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Gabriela Jaquez of UCLA holds up the Big Ten Tournament trophy after defeating Iowa on Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images/TNS)
Gabriela Jaquez of UCLA holds up the Big Ten Tournament trophy after defeating Iowa on Sunday, March 8, 2026, in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty Images/TNS)
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Conference tournament play has ended in women’s college basketball, with 31 automatic bids to the NCAA Tournament handed out before Selection Sunday (7 p.m., ESPN).

Here are the winners that punched their tickets to March Madness.

  • America East: Vermont
  • American: UTSA
  • Atlantic Coast: Duke
  • Atlantic Sun: Jacksonville
  • Atlantic 10: Rhode Island
  • Big East: Connecticut
  • Big Sky: Idaho
  • Big South: High Point
  • Big Ten: UCLA
  • Big 12: West Virginia
  • Big West: UC San Diego
  • Coastal: Charleston
  • Conference USA: Missouri State
  • Horizon: Green Bay
  • Ivy: Princeton
  • Metro Atlantic: Fairfield
  • Mid-American: Miami (Ohio)
  • Mid-Eastern: Howard
  • Missouri Valley: Murray State
  • Mountain West: Colorado State
  • Northeast: Fairleigh Dickinson
  • Ohio Valley: Western Illinois
  • Patriot: Holy Cross
  • Southeastern: Texas
  • Southern: Samford
  • Southland: Stephen F. Austin
  • Southwestern: Southern
  • Summit: South Dakota State
  • Sun Belt: James Madison
  • West Coast: Gonzaga
  • Western: California Baptist