NCAA.com | March 12, 2017 List of automatic qualifiers for the 2017 NCAA tournament West Virginia sealed its spot in the tournament by upsetting Baylor in the Big 12 finals. Share The most direct route to the NCAA tournament is winning a conference tournament. All factors like regular-season record, strength of schedule and the like are thrown out the window. Just run the gauntlet and you're going dancing. Here is the list of each team to clinch an automatic bid: 2017 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Conference Location * Championship Date Champion America East Portland, Maine March 10 Albany American Athletic Uncasville, Conn. March 6 UConn Atlantic 10 Richmond, Va. March 5 Dayton Atlantic Coast Conway, S.C. March 5 Notre Dame ASUN Highest seeds host March 12 Florida Gulf Coast Big 12 Oklahoma City, Okla. March 6 West Virginia Big East Rosemont, Ill. March 7 Marquette Big Sky Reno, Nev. March 11 Montana State Big South Lynchburg, Va. March 12 UNC Asheville Big Ten Indianapolis March 5 Maryland Big West Anaheim, Calif. March 11 Long Beach State Colonial Athletic Harrisonburg, Va. March 11 Elon Conference USA Birmingham, Ala. March 11 Western Kentucky Horizon League Detroit March 7 Green Bay Ivy League Philadelphia March 12 Penn Metro Atlantic Athletic Albany, N.Y. March 6 Quinnipiac Mid-American Cleveland March 11 Toledo Mid-Eastern Athletic Norfolk, Va. March 11 Hampton Missouri Valley Moline, Ill. March 12 Drake Mountain West Las Vegas March 10 Boise State Northeast Highest seeds host March 12 Robert Morris Ohio Valley Nashville, Tenn. March 4 Belmont Pac-12 Seattle March 5 Stanford Patriot League Highest seeds host March 12 Bucknell Southeastern Greenville, S.C. March 5 South Carolina Southern Asheville, N.C. March 5 Chattanooga Southland Katy, Texas March 12 Central Arkansas Southwestern Athletic Houston March 11 Texas Southern Summit League Sioux Falls, S.D. March 7 Western Illinois Sun Belt New Orleans March 12 Troy West Coast Las Vegas March 7 Gonzaga Western Athletic Las Vegas March 11 New Mexico State * -- Final location only. Rutgers' C. Vivian Stringer announces retirement after Hall of Fame coaching career Rutgers women's basketball coach C. Vivian Stringer announces her retirement after a Hall of Fame career, leaving the game with 1,055 wins and countless lives improved through leadership, mentorship and guidance. READ MORE The colleges (and conferences) with the most players taken in the 2022 WNBA draft Thirty-six new players were drafted into the WNBA in 2022, including 34 from NCAA Division I programs. The most came from the ACC and SEC. READ MORE College basketball teams with the most WNBA 1st-round draft picks Connecticut leads all women's college basketball programs with 25 players taken in the first round of the WNBA draft. READ MORE