The entire DI Women’s Basketball non-conference and early conference schedule is available at: some big upsets The emergence of a surprise candidate early in the season.
Selection Sunday is just over two months away and the 68 teams for the DI Women’s Basketball Championship will be announced on ESPN March 12 at 8pm. NCAA Digital’s Autumn Johnson predicted what the bracket would look like in March.
| seed | Greenville – Quad 1 | Seattle – Quad 2 | Greenville – Quad 3 | Seattle – Quad 4 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | south carolina | Stanford | Ohio | Notre Dame |
| 16 | Albany/Idaho | Jackson State | Norfolk | Long Beach/Southeastern Louisiana |
| 8 | St. John’s | Virginia | Arkansas | texas |
| 9 | Louisville | Tennessee | middle tennessee | ole miss |
| Five | Baylor | Kansas | Iowa | Arizona |
| 12 | UMass | south dakota | Columbia | UNLV |
| Four | Michigan | duke | Oregon | north carolina |
| 13 | Stephen F. Austin | Toledo | holy cross | Northern Iowa |
| 6 | Florida | Illinois | Oklahoma | Gonzaga |
| 11 | Alabama/Michigan | Seton Hall/Miami | Missouri | Mississippi |
| 3 | Iowa | UCLA | Virginia Tech | Maryland |
| 14 | Drexel | Cleveland | James Madison | Eastern Illinois |
| 7 | Villanova | Nebraska | north carolina | south florida |
| Ten | florida gulf coast | Kansas | clayton | colorado |
| 2 | Utah | LSUs | Indiana | U Conn |
| 15 | fairfield | Gardner Webb | east tennessee | fairy dickinson |
No. 1 seed: South Carolina, Stanford, Ohio State, Notre Dame
South Carolina: The Gamecocks, named Autumn Johnson’s national champions in preseason, are currently undefeated this season with a title win in 2022 leading to the No. 1 ranking. Coach Dawn Staley has no moves at the top as he puts South Carolina on pole position and becomes the first repeat national champion since her four-peat at his UConn in 2013-16.
Stanford: The only downside to the Cardinals’ schedule this season is a 5-point overtime loss to South Carolina in November, beating every other opponent (except Tennessee) by double digits. His late January meeting with currently undefeated Utah is going to be huge.
Ohio: Buckeyes is one of them. 4 unbeaten teams remaining in the country Big wins over formidable non-conference opponents (Louisville, Oregon, Tennessee) and well tested in a competitive Big 10 with two games still to go against both Indiana and Maryland.
Notre Dame: Fighting Irish started the ACC undefeated, dominating top 10 opponent Virginia Tech to finish in the top 5 of the latest Women’s Hoop Power 10. and into February.
who is up?: Autumn Johnson’s First Women’s Basketball 2023 Power 10
the last four
- Miami
- seton hall
- Alabama
- Michigan
first 4 out
- Southern California
- Purdue
- Georgia
- Marquette
automatic modifier
This is Johnson’s selection of 32 automatic qualifiers, based on the team she thinks will win the conference tournament.
| meeting | automatic modifier |
|---|---|
| eastern US | Albany |
| american athletic | south florida |
| Atlantic 10 | UMass |
| ACC | Notre Dame |
| Sun | florida gulf coast |
| big 12 | Iowa |
| big east | U Conn |
| big sky | Idaho |
| big south | Gardner Webb |
| big ten | Ohio |
| big west | long beach state |
| Colonial Athletic Association | Drexel |
| Conference USA | middle tennessee |
| horizon | Cleveland |
| ivy | Columbia |
| MAAC | fairfield |
| Mac | Toledo |
| MEAC | Norfolk |
| Missouri Valley | Northern Iowa |
| mountain west | UNLV |
| northeast | fairy dickinson |
| ohio valley | Eastern Illinois |
| Pac-12 | Stanford |
| Patriot | holy cross |
| SEC | south carolina |
| Southern | east tennessee |
| Southland | southeastern louisiana |
| SWAC | Jackson State |
| summit league | south dakota |
| sun belt | James Madison |
| west coast | Gonzaga |
| Western Athletic Conference | Stephen F. Austin |
