***2026 NCAA WBB Tournament Thread***

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Selection Show: Sunday, March 15 | 7 p.m. CT | ESPN

First- and Second-Round Hosts:
Duke, Iowa, Louisville, LSU, Michigan, Minnesota
North Carolina, Ohio State, Oklahoma, South Carolina
TCU, Texas, UCLA, UConn, Vanderbilt, West Virginia

Automatic Qualifiers:
TEAMRECORD (CONF FINISH)CONFERENCE
UConn34-0 (1st)Big East
UCLA31-1 (1st)Big Ten
Texas31-3 (T-2nd)SEC
Duke24-8 (1st)ACC
West Virginia27-6 (2nd)Big 12
Princeton26-3 (1st)Ivy
South Dakota State27-6 (2nd)Summit
James Madison26-8 (T-3rd)Sun Belt
Rhode Island28-4 (T-1st)Atlantic 10
Fairfield28-4 (T-1st)MAAC
Gonzaga24-9 (2nd)WCC
Colorado State27-7 (T-2nd)Mountain West
Miami University28-6 (T-1st)Mid-American
Vermont27-7 (1st)America East
Western Illinois26-5 (T-1st)Ohio Valley
Green Bay25-8 (1st)Horizon
Idaho29-5 (1st)Big Sky
UC San Diego24-8 (T-1st)Big West
Missouri State22-12 (T-3rd)Conference USA
California Baptist23-10 (1st)WAC
UTSA18-15 (6th)American
Jacksonville24-8 (T-2nd)Atlantic Sun
High Point27-5 (1st)Big South
Howard26-7 (1st)MEAC
Stephen F. Austin25-9 (T-3rd)Southland
Southern19-13 (T-3rd)SWAC
Samford16-18 (6th)Southern
Fairleigh Dickinson30-4 (1st)Northeast
Holy Cross23-9 (T-2nd)Patriot
Charleston27-5 (1st)Coastal
Murray State31-3 (1st)Missouri Valley
 
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Last four conference championship games today:

11:00 am CT (CBS SN) - Patriot
Holy Cross 77, Lehigh 70

11:00 am CT (ESPNU) - Northeast
Fairleigh Dickinson 79, Long Island 57

1:00 pm CT (CBS SN) - Coastal
Charleston 68, Hofstra 56

1:00 pm CT (ESPN2) - Missouri Valley
Murray State 91, Evansville 70
 
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Evansville's slipper looks to be shattered.

Meanwhile, Hofstra (11-21) is up 3 on Charleston (26-5) at the break.
 
What's the connection to Evansville or do you just like the way they play?
I have no connection to Evansville. They are massive underdogs having won only 10 games. Would love to see them take it. As we speak though it appears they are getting plastered.
 
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Hofstra's slipper also slipping away, as Charleston scores the first 17 points of the 3rd quarter.
 
31 AQs are set. Another ~30 at-larges are probably comfortable.

Just under 4 hours until the selection show.
 
Fewest appearances among AQs:
1st - Charleston
2nd - Rhode Island (1996), Miami University (2008), Jacksonville (2016), Cal Baptist (2024), FDU (2025), UC San Diego (2025)

Longest droughts among AQs:
1996 - Rhode Island
2008 - Miami University
2009 - UTSA
2012 - Samford
2016 - Colorado State, Idaho, Jacksonville
 
Cyclones on the board early, heading to Storrs.

Facing Syracuse in round 1 on Saturday.
 
That is exactly what the team earned with their inconsistent play all season. A group that was ranked in the top 10 falls to an 8 seed in the UConn pod. It’s nice to be in the tourney again, but that “next step” for this program has just never happened even with McD AA players.
 

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