This is a list of qualifying teams in the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament. A total of 68 teams are entered into the tournament.[1] Thirty-two of the teams qualified via automatic bids, earned by winning their conference tournaments, while the remaining 36 teams were via "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Teams are seeded from 1 to 16 within each of the four regionals.
Automatic Bids
A total of 32 automatic bids to the tournament were granted to the below listed conferences, which were given to the team that won the conference's championship tournament.[2]Seeds listed reflect seeding within the conference tournaments. Runners-up in boldface later received at-large berths.[3]
Arizona, Colorado, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Utah, Washington State
SEC
Alabama, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, South Carolina, Tennessee
6
Big 12
Baylor, Iowa State, Oklahoma, Oklahomas State, Texas, West Virginia
4
Big East
Creighton, Marquette, St John's, UConn, Villanova
2
West Coast
Gonzaga, Portland
American
East Carolina, South Florida
1
22 other conferences
See Automatic Bids
Tournament seeds (list by region)
The tournament seeds and regions were determined through the NCAA basketball tournament selection process and were published by the selection committee after the brackets were released.[15][16]
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