We are just 24 hours removed from Selection Sunday, but it’s time to turn our attention towards the Connecticut Huskies women’s basketball team’s journey towards another national championship. Whoops. We mean: the 2016 NCAA Women’s Tournament.
The bracket for the women’s tournament was revealed on Monday night and you can now begin making your predictions for March Madness. The No. 1 seeds in the women’s tournament for 2016 are UCONN, the South Carolina Gamecocks, Notre Dame Fighting Irish and Baylor Bears.
What region does your favorite team have to fight through and when will they begin play? You can download a printable 2016 NCAA Tournament bracket by clicking here.
Conference champions and automatic bid qualifiers can be seen below:
| CONFERENCE | DATES | LOCATIONS | REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION | TOURNAMENT CHAMPION |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| America East | March 5-6 & 11 | Binghamton (3/5-3/6), Highest remaining seed (3/11) | Albany/Maine | Albany |
| AAC | March 4-7 | Uncasville, Conn. | UConn | UConn |
| ACC | March 2-6 | Greensboro, N.C. | Notre Dame | Notre Dame |
| Atlantic Sun | March 4, 9 & 13 | Highest remaining seed | Florida Gulf Coast | Jacksonville |
| Atlantic 10 | March 2-6 | Richmond, Va. | George Washington/Saint Louis/Duquesne | George Washington |
| Big East | March 5-8 | Rosemont, Ill. | DePaul | St. John’s |
| Big Sky | March 7-12 | Reno, Nev. | Montana State | Idaho |
| Big South | March 10-13 | Asheville, N.C. | UNC Asheville/Liberty | UNC Asheville |
| Big Ten | March 2-6 | Indianapolis, Ind. | Maryland | Maryland |
| Big 12 | March 4-7 | Oklahoma City, Okla. | Baylor | Baylor |
| Big West | March 8-9, 11-12 | Irvine, Calif. (3/8-3/9), Anaheim (3/11-3/12) | UC RIverside | Hawaii |
| Colonial | March 9-12 | Upper Marlboro, Md. | James Madison | James Madison |
| Conference USA | March 8-12 | Birmingham, Ala. | UTEP | Middle Tennessee St. |
| Horizon League | March 10-13 | Green Bay, Wisc. | Green Bay | Green Bay |
| Ivy League | No conference tournament | n/a | Penn | n/a |
| MAC | March 9-12 | Cleveland, Ohio | Central Michigan/Ohio | Buffalo |
| MAAC | March 3-7 | Albany, N.Y. | Quinnipiac | Iona |
| Mid-Eastern | March 7-12 | Norfolk, Va. | Bethune Cookman/NC A&T | N.C. A&T |
| Missouri Valley | March 10-13 | Moline, Ill. | Missouri State | |
| Mountain West | March 7-11 | Las Vegas, Nev. | Colorado State | Colorado State |
| Northeast | March 6, 9 & 13 | Highest remaining seed | Sacred Heart | Robert Morris |
| Ohio Valley | March 2-5 | Nashville, Tenn. | UT Martin | Belmont |
| Pac-12 | March 3-6 | Seattle, Wash. | Oregon State/Arizona State | Oregon State |
| Patriot | March 5, 7, 11 & 12 | Highest remaining seed | Army West Point/Bucknell | Army West Point |
| SEC | March 2-6 | Jacksonville, Fla. | South Carolina | South Carolina |
| Southern | March 3-6 | Asheville, N.C. | Mercer/Chattanooga | Chattanooga |
| Southland | March 9-13 | Katy, Texas | Central Arkansas | |
| Southwestern | March 8-12 | Houston, Texas | Alabama State | |
| Summit | March 5-8 | Sioux Falls, S.D. | South Dakota | South Dakota State |
| Sun Belt | March 9-12 | New Orleans, La. | Arkansas State | Troy |
| West Coast | March 3, 4, 7 & 8 | Las Vegas, Nev. | BYU | San Francisco |
| WAC | March 9-12 | Las Vegas, Nev. | New Mexico State | New Mexico State |
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