The regular season is winding down, and soon it will be time for teams to battle for one of the 32 automatic bids to the 2022 women’s NCAA tournament. When does Championship Week open? Where will the league tournaments be played? Which Division I basketball teams will be crowned conference champions?
Check back for live updates as we track which teams cut down the nets. Conference tournaments are listed in order of when each ticket will be punched. The women’s NCAA tournament bracket will be unveiled on Selection Sunday, March 13 (8 p.m. ET, ESPN/ESPN App).
Meanwhile, click here for Charlie Creme’s updated Bracketology analysis.
Ohio Valley: Belmont Bruins
Record: 22-7
Title-clincher: 51-29 over Tennessee Tech
Leading scorer: Destinee Wells (16.6 points per game)
Tournament history: Seventh appearance
SoCon: Mercer Bears
Record: 23-6
Title-clincher: 73-54 over Furman
Leading scorer: Amoria Neal-Tysor (17.0 points per game)
Tournament history: Fourth appearance
ACC: NC State Wolfpack
Record: 29-3
Title-clincher: 60-47 over Miami
Leading scorer: Elissa Cunane (13.8 points per game)
Tournament history: 27th appearance
Atlantic 10: UMass Minutewomen
Record: 26-6
Title-clincher: 62-54 over Dayton
Leading scorer: Sam Breen (16.9 points per game)
Tournament history: Third appearance
SEC: Kentucky Wildcats
Record: 19-11
Title-clincher: 64-62 over South Carolina
Leading scorer: Rhyne Howard (20.6 points per game)
Tournament history: 17th appearance
Big Ten: Iowa Hawkeyes
Record: 23-7
Title-clincher: 74-67 over Indiana
Leading scorer: Caitlin Clark (27.4 points per game)
Tournament history: 28th appearance
Pac-12: Stanford Cardinal
Record: 27-3
Title-clincher: 73-48 over Utah
Leading scorer: Cameron Brink (13.6 points per game)
Tournament history: 35th appearance
Big South: Longwood Lancers
Record: 21-11
Title-clincher: 86-47 over Campbell
Leading scorer: Kyla McMakin (18.1 points per game)
Tournament history: First appearance
Sun Belt: UT Arlington Mavericks
Record: 20-7
Title-clincher: 76-61 over Troy
Leading scorer: Starr Jacobs (21.1 points per game)
Big East: Uncasville, Connecticut; March 4-7
Horizon: Campus sites/Indianapolis, Indiana; March 1, 3, 7-8
Summit: Sioux Falls, South Dakota; March 5-8
WCC: Las Vegas, Nevada; March 3-5, 7-8
Mountain West: Las Vegas, Nevada; March 6-9
American: Fort Worth, Texas; March 7-10
Big Sky: Boise, Idaho; March 7-9, 11
America East: Campus sites; March 5, 8, 11
MAAC: Atlantic City, New Jersey; March 8-12
MAC: Cleveland, Ohio; March 9, 11-12
SWAC: Birmingham, Alabama; March 9-12
MEAC: Norfolk, Virginia; March 9-12
Ivy: Boston, Massachusetts; March 11-12
WAC: Las Vegas, Nevada; March 8-12
Conference USA: Frisco, Texas; March 8-12
Big West: Henderson, Nevada; March 8-9, 11-12
NEC: Campus sites; March 5, 7, 10, 13
CAA: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; March 10-13
Big 12: Kansas City, Missouri; March 10-13
Missouri Valley: Moline, Illinois; March 10-13
Southland: Katy, Texas; March 10-13
ASUN: Campus sites; March 2, 6, 9, 13
Patriot: Campus sites; March 5, 7, 10, 13
original source: Women’s Champ Week: 2022 conference tournament brackets, auto bids
