstown State | Horizon | 1996, 1998, 2000 | 2000 | 1998 | ||||||
| 2 | American | Patriot | 2015, 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 2 | Cal State Fullerton | Big West | 1989, 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | ||||||
| 2 | Central Arkansas | Southland | 2016-17 | 2017 | |||||||
| 2 | Charlotte | C-USA | 2003, 2009 | 2009 | |||||||
| 2 | Cleveland State | Horizon | 2008, 2010 | 2010 | |||||||
| 2 | Drexel | Colonial | 2009, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 2 | East Carolina | American | 1982, 2007 | 2007 | |||||||
| 2 | Eastern Kentucky | ASUN | 1997, 2005 | 2005 | |||||||
| 2 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 2004, 2012 | 2012 | |||||||
| 2 | Elon | Colonial | 2017-18 | 2018 | |||||||
| 2 | Evansville | Missouri Valley | 1999, 2009 | 2009 | |||||||
| 2 | Florida A&M | SWAC | 1995, 1999 | 1999 | |||||||
| 2 | Furman | Southern | 1995, 2000 | 2000 | |||||||
| 2 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 1993-94 | 1994 | |||||||
| 2 | Lamar | WAC | 1991, 2010 | 2010 | 1991 | 1991 | 1991 | ||||
| 2 | Loyola (MD) | Patriot | 1994-95 | 1995 | |||||||
| 3 | Massachusetts | Atlantic 10 | 1996, 1998, 2022 | 2022 | |||||||
| 2 | McNeese State | Southland | 2011-12 | 2012 | |||||||
| 2 | Milwaukee | Horizon | 2001, 2006 | 2006 | |||||||
| 2 | Montana State | Big Sky | 1993, 2017 | 2017 | |||||||
| 2 | Oakland | Horizon | 2002, 2006 | 2006 | |||||||
| 2 | Portland State | Big Sky | 2010, 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 2 | Saint Mary's | West Coast | 1999, 2001 | 2001 | 2001 | ||||||
| 2 [a] | Samford | Southern | 2011-12 | 2012 | |||||||
| 2 [a] | Southeast Missouri State | Ohio Valley | 2006-07 | 2007 | |||||||
| 2 | St. Bonaventure | Atlantic 10 | 2012, 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | 2012 | |||||
| 2 | Texas State | Sun Belt | 1997, 2003 | 2003 | |||||||
| 3 | UT Arlington | Sun Belt | 2005, 2007, 2022 | 2022 | |||||||
| 2 | Tulsa | American | 2006, 2013 | 2013 | 2006 | ||||||
| 2 | UAB | C-USA | 1994, 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | 2000 | |||||
| 2 | UTEP | C-USA | 2008, 2012 | 2012 | 2008 | ||||||
| 2 | UTSA | C-USA | 2008-09 | 2009 | |||||||
| 2 | Valparaiso | Missouri Valley | 2003-04 | 2004 | |||||||
| 2 | VCU | Atlantic 10 | 2009, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 2 | Wake Forest | Atlantic Coast | 1988, 2021 | 2021 | 1988 | ||||||
| 2 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 1991, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 2 | Weber State | Big Sky | 2002-03 | 2003 | |||||||
| 2 | Western Carolina | Southern | 2005, 2009 | 2009 | |||||||
| 2 | Western Illinois | Summit | 1995, 2017 | 2017 | |||||||
| 2 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 1985, 2003 | 2003 | |||||||
| 2 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 2008, 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 1 | Abilene Christian | WAC | 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 1 | Akron | Mid-American | 2014 | 2014 | |||||||
| 1 | Ball State | Mid-American | 2009 | 2009 | 2009 | ||||||
| 1 | Bethune–Cookman | SWAC | 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 1 | Boston University | Patriot | 2003 | 2003 | |||||||
| 1 | Bradley | Missouri Valley | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 1 | Brown | Ivy | 1994 | 1994 | |||||||
| 1 | Butler | Big East | 1996 | 1996 | |||||||
| 1 | Cal Poly | Big West | 2013 | 2013 | |||||||
| 1 [b] | Campbell | Big South | 2000 | 2000 | |||||||
| 1 | Canisius | MAAC | 2005 | 2005 | |||||||
| 1 | Colgate | Patriot | 2004 | 2004 | |||||||
| 1 | Cornell | Ivy | 2008 | 2008 | |||||||
| 1 | Delaware State | MEAC | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||
| 1 | Denver | Summit | 2001 | 2001 | |||||||
| 1 | Detroit Mercy | Horizon | 1997 | 1997 | |||||||
| 1 | Duquesne | Atlantic 10 | 2016 | 2016 | 2016 | ||||||
| 1 | Eastern Illinois | Ohio Valley | 1988 | 1988 | |||||||
