The 2025 DIII women’s basketball championship began with the selection show on Monday, March 3, at 3 p.m. ET, streamed live on NCAA.com. The complete list of qualifiers was released by the NCAA.
➡️ Tune in live for the 2025 DIII women’s basketball tournament.
This year’s tournament includes 64 teams in a single-elimination format, comprising 43 automatic qualifiers and 21 at-large bids. The semifinals and championship games are scheduled to take place at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia, on March 20 and 22.
2025 DIII Women’s Basketball Championship Bracket
For an interactive version of the bracket, tap or click here.
Championship Schedule for 2025
All times are in Eastern:
- Second Round | Saturday, March 8 — Watch live at NCAA.com
- Wash. & Lee vs. Baldwin Wallace, 6:30 p.m.
- Wash. & Jeff. vs. Ohio Wesleyan, 6:30 p.m.
- Amherst vs. Smith, 6:45 p.m.
- Scranton vs. Bates, 6:45 p.m.
- Montclair St. vs. SUNY Geneseo, 7 p.m.
- Western New Eng. vs. Gettysburg, 7 p.m.
- Randolph-Macon vs. Elizabethtown, 7:15 p.m.
- Johns Hopkins vs. Carnegie Mellon, 7:15 p.m.
- Bowdoin vs. Cortland, 7:30 p.m.
- NYU vs. Trinity (CT), 7:30 p.m.
- Bethel (MN) vs. Wis.-Oshkosh, 8 p.m.
- Wis.-La Crosse vs. Wis.-Whitewater, 8 p.m.
- Texas Lutheran vs. McMurry, 8:15 p.m.
- Whitman vs. Wis.-Stout, 8:15 p.m.
- Trine vs. Ill. Wesleyan, 8:30 p.m.
- Wartburg vs. Gustavus Adolphus, 8:30 p.m.
Sectionals | March 14-15
Semi-finals | Thursday, March 20
National Championship | Saturday, March 22
Past Championship Results
Here’s a look at the DIII women’s basketball champions and runners-up for the last decade:
| Year | Champion | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NYU (31-0) | Meg Barber | 51-41 | Smith | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2023 | Transylvania (33-0) | Juli Fulks | 57-52 | Christopher Newport | Dallas, Texas |
| 2022 | Hope (32-1) | Brian Morehouse | 71-58 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 2021 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | |||
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | |||
| 2019 | Thomas More (32-0) | Jeff Hans | 81-67 | Bowdoin | Salem, Va. |
| 2018 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacki | 65-45 | Bowdoin | Rochester, Minn. |
| 2017 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacki | 52-29 | Tufts | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 2016 | Thomas More (33-0) | Jeff Hans | 63-51 | Tufts | Indianapolis |
| 2015 | Thomas More (33-0)* | Jeff Hans | 83-63 | George Fox | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
➡️ For a complete list of champions since 1982, click here.
