2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament selections revealed

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The NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament tract was revealed connected Sunday nighttime – a fewer hours aft the men’s programs learned wherever they would beryllium playing successful their tournament.

The UConn Huskies were named the No. 1 wide effect of the tourney arsenic the programme pursues its 13th nationalist championship. The Huskies are the lone undefeated squad successful Division I assemblage hoops and are led by Sarah Strong and Azzi Fudd. Strong is averaging 18.5 points per crippled and Fudd is averaging 17.7.

Dawn Staley’s South Carolina Gamecocks earned the No. 1 effect successful Region 4. The squad is 31-3 this play and won the SEC Championship. Joyce Edwards leads the squad with 19.6 points per crippled portion Madina Okot is averaging 13.4 points and 10.9 rebounds per game.

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UConn guardant Sarah Strong (21) looks to sprout astatine Creighton halfway Elizabeth Gentry defends during archetypal fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled successful the semifinals of the Big East tournament, Sunday, March 8, 2026, successful Uncasville, Connecticut. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

The UCLA Bruins volition look to dethrone UConn this year. The Lauren Betts-led squad was 31-1 this season. Betts is starring successful points per crippled (16.4), rebounds per crippled (8.6) and blocks per crippled (1.6) for the Bruins.

The Texas Longhorns got the different No. 1 effect of the tournament. The Longhorns finished conscionable down South Carolina successful the SEC. Madison Booker is starring the squad with 18.9 points per crippled and 6.5 assists per game.

The First Four matchups see Missouri and Stephen F. Austin and Southern and Samford warring for the No. 16 seeds. Nebraska takes connected Richmond for an 11th effect and Virginia and Arizona State volition quadrate disconnected for the 10th seed. These games instrumentality spot Wednesday and Thursday.

The tourney volition statesman connected Friday and Saturday. The Final Four volition instrumentality spot connected April 3 and the title volition beryllium played connected April 5.

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Region 1 – Fort Worth

1. UConn Huskies (33-0) vs. 16. UTSA (18-15)

8. Iowa State (22-9) vs. 9. Syracuse (23-8)

5. Maryland (23-8) vs. 12. Murray State (31-3)

4. North Carolina (26-7) vs. 13. Western Illinois (26-5)

6. Notre Dame (22-10) vs. 11. Fairfield (28-4)

7. Illinois (21-11) vs. 10. Colorado (22-11)

2. Vanderbilt (27-4) vs. 15. High Point (27-5)

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South Carolina caput manager Dawn Staley reacts during the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled against Texas successful the last of the Southeastern Conference tournament, Sunday, March 8, 2026, successful Greenville, South Carolina. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)

Region 4 – Sacramento

1. South Carolina (31-3) vs. 16. Southern/Samford

8. Clemson (21-11) vs. 9. USC (17-13)

5. Michigan State (22-8) vs. 12. Colorado State (27-7)

4. Oklahoma (24-7) vs. 13. Idaho (29-5)

6. Washington (21-10) vs. 11. South Dakota State (27-6)

3. TCU (29-5) vs. 14. UC San Diego (24-8)

7. Georgia (22-9) vs. 10. Virginia/Arizona State

2. Iowa (26-6) vs. 15. Fairleigh Dickinson (30-4)

Region 2 – Sacramento

UCLA halfway Lauren Betts (51) shoots implicit Iowa halfway Ava Heiden (5) successful the 2nd fractional of an NCAA assemblage hoops crippled successful the finals of the Big Ten Conference tournament, Sunday, March 8, 2026 successful Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

1. UCLA (31-1) vs. 16. California Baptist (23-10)

8. Oklahoma State (23-9) vs. 9. Princeton (26-3)

5. Ole Miss (23-11) vs. 12. Gonzaga (24-9)

4. Minnesota (22-8) vs. 13. Green Bay (25-8)

6. Baylor (24-8) vs. 11. Nebraska/Richmond

3. Duke (24-8) vs. 14. Charleston (27-5)

7. Texas Tech (25-7) vs. 10. Villanova (25-7)

2. LSU (27-5) vs. 15. Jacksonville (24-8)

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