NCAA.com | March 11, 2018 Every conference champion and automatic bid in 2018 Women's Basketball: Top 10 Plays 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's the complete list of every conference tournament. We'll update this as each automatic bid is earned: 2018 DIVISION I WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS Conference Location * Schedule/Results Champion America East Portland, Maine Quarterfinals: March 3 Semifinals: March 4 Championship: March 9 SCOREBOARD Maine American Athletic Uncasville, Conn. Quarterfinals: March 4 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6 SCOREBOARD UConn Atlantic 10 Richmond, Va. Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 3 Championship: March 4 SCOREBOARD George Washington Atlantic Coast Greensboro, N.C. Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 3 Championship: March 4 SCOREBOARD Louisville ASUN Highest seeds host Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD Florida Gulf Coast Big 12 Oklahoma City, Okla. Quarterfinals: March 3 Semifinals: March 4 Championship: March 5 SCOREBOARD Baylor Big East Chicago, Ill. Quarterfinals: March 4 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6 SCOREBOARD DePaul Big Sky Reno, Nev. Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD Northern Colorado Big South Lynchburg, Va. Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD Liberty Big Ten Indianapolis, Ind. Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 3 Championship: March 4 SCOREBOARD Ohio State Big West Anaheim, Calif. Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD CSUN Colonial Athletic Philadelphia, Pa. Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD Elon Conference USA Frisco, Tex. Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD Western Kentucky Horizon League Detroit, Mich. Quarterfinals: March 3-4 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6 SCOREBOARD Green Bay Ivy League Philadelphia, Pa. Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD Princeton Metro Atlantic Athletic Albany, N.Y. Quarterfinals: March 2-3 Semifinals: March 4 Championship: March 5 SCOREBOARD Quinnipiac Mid-American Cleveland, Ohio Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD Central Michigan Mid-Eastern Athletic Norfolk, Va. Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD North Carolina A&T Missouri Valley Moline, Ill. Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD Drake Mountain West Las Vegas, Nev. Quarterfinals: March 6 Semifinals: March 7 Championship: March 9 SCOREBOARD Boise State Northeast Highest seeds host Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD St. Francis (Pa) Ohio Valley Evansville, Ind. Semifinals: March 2 Championship: March 3 SCOREBOARD Belmont Pac-12 Seattle, Wash. Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 3 Championship: March 4 SCOREBOARD Oregon Patriot League Highest seeds host Quarterfinals: March 5 Semifinals: March 8 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD American Southeastern Nashville, Tenn. Quarterfinals: March 2 Semifinals: March 3 Championship: March 4 SCOREBOARD South Carolina Southern Asheville, N.C. Semifinals: March 2 Championship: March 4 SCOREBOARD Mercer Southland Katy, Texas Quarterfinals: March 9 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD Nicholls Southwestern Athletic Houston, Tex. Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD Grambling Summit League Sioux Falls, S.D. Quarterfinals: March 3 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6 SCOREBOARD South Dakota State Sun Belt New Orleans, La. Quarterfinals: March 8 Semifinals: March 10 Championship: March 11 SCOREBOARD Little Rock West Coast Las Vegas, Nev. Quarterfinals: March 1-2 Semifinals: March 5 Championship: March 6 SCOREBOARD Gonzaga Western Athletic Las Vegas, Nev. Quarterfinals: March 7 Semifinals: March 9 Championship: March 10 SCOREBOARD Seattle * -- 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