The 2025 DII women’s basketball championship tipped off with a selection show on Sunday, March 9 at 10:30 p.m. ET live streamed on NCAA.com. The NCAA released the field here.
The tournament consists of a 64-team field, including 23 automatic bids, with regionals determining the eight quarterfinalists that advance to the Women’s Elite Eight at the UMPC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on March 24-28.
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2025 DII women’s basketball championship bracket
Below is the 2025 DII women’s basketball tournament bracket.
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2025 DII women’s basketball championship schedule
*All times listed in Eastern Standard Time
- Selection show | Sunday, March 9 at 10:30 p.m. ET
- Watch the selection show here
- First round | March 14
- Atlantic
- Central
- East
- Midwest
- South
- Southeast
- South Central
- West
- Second round | March 15
- Atlantic
- Central
- East
- No. 3 Holy Family 68, No. 2 Daemen 55
- No. 1 Bentley 60, No. 4 St. Anselm 55
- Midwest
- South
- Southeast
- No. 2 Coker 48, No. 6 Carson Newman 44
- No. 1 UNG 64, No. 5 Columbus St. 56
- South Central
- West
2025 DII women’s basketball championship history
Minnesota State is the reigning champion since beating Texas Woman’s in the 2024 championship. Below is every DII men’s basketball champion and runner-up from the last decade:
➡️ Click here for the full list of champions dating back to 1982
Here are longest active appearance streaks in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, featuring Tennessee, Stanford and UConn at the top.
Here’s a look at the women’s basketball teams with the most appearances as a No. 1 seed in NCAA tournament history. UConn and Tennessee lead the pack.
All you need to know for March Madness women’s tournament, which runs from selections on Sunday, March 16 through the championship on Sunday, April 6.
