The 2026 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States, culminating the 2025âÂÂ26 season. It featured a field of 64 teams.
The first four rounds were played on campus sites, and the national semifinals and finals were held at the Cregger Center at Roanoke College in Salem, Virginia, from March 19âÂÂ21, 2026.
NYU's 91 game win streak was snapped in the Final Four by Scranton, it was the second longest streak in NCAA history.
Denison defeated Scranton in the final, 55âÂÂ41, to claim the Big Red's first NCAA national title. Denison's Abby Cooch was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player.
A total of sixty-four bids are available for the tournament: Forty-three (43) automatic bidsâÂÂawarded to the champions of the forty-three NCAA Division III conferences guaranteed a spot in the tournament and twenty-one (21) at-large bids to the highest rated programs that failed to win their respective leagues.
The first and second rounds took place on campus sites from March 6âÂÂ7, 2026. Teams were sent to one of sixteen host campus sites, which all corresponded to the home arena of one of the four teams in each grouping of four teams.
The third and fourth rounds (the sectional semifinals and finals), will take place on campus sites from March 13âÂÂ14, 2026. Teams will be sent to the home arena of one of the four remaining teams in their sectional bracket.
The national semifinals and finals will be held held at a predetermined site, the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia, hosted by Roanoke College for the second consecutive year. The national semifinals will be played on March 19, and the final will be played on March 21.
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