Twenty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 41 teams were selected at large by the committee.
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Seven eight-team regionals will be played at on-campus sites March 15, 16 and 18. The Atlantic region will have two four-team sites as a result of a split regional with men’s basketball. Games will be played March 15, 16 and 19, with the championship game played at the site of highest remaining seed. The eight regional champions advancing to the Women’s Elite Eight will be seeded by the Women’s Basketball Committee after completion of the regionals. The 2024 NCAA Division II Women’s Elite Eight will be held at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri, March 25, 27 and 29. Missouri Western State University and the St. Joseph Sports Commission will serve as hosts.
NCAA Digital has partnered with Hudl to utilize the Hudl platform to stream all eligible games from the 2024 Division II Women’s Basketball Championship, including the regionals. All games will be webcast on www.ncaa.com, the Hudl platform and an OTT app – “NCAA Championships Pass.”
Fans will have three viewing options: $9.95 per contest, $29.95 for all Division II Women’s Basketball Championship games excluding the semifinals and championship game, and $49.95 for all Division II Women’s and Men’s Basketball Championship games, excluding the semifinals and championship games. The semifinals and finals of the Division II Women’s Basketball Championship will be carried on CBS Sports Network.
Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows:
| Conference | Automatic Qualifier |
|---|---|
| California Collegiate Athletic Association | Cal State San Marcos |
| Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference | Thomas Jefferson University |
| Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association | Fayetteville State |
| Conference Carolinas | UNC Pembroke |
| East Coast Conference | Daemen |
| Great American Conference | Henderson State |
| Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Grand Valley State |
| Great Lakes Valley Conference | Lewis |
| Great Midwest Athletic Conference | Ashland |
| Great Northwest Athletic Conference | Western Washington |
| Gulf South Conference | Valdosta State |
| Lone Star Conference | Texas Woman’s University |
| Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association | Pittsburg State |
| Mountain East Conference | Fairmont State |
| Northeast-10 Conference | Bentley |
| Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference | Minnesota State Mankato |
| Pacific West Conference | Azusa Pacific |
| Peach Belt Conference | Georgia Southwestern |
| Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference | Gannon |
| Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference | Regis (Colorado) |
| South Atlantic Conference | Wingate |
| Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference | Miles |
| Sunshine State Conference | Eckerd |
Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order, as follows:
Adams State
Anderson (South Carolina)
Assumption
Augusta University
Cal Poly Pomona
California (Pennsylvania)
Cal State LA
Carson-Newman
Catawba
Chico State
Colorado Mesa
Colorado School of Mines
Drury
Embry-Riddle (Florida)
Ferris State
Fort Hays State
Franklin Pierce
Harding
Indiana (Pennsylvania)
Kentucky Wesleyan
Lee
Lenoir-Rhyne
Lock Haven
Lubbock Christian
Mercy
Missouri Western
Montana State Billings
Northern Michigan
Northwest Missouri State
Nova Southeastern University
Point Loma
Saint Rose
Southern Nazarene
Southern New Hampshire
Tampa
Texas Permian Basin
The University of Texas at Tyler
Trevecca Nazarene
Union University
West Chester
West Virginia State
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