NCAA DII Women’s Basketball Championship 2025: Bracket, Schedule & How to Watch

The Selection Show, which was streamed live on NCAA.com, kicked off the 2025 NCAA DII Women’s Basketball Championship on Sunday, March 9 at 10:30 p.m. ET.

A competitive 64-team bracket with 23 automatic qualifiers is part of this year’s competition. The top eight teams advance to the prestigious Women’s Elite Eight, which will be held from March 24–28 at UMPC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, after teams play in regional rounds.

NCAA DII Women’s Basketball Championship Bracket 2025-

Below is the 2025 NCAA DII women’s basketball tournament bracket.

DII women’s basketball championship schedule 2025-

*All times listed in Eastern Standard Time

• Third round | March 17 — Watch live on ESPN+
  • Atlantic
    • No. 2 Gannon vs. No. 4 Indiana (PA), 7 p.m.
  • Central
    • No. 1 Pittsburgh St. vs. No. 7 Southwest Minn. St., 8 p.m.
  • East
    • No. 1 Bentley vs. No. 3 Holy Family, 7 p.m.
  • Midwest
    • No. 1 Grand Valley St. vs. No. 2 Ashland, 7 p.m.
  • South
    • No. 1 Union (TN) vs. No. 3 Nova Southeastern, 8 p.m.
  • Southeast
    • No. 1 UNG vs. No. 2 Coker, 7 p.m.
  • South Central
    • No. 1 Texas Woman’s vs. No. 2 Lubbock Christian, 8 p.m.
  • West
    • No. 1 Cal. St. Dominguez SHills vs. No. 6 Central Washington, 10 p.m.
• Quarterfinals | March 24
  • Watch live on ESPN+
• Semifinals | March 26
  • Watch live on ESPN+
• National championship | March 28
  • Watch live on ESPN+

• Selection show | Sunday, March 9 at 10:30 p.m. ET

• First round | March 14

  • Atlantic
    • No. 3 Seton Hill 87, No. 6 Kutztown 75
    • No. 2 Gannon 60, Fayetteville St. 50
    • No. 1 Edinboro 80, No. 8 Virginia St. 68
    • No. 4 Indiana (PA) 76, No. 5 Fairmont St. 59
  • Central
    • No. 3 Fort Hays St. 81, No. 6 Southern Nazarene 72
    • No. 7 Southwest Minn. St. 77, No. 2 Concordia-St. Paul 64
    • No. 1 Pittsburg St. 87, No. 8 Harding 75
    • No. 5 Minnesota St. 87, No. 4 Missouri Western 73
  • East
    • No. 3 Holy Family 67, No. 6 Assumption 53
    • No. 2 Daemen 70, No. 7 Jefferson 48
    • No. 1 Bentley 65, No. 8 New Haven 39
    • No. 4 St. Anselm 59, No. 5 Southern Conn. 41
  • Midwest
    • No. 3 Northern Mich. 61, No. 6 Hillsdale 56
    • No. 2 Ashland 62, No. 7 Ferris St. 50
    • No. 1 Grand Valley St. 108, No. 8 Quincy 72
    • No. 4 Wayne St. (MI) 77, No. 5 Lewis 57
  • South
    • No. 3 Nova Southeastern 80, No. 6 Alabama Huntsville 73
    • No. 2 Embry-Riddle (FL) 70, No. 7 West Florida 56
    • No. 1 Union (TN) 107, No. 8 Miles 69
    • No. 5 Lee 66, No. 4 Tampa 63
  • Southeast
    • No. 6 Carson-Newman 75, No. 3 Anderson (SC) 71
    • No. 2 Coker 58, No. 7 Belmont Abbey 50
    • No. 1 North Georgia 78, No. 8 UNC Pembroke 64
    • No. 5 Columbus St. 89, No. 4 Francis Marion 83
  • South Central
    • No. 6 West Tex. A&M 58, No. 3 UT Tyler 47
    • No. 2 Lubbock Christian 68, No. 7 UC-Colo. Springs 65
    • No. 1 Texas Woman’s 75, No. 8 Adams St. 52
    • No. 5 Eastern N.M. 56, No. 4 Colorado Mesa 52
  • West
    • No. 6 Central Wash. 74, No. 3 Point Loma 53
    • No. 7 Chico St. 57, No. 2 Cal Poly Pomona 52
    • No. 1 Cal St. Dom. Hills 77, No. 8 Azusa Pacific 58
    • No. 4 Alas. Anchorage  69, No. 5 Mont. St. Billings 66

• Second round | March 15

  • Atlantic
    • No. 2 Gannon 80, vs. No. 3 Seton Hill 70
    • No. 4 Indiana (PA) 67, No. 1 Edinboro 52
  • Central
    • No. 7 Southwest Minn. St. 77, No. 3 Fort Hays St. 65
    • No. 1 Pittsburg St. 94, No. 5 Minnesota St. 91
  • East
    • No. 3 Holy Family 68, No. 2 Daemen 55
    • No. 1 Bentley 60, No. 4 St. Anselm 55
  • Midwest
    • No. 2 Ashland 68, No. 3 Northern Mich 45
    • No. 1 Grand Valley St. 87, No. 4 Wayne St. 54
  • South
    • No. 3 Nova Southeastern 66, No. 2 Embry-Riddle 63
    • No. 1 Union (TN) 75, No. 5 Lee 53
  • Southeast
    • No. 2 Coker 48, No. 6 Carson Newman 44
    • No. 1 UNG 64, No. 5 Columbus St. 56
  • South Central
    • No. 2 Lubbock Christian 73, No. 6 West Tex. A&M 60
    • No. 1 Texas Woman’s 71, No. 5 Eastern N.M. 48
  • West
    • No. 6 Central Washington 79, No. 6 Chico St. 73
    • No. 1 Cal St. Dom. Hills 63, No. 4 Alas. Anchorage 61

History of the DII Women’s Basketball Championship in 2025-

Minnesota State, who won the title in the 2024 championship game against Texas Woman’s, is the defending champion going into the 2025 tournament. A summary of the DII women’s basketball winners and runners-up from the previous ten years can be seen below.

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