The highly anticipated Women’s 2025 March Madness, the NCAA’s Division I women’s college basketball tournament is just around the corner, check out all the tournament details below along with the schedule and bracket
As preparations for the upcoming tournament get underway, the NCAA will host the bracket reveal on Sunday, March 16, 2025.
NCAA Women’s March Madness tournament 2025 schedule, date, time table, bracket, teams, tickets, format, predictions odds and live stream telecast
NCAA DI Women's Basketball Top 16 Reveal
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Heading into the tournament, teams like UConn, defending champion South Carolina and UCLA are the top contenders this year.
Women’s March Madness 2025 bracket
The NCAA will reveal all the bracket details and matchups on Selection Sunday, March 16. 32 teams, featuring conference champions, will receive automatic bids, while the NCAA selection committee will choose the other 36 picks. A total of 68 teams will compete in the tournament.
Tickets for the tournament can be bought here while the full bracket once released will be available here.
Women’s March Madness 2025 schedule and format
Given below is the tournament schedule:
| Event | Date & Time |
| Selection Sunday | 8 p.m. ET, Sunday, March 16 |
| First Four | March 19-20 |
| First Round | March 21-22 |
| Second Round | March 23-24 |
| Sweet 16 | March 28-29 |
| Elite Eight | March 30-31 |
| Final Four | 7 p.m. ET, Friday, April 4 |
| NCAA Championship Game | 3 p.m. ET, Sunday, April 6 |
Women’s March Madness 2025 venues
| Round | City | Venue |
| Sweet 16/Elite Eight | Birmingham, Alabama | Legacy Arena |
| Sweet 16/Elite Eight | Spokane, Washington | Spokane Arena |
| Final Four | Tampa, Florida | Amalie Arena |
| NCAA Women’s Championship Game | Tampa, Florida | Amalie Arena |
Women’s March Madness 2025 how to watch live
Fans can watch the livestreaming and live telecast of the upcoming games on March Madness Live App, TBS, TNT & TruTV games, or CBS.
Women’s March Madness 2025 odds
Given below are the odds for teams to win the upcoming tournament:
| Team | Odds |
| South Carolina Gamecocks | +185 |
| UCLA Bruins | +350 |
| Notre Dame Fighting Irish | +425 |
| UConn Huskies | +575 |
| USC Trojans | +650 |
| Texas Longhorns | +700 |
| LSU Tigers | 30-1 |
| TCU Horned Frogs | 60-1 |
| Kansas State Wildcats | 75-1 |
| Ohio State Buckeyes | 100-1 |
| Tennessee Lady Volunteers | 100-1 |
| Duke Blue Devils | 150-1 |
| Kentucky Wildcats | 150-1 |
| North Carolina Tar Heels | 150-1 |
| Oklahoma Sooners | 150-1 |
| Alabama Crimson Tide | 200-1 |
| Baylor Bears | 200-1 |
| Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | 200-1 |
| Maryland Terrapins | 200-1 |
| NC State Wolfpack | 200-1 |
| Ole Miss Rebels | 200-1 |
| West Virginia Mountaineers | 200-1 |
| Iowa Hawkeyes | 250-1 |
| Iowa State Cyclones | 250-1 |
| Michigan Wolverines | 300-1 |
| Michigan State Spartans | 300-1 |
| Oregon Ducks | 300-1 |
| Utah Utes | 300-1 |
| Arizona Wildcats | 500-1 |
| Auburn Tigers | 500-1 |
| California Golden Bears | 500-1 |
| Colorado Buffaloes | 500-1 |
| Creighton Bluejays | 500-1 |
| Florida State Seminoles | 500-1 |
| Gonzaga Bulldogs | 500-1 |
| Illinois Fighting Illini | 500-1 |
| Indiana Hoosiers | 500-1 |
| Kansas Jayhawks | 500-1 |
| Louisville Cardinals | 500-1 |
| Miami Hurricanes | 500-1 |
| Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders | 500-1 |
| Nebraska Cornhuskers | 500-1 |
| Penn State Lady Lions | 500-1 |
| Portland Pilots | 500-1 |
| Richmond Spiders | 500-1 |
| South Dakota State Jackrabbits | 500-1 |
| Stanford Cardinal | 500-1 |
| UNLV Lady Rebels | 500-1 |
| Vanderbilt Commodores | 500-1 |
| Villanova Wildcats | 500-1 |
Women’s March Madness 2025
Given below is the list of past NCAA DI women’s basketball champions:
| Year | Champion (Record) | Runner-Up |
| 2024 | South Carolina (38-0) | Iowa |
| 2023 | LSU (34-2) | Iowa |
| 2022 | South Carolina (36-2) | Connecticut |
| 2021 | Stanford (31-2) | Arizona |
| 2019 | Baylor (37-1) | Notre Dame |
| 2018 | Notre Dame (34-3) | Mississippi State |
| 2017 | South Carolina (33-4) | Mississippi State |
| 2016 | Connecticut (38-0) | Syracuse |
| 2015 | Connecticut (38-1) | Notre Dame |
| 2014 | Connecticut (40-0) | Notre Dame |
| 2013 | Connecticut (35-4) | Louisville |
| 2012 | Baylor (40-0) | Notre Dame |
| 2011 | Texas A&M (33-5) | Notre Dame |
| 2010 | Connecticut (39-0) | Stanford |
| 2009 | Connecticut (39-0) | Louisville |
| 2008 | Tennessee (36-2) | Stanford |
| 2007 | Tennessee (34-3) | Rutgers |
| 2006 | Maryland (34-4) | Duke |
| 2005 | Baylor (33-3) | Michigan State |
| 2004 | Connecticut (31-4) | Tennessee |
| 2003 | Connecticut (37-1) | Tennessee |
| 2002 | Connecticut (39-0) | Oklahoma |
| 2001 | Notre Dame (34-2) | Purdue |
| 2000 | Connecticut (36-1) | Tennessee |
| 1999 | Purdue (34-1) | Duke |
| 1998 | Tennessee (39-0) | Louisiana Tech |
| 1997 | Tennessee (29-10) | Old Dominion |
| 1996 | Tennessee (32-4) | Georgia |
| 1995 | Connecticut (35-0) | Tennessee |
| 1994 | North Carolina (33-2) | Louisiana Tech |
| 1993 | Texas Tech (31-3) | Ohio State |
| 1992 | Stanford (30-3) | Western Kentucky |
| 1991 | Tennessee (30-5) | Virginia |
| 1990 | Stanford (32-1) | Auburn |
| 1989 | Tennessee (35-2) | Auburn |
| 1988 | Louisiana Tech (32-2) | Auburn |
| 1987 | Tennessee (28-6) | Louisiana Tech |
| 1986 | Texas (34-0) | Southern California |
| 1985 | Old Dominion (31-3) | Georgia |
| 1984 | Southern California (29-4) | Tennessee |
| 1983 | Southern California (31-2) | Louisiana Tech |
| 1982 | Louisiana Tech (35-1) | Cheyney |