| 1 | Eastern Washington | Big Sky | 1987 | 1987 | |||||||
| 1 | Florida Atlantic | C-USA | 2006 | 2006 | |||||||
| 1 | Gardner–Webb | Big South | 2011 | 2011 | |||||||
| 1 | High Point | Big South | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 1 | Iona | MAAC | 2016 | 2016 | |||||||
| 1 | Jacksonville | ASUN | 2016 | 2016 | |||||||
| 1 | Lipscomb | ASUN | 2004 | 2004 | |||||||
| 1 | LIU[d] | Northeast | 2001 | 2001 | |||||||
| 1 | Longwood | Big South | 2022 | 2022 | |||||||
| 1 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||
| 1 | Loyola Marymount | West Coast | 2004 | 2004 | |||||||
| 1 | Marshall | C-USA | 1997 | 1997 | |||||||
| 1 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 2008 | 2008 | |||||||
| 1 | Monmouth | MAAC | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | ||||||
| 1 | Murray State | Ohio Valley | 2008 | 2008 | |||||||
| 1 | New Orleans | Southland | 1987 | 1987 | |||||||
| 1 | Nicholls | Southland | 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 1 | Norfolk State | MEAC | 2002 | 2002 | |||||||
| 1 | North Dakota | Summit | 2014 | 2014 | |||||||
| 1 | North Texas | C-USA | 1986 | 1986 | |||||||
| 1 | Northeastern | Colonial | 1999 | 1999 | |||||||
| 1 | Northern Arizona | Big Sky | 2006 | 2006 | |||||||
| 1 | Northern Colorado | Big Sky | 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 1 | Rhode Island | Atlantic 10 | 1996 | 1996 | |||||||
| 1 | Savannah State | SIAC (D-II) | 2015 | 2015 | |||||||
| 1 | Seattle | WAC | 2018 | 2018 | |||||||
| 1 | Siena | MAAC | 2001 | 2001 | |||||||
| 1 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 1987 | 1987 | |||||||
| 1 | South Carolina St. | MEAC | 1983 | 1983 | 1983 | ||||||
| 1 | St. Francis Brooklyn | Northeast | 2015 | 2015 | |||||||
| 1 [b] | Stony Brook | America East | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 1 | Texas Southern | SWAC | 2017 | 2017 | |||||||
| 1 | Towson | Colonial | 2019 | 2019 | |||||||
| 1 | UC Irvine | Big West | 1995 | 1995 | |||||||
| 1 | UMBC | America East | 2007 | 2007 | |||||||
| 1 | UNC Greensboro | Southern | 1998 | 1998 | |||||||
| 1 [e] | Utah Valley | WAC | 2021 | 2021 | |||||||
| 1 | Winthrop | Big South | 2014 | 2014 | |||||||
| 1 [a] | IUPUI | Horizon | 2022 | 2022 | |||||||
- Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Received an automatic bid in 2020 for winning its conference tournament but is not reflected in the totals when the NCAA cancelled the 2020 Tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- ^ a b c d e f Was awarded the 2020 conference championship when the conference tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the NCAA cancelling the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament. It has not been reflected in the totals.
- ^ Memphis, then known as Memphis State University, vacated its participation in the 1985 tournament.
- ^ The current LIU athletic program, created in 2019 when Long Island University merged the Division I athletic program of its Brooklyn campus and the Division II program of its Post campus, inherited the athletic history of the Brooklyn campus.
- ^ Received the automatic bid as conference regular season runner-up in 2021 when California Baptist defeated Grand Canyon in the 2021 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament final but was ineligible because California Baptist was still within its transition period from Division II to Division I athletics.
Schools vacating NCAA tournament appearances[]
As of March 2017:
| School | Year(s) |
|---|---|
| Memphis | 1985 |
| Southern | 2010 |
Schools yet to receive bids[]
- America East Conference – Binghamton, New Hampshire, NJIT, UMass Lowell
- ASUN Conference – Bellarmine, Jacksonville State, Kennesaw State, North Alabama, North Florida
- Atlantic 10 Conference – Davidson, George Mason, Saint Louis
- Big Sky Conference – Sacramento State, Southern Utah
- Southern Utah will join the WAC in 2022–23.
