NCAA | March 7, 2021 2021 DII women's basketball championship field announced DII Women's Basketball: 2021 Selection Show Share The NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee announced today the field of 48 teams that will compete in the 2021 NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Championship. As a result of reduced sponsorship numbers due to COVID-19, the bracket was reduced from its traditional 64-team field. Sixteen conferences have been awarded automatic qualification. The remaining 32 teams were selected at large by the committee. Due to the health and safety protocols surrounding the pandemic, regional sites were awarded to predetermined sites rather than to the top seeded teams in each region. Eight six-team regionals will be played March 12, 13 and 15, with the top two seeds in each region receiving a bye into the semifinals. The sites are as follows: Atlantic Region – Columbus, Ohio; Ohio Dominican University and Greater Columbus Convention Center, hosts Central Region – Warrensburg, Missouri; University of Central Missouri, host East Region – Amherst, New York; Daemen College, host Midwest Region - Springfield, Missouri; Drury University, host South Region – Dahlonega, Georgia; University of North Georgia, host South Central Region – Canyon, Texas; West Texas A&M University, host Southeast Region – Jefferson City, Tennessee; Carson-Newman University, host West Region – Grand Junction, Colorado; Colorado Mesa University, host The winners of each of the eight regionals will advance to the 2021 NCAA Division II Women’s Elite Eight, which will be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, March 23, 24 and 26. Ohio Dominican University and the Greater Columbus Sports Commission will serve as hosts. LIVE UPDATES: Keep up with the 2021 DII women's basketball tournament Conferences that received automatic qualification are as follows: California Collegiate Athletic Association N/A Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference Dominican (New York) Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association N/A Conference Carolinas Belmont Abbey East Coast Conference Roberts Wesleyan Great American Conference Southern Nazarene Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Michigan Tech Great Lakes Valley Conference Drury Great Midwest Athletic Conference Tiffin Great Northwest Athletic Conference N/A Gulf South Conference Union (Tennessee) Lone Star Conference Lubbock Christian Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association Nebraska-Kearney Mountain East Conference Charleston (West Virginia) Northeast-10 Conference N/A Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Minnesota Duluth Pacific West Conference Hawaii Pacific Peach Belt Conference North Georgia Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference N/A Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference Black Hills State South Atlantic Conference Tusculum Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference N/A Sunshine State Conference N/A Those institutions receiving at-large berths are, in alphabetical order, as follows: American International Arkansas Tech Ashland Azusa Pacific Barton Cameron Carson-Newman Catawba Cedarville Central Missouri Concordia (NY) Daemen Emporia State Fort Hays State Georgian Court Glenville State Grand Valley State Kentucky Wesleyan Lander Lee (TN) Montevallo Northwood Southwestern Oklahoma State St. Cloud State Texas A&M-Commerce Truman Tuskegee Valdosta State Walsh Western Colorado Westminster (UT) 2022 NCAA women's basketball tournament dates, schedule Here is the complete 2022 NCAA women's basketball tournament schedule. The 2022 Final Four will be April 1 and 3 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. READ MORE The colleges (and conferences) with the most players taken in the 2021 WNBA draft Twenty-nine of the 36 players taken in the 2021 WNBA draft played college basketball. Here's a look at which schools and conferences had the most draft picks. READ MORE 2022 NCAA women's basketball selection show: Date, tournament schedule The 2022 NCAA DI women's college basketball bracket will be revealed on Monday, March 14. READ MORE