The 2019 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was a

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of 64 teams to determine the national champion for the

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. The 38th annual edition of the

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began on March 22, and concluded with the

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on April 7 at

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, with the

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serving as host. The tournament field was announced on March 18. Three schools,

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champion

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champion Bethune–Cookman and

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champion Abilene Christian, made their first appearance in the tournament. Meanwhile,

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continued its record streak of making every NCAA women's basketball tournament at 38 consecutive appearances.

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also continued its record streak of 12 consecutive Final Four appearances.

Tournament procedure

Pending any changes to the format, a total of 64 teams will enter the 2019 tournament. 32 automatic bids shall be awarded to each program that wins their conference's tournament. The remaining 36 bids are "at-large", with selections extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. The tournament is split into four regional tournaments, and each regional has teams seeded from 1 to 16, with the committee ostensibly making every region as comparable to the others as possible. The top-seeded team in each region plays the #16 team, the #2 team plays the #15, etc. (meaning where the two seeds add up to 17, that team will be assigned to play another). The selection committee will also seed the entire field from 1 to 64.

2019 NCAA tournament schedule and venues

The first two rounds, also referred to as the subregionals, were played at the sites of the top 16 seeds, as was done since 2015. However, the subregional that would otherwise have been hosted by

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was moved to Charlotte, North Carolina due to the Gamecocks' home,

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, being used for the men's tournament. Subregionals (first and second rounds) * March 22–24 ** KFC Yum! Center,

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(Host:

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) ** Dale F. Halton Arena,

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(Host:

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) ** Carver-Hawkeye Arena,

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) **

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(Host:

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) **

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) **

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) * March 23–25 ** Edmund P. Joyce Center,

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) ** Xfinity Center,

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) ** Carrier Dome,

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) **

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(Host:

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) **

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(Host:

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) Regional semifinals and finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight) * March 29-April 1 ** Albany regional,

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(Hosts: MAAC) ** Chicago regional,

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(Host: DePaul) ** Greensboro regional,

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(Host:

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) ** Portland regional,

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(Host:

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) National semifinals and championship (Final Four and championship) * April 5 and April 7 **

(Host:

) This is the third time that the women's Final Four was played in Tampa (previously, in 2008 and 2015).

Subregionals tournament and automatic qualifiers

Automatic qualifiers

The following teams automatically qualified for the 2019 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament.

Tournament seeds

Bracket

All times are listed as

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( UTC−4)
* – Denotes overtime period

Albany regional –
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* – Denotes overtime period

Albany regional final

Albany Regional all tournament team

Napheesa Collier Napheesa Collier (born September 23, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA). After playing college basketball for the University of Connecticut Huskies, Co ...

, UConn (MOP) *

Katie Lou Samuelson Katie Lou Samuelson (born June 13, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Los Angeles Sparks of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the UConn Huskies. High school career Samu ...

, UConn *

Crystal Dangerfield Crystal Simone Dangerfield (born May 11, 1998) is an American basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). After a high school career that made her the nation's top-ranked point guard, