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2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season | |
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Preseason AP No. 1 | TBD |
Regular season | November 4, 2024 – March 16, 2025 |
NCAA Tournament | 2025 |
Tournament dates | March 19 – April 6, 2025 |
National Championship | Amalie Arena Tampa, Florida |
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
editTBD
Season headlines
edit- May 29, 2024 – Stephen F. Austin announced it would leave the Western Athletic Conference on July 1 to rejoin the Southland Conference after a three-year absence.[1]
Milestones and records
editTBD
Conference membership changes
editA 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.
The 2024–25 will be the last season in their respective conferences for five Division I schools.
School | 2024–25 conference | Future conference |
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Delaware | CAA | CUSA |
UMass | Atlantic 10 | MAC |
Missouri State | Missouri Valley | CUSA |
Grand Canyon | WAC | WCC |
Seattle | WAC | WCC |
Arenas
editNew arenas
edit- 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
editThe Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls.
Pre-season polls
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Final polls
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Top 10 matchups
editRankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.
Regular season
editPostseason
editRegular season
editEarly season tournaments
editHead-to-head conference challenges
editConference Match Up | Dates | Conference Winner | Conference Loser | Record |
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Upsets
editWinner | Score | Loser | Date | Tournamnet/Event | Notes |
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Conference winners and tournaments
editEach 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.
Tournament upsets
editPer 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.
Round | TBD (#1) | TBD (#2) | TBD (#3) | TBD (#4) |
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Round of 64 | ||||
Round of 32 | None | None | None | None |
Sweet 16 | None | None | None | |
Elite 8 | None | None | None | |
Final 4 | None | |||
National Championship | None |
Conference standings
editAward winners
edit2025 Consensus All-Americans
editCoaching changes
editMany teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.
Team | Former |
Interim |
New |
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See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "SFA Athletics Accepts Invitation to Join Southland Conference in 2024-25" (Press release). Southland Conference. May 29, 2024. Retrieved May 29, 2024.
- ^ "Convocation Center Will Soon Be Home For Men's And Women's Basketball Teams". TheGeorgeanne.com. November 8, 2023. Retrieved November 8, 2023.
- ^ "Neighborhood Group Court For Environmental Review Of New St. Thomas Arena". MPRNews.org. November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
- ^ "UVM Sports Complex Arena Still On Hold Wellness Center Open". WCAX.com. September 28, 2022. Retrieved September 28, 2022.