- Big South Conference – Charleston Southern, Presbyterian, South Carolina Upstate
- Big West Conference – Cal State Bakersfield, UC San Diego
- UC San Diego will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2025.[4]
- Colonial Athletic Association – Charleston, Hofstra, UNC Wilmington, William & Mary
- Horizon League – Northern Kentucky, Purdue Fort Wayne, UIC
- Ivy League – Columbia, Yale
- Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference – Niagara, Rider[a]
- Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference – Maryland-Eastern Shore, Morgan State, North Carolina Central
- Missouri Valley Conference – Indiana State
- Mountain West Conference – Air Force, Nevada, San Jose State, Utah State
- Northeast Conference – Bryant, Central Connecticut, Fairleigh Dickinson, Merrimack, Wagner
- Merrimack will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2024.[5]
- Ohio Valley Conference – Morehead State, SIU Edwardsville
- Lindenwood and Southern Indiana are to join the Ohio Valley in 2022–23, pending approvals, and will be eligible for NCAA tournament bids for the first time in 2027.[6][7]
- Patriot League – Lafayette
- Southern Conference – Wofford
- Southland Conference – Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word, Southeastern Louisiana, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi
- Incarnate Word joins the WAC in 2022–23.
- Texas A&M–Commerce is to join Southland also in 2022–23, pending an approval, and will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time also in 2027.[8]
- Southwestern Athletic Conference – Alabama A&M, Arkansas-Pine Bluff, Mississippi Valley State
- Sun Belt Conference – Arkansas State, Coastal Carolina
- Summit League – Kansas City,[a] North Dakota State, Omaha, St. Thomas
- St. Thomas will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2026.[9]
- Western Athletic Conference – California Baptist,[b] Chicago State, Dixie State, Grand Canyon, Sam Houston, Tarleton, UTRGV
- California Baptist will be eligible for an NCAA tournament bid for the first time in 2023.[10]
- Chicago State will leave for an unknown conference in 2022.
- Dixie State and Tarleton will be both eligible for NCAA tournament bids for the first time in 2025.[11][12] Dixie State will change its name to Utah Tech also in 2022.
- Incarnate Word will join from Southland in 2022–23.
- West Coast Conference – Pacific
- Notes
- ^ a b Was awarded the conference championship when the conference tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, prior to the NCAA cancelling the 2020 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament.
- ^ Won the 2021 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament final but was ineligible because it was still within its transition period from Division II to Division I athletics.
See also[]
- NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament bids by school
- NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament bids by school and conference
References[]
- ^ "2022 Women's Final Four Records Book" (PDF). NCAA. Retrieved March 6, 2022.
- ^ "North Alabama to join ASUN in 2017-18". LipscombSports.com. December 6, 2016. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ "ASUN Conference Announces Addition of Bellarmine University". ASUN Conference. June 18, 2019. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "UC San Diego to Join NCAA Division I Big West Conference". UC San Diego News Center. November 27, 2017. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "Merrimack College Accepts Invitation to Join Northeast Conference". Northeast Conference. September 10, 2018. Retrieved June 19, 2019.
- ^ "Lindenwood University to Join the Ohio Valley Conference in 2022-23" (Press release). Ohio Valley Conference. February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022.
- ^ "USI announces OVC as partner for NCAA reclassification" (Press release). Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles. February 9, 2022. Retrieved February 10, 2022.
- ^ "Southland Conference Extends Membership to Texas A&M University–Commerce" (Press release). Southland Conference. September 28, 2021. Retrieved October 10, 2021.
- ^ Haugen, Emily (July 15, 2020). "BREAKING: St. Thomas approved to begin transition to Division I athletics". TommieMedia. Minneapolis, Minnesota. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
- ^ "Cal Baptist moving to NCAA Division I". The Press-Enterprise. January 14, 2017. Retrieved August 13, 2018.
- ^ "Blazing a New Trail: Dixie State Accepts Invitation to Join Western Athletic Conference". January 11, 2019. Retrieved March 26, 2019.
- ^ "Tarleton State University to Join Western Athletic Conference in 2020-21" (Press release). Western Athletic Conference. November 12, 2019. Retrieved December 1, 2019.
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