2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

A total of 68 teams will participate in the 2023 tournament, consisting of the 32 conference champions, and 36 "at-large" bids to be determined by the NCAA Selection Committee. The last four at-large teams and teams seeded 65 through 68 overall will compete in First Four games, whose winners advanced to the 64-team first round.[1]

The top four teams outside of the ranking (commonly known as the "first four out" in pre-tourney analyses) will act as standbys in the event a school is forced to withdraw before the start of the tournament due to COVID-19 protocols. Once the tournament starts, any team that is forced to withdraw would not be replaced; the bracket was not reseeded, and the affected team's opponent would automatically advance to the next round.

Any single-bid automatic champion have to designate a preapproved replacement from within their own conference should they withdraw. Otherwise, the replacement teams are as follows, in order:

The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals, will be played at the sites of the top 16 seeds, as was done from 2016 to 2019.

A dramatic change from past tournaments is that the regional rounds (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) will be held at two sites, instead of the four used in past tournaments.

First Four

• Four of the campuses seeded in the Top 16.

Subregionals (First and Second Rounds)

• • Cassell Coliseum, Blacksburg, Virginia (Host: Virginia Tech)
  • Carmichael Arena, Chapel Hill, North Carolina (Host: University of North Carolina)
  • Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, Iowa (Host: University of Iowa)
  • Colonial Life Arena, Columbia, South Carolina (Host: University of South Carolina)
  • Edmund P. Joyce Center, Notre Dame, Indiana (Host: University of Notre Dame)
  • Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut
  • James Hilton Coliseum, Ames, Iowa (Host: Iowa State University)
  • KFC Yum! Center, Louisville, Kentucky (Host: University of Louisville)
  • Lloyd Noble Center, Norman, Oklahoma (Host: University of Oklahoma)
  • Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California (Host: Stanford University)
  • McKale Center, Tucson, Arizona (Host: University of Arizona)
  • Moody Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas)
  • Reynolds Coliseum, Raleigh, North Carolina (Host: North Carolina State University)
  • Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall, Bloomington, Indiana (Host: Indiana University)
  • Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee)
  • Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio (Host: Ohio State University)

Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)

• March 24-27
  • Greenville Regional, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, South Carolina (cohosts: Southern Conference and Furman University)
  • Seattle Regional, Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, Washington (cohosts: University of Seattle and Western Athletic Conference)

National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)

• March 31 and April 2
  • American Airlines Center, Dallas, Texas (host: Big 12 Conference/Conference USA and Southern Methodist University)

This is the second time the women's Final Four will be played in Dallas (previously, in 2017).[3]

• 2023 NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

• NCAA Women's Basketball Division I