Draft:2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season


The 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season will begin on November 4, 2024. The regular season will end on March 16, 2025, with the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning with the first four on March 19 and ending with championship game at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida on April 6.

Rule changes

TBD

Season headlines

Milestones and records

TBD

Conference membership changes

A total of 23 schools joined new conferences for the 2024–25 season. Of these, 20 moved within Division I, two began reclassification from NCAA Division II, and Chicago State ended its two-year stint as an all-sports independent to join the Northeast Conference.

SchoolFormer conferenceNew Conference
ArizonaPac–12Big 12
Arizona StatePac–12Big 12
CaliforniaPac–12ACC
Chicago StateIndependentNEC
ColoradoPac–12Big 12
Kennesaw StateASUNCUSA
MercyhurstPSAC (D-II)NEC
MerrimackNECMAAC
OklahomaBig 12SEC
OregonPac–12Big Ten
Oregon StatePac–12WCC
Sacred HeartNECMAAC
SMUAACACC
StanfordPac–12ACC
Stephen F. AustinWACSouthland
TexasBig 12SEC
UCLAPac–12Big Ten
USCPac–12Big Ten
UtahPac–12Big 12
UTRGVWACSouthland
WashingtonPac–12Big Ten
Washington StatePac–12WCC
West GeorgiaGulf South (D–II)ASUN

The 2024–25 will be the last season in their respective conferences for five Division I schools.

School2024–25 conferenceFuture conference
DelawareCAACUSA
UMassAtlantic 10MAC
Missouri StateMissouri ValleyCUSA
Grand CanyonWACWCC
SeattleWACWCC

Arenas

New arenas

  • West Georgia will transition from Division II to Division I and plays at the Coliseum in Carrollton, GA where they played since 2009 but this will be their first season playing in Division I after playing 41 years in Division II. And will be ineligible for any postseason play in 2025.
  • Georgia Southern will leave the Hanner Fieldhouse after 55 seasons there for the new Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center. The team will play its first game in the Hill Convocation Center in November 2024.[2].
  • St. Thomas will play their final season at Schoenecker Arena, where they have played since 1981, before moving to the new Lee and Penny Anderson Arena, which will open in the 2025–26 season.[3].
  • Vermont was originally slated to open their new arena, Tarrant Event Center, as a replacement for the current arena, Patrick Gym. Construction was to continue in 2021 but it has been delayed indefinitely.[4].

Seasonal outlook

The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls.

Pre-season polls

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Top 10 matchups

Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.

Regular season

Postseason

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Head-to-head conference challenges

Conference Match UpDatesConference WinnerConference LoserRecord

Upsets

WinnerScoreLoserDateTournamnet/EventNotes

Conference winners and tournaments

Each of the 31 Division I athletic conferences will end its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments will receive automatic invitations to the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.

ConferenceRegular
season first place
Conference player of the yearConference Coach of the yearConference
tournament
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venue (city)
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winner
America East Conference2025 America East women's basketball TournamentCampus Sites
American Athletic Conference2025 American Athletic Conference women's basketball TournamentDickies Arena
(Fort Worth, TX)
Atlantic Sun Conference2025 ASUN women's basketball TournamentCampus Sites
Atlantic 10 Conference2025 Atlantic 10 Conference women's basketball TournamentBarclays Center
(Brooklyn, NY)
Atlantic Coast Conference2025 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball TournamentSpectrum Center
(Charlotte, NC)
Big 12 Conference2025 Big 12 Conference women's basketball TournamentT-Mobile Center
(Kansas City, MO)
Big East Conference2025 Big East Conference women's basketball TournamentMadison Square Garden
(New York, NY)
Big Sky Conference2025 Big Sky Conference women's basketball TournamentIdaho Central Arena
(Boise, ID)
Big South Conference2025 Big South Conference women's basketball TournamentQuebin Center
(High Point, NC)
Big Ten Conference2025 Big Ten Conference women's basketball TournamentUnited Center
(Chicago, IL)
Big West Conference2025 Big West Conference women's basketball TournamentDollar Loan Center
(Henderson, NV)
Coastal Athletic Association2025 Coastal Athletic Association women's basketball TournamentEntertainment and Sports Arena
(Washington, DC)
Conference USA2025 Conference USA women's basketball TournamentPropst Arena
(Huntsville, AL)
Horizon League2025 Horizon League women's basketball TournamentQuarterfinals: Campus sites
Semifinals and final:
Indiana Farmers Coliseum (Indianapolis, IN)
Ivy League2025 Ivy League women's basketball TournamentLevien Gymnasium
(New York, NY)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference2025 MAAC women's basketball TournamentBoardwalk Hall
(Atlantic City, NJ)
Mid-American Conference2025 Mid-American Conference women's basketball TournamentRocket Mortgage FieldHouse
(Cleveland, OH)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference2025 MEAC women's basketball TournamentNorfolk Scope
(Norfolk, VA)
Missouri Valley Conference2025 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball TournamentEnterprise Center
(St. Louis, MO)
Mountain West Conference2025 Mountain West Conference women's basketball TournamentThomas and Mack Center
(Paradise, NV)
Northeast Conference2025 Northeast Conference women's basketball TournamentCampus Sites
Ohio Valley Conference2025 Ohio Valley Conference women's basketball TournamentFord Center
(Evansville, IN)
Patriot League2025 Patriot League women's basketball TournamentCampus Sites
Southeastern Conference2025 Southeastern Conference women's basketball TournamentBridgestone Arena
(Nashville, TN)
Southern Conference2025 Southern Conference women's basketball TournamentHarrah's Cherokee Center
(Ashville, NC)
Southland Conference2025 Southland Conference women's basketball TournamentThe Legacy Center
(Lake Charles, LA)
Southwestern Athletic Conference2025 SWAC women's basketball TournamentBartow Arena
(Birmingham, AL)
Summit League2025 Summit League women's basketball TournamentDenny Sanford Premier Center
(Sioux Falls, SD)
Sun Belt Conference2025 Sun Belt Conference women's basketball TournamentPensacola Bay Center
(Pensacola, FL)
West Coast Conference2025 West Coast Conference women's basketball TournamentOrleans Arena
(Paradise, NV)
Western Athletic Conference2025 WAC women's basketball Tournament


Tournament upsets

Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA Tournament game was seeded at least two seed lines better than the winning team.


Upsets in the 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
RoundTBD (#1)TBD (#2)TBD (#3)TBD (#4)
Round of 64
Round of 32NoneNoneNoneNone
Sweet 16NoneNoneNone
Elite 8NoneNoneNone
Final 4None
National ChampionshipNone

Conference standings

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2024–25 Mid-American Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Akron00 00 
Ball State00 00 
Bowling Green00 00 
Buffalo00 00 
Central Michigan00 00 
Eastern Michigan00 00 
Kent State00 00 
Miami (OH)00 00 
Northern Illinois00 00 
Ohio00 00 
Toledo00 00 
Western Michigan00 00 
† 2025 MAC tournament winner
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Award winners

2025 Consensus All-Americans

Coaching changes

Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.

TeamFormer
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See also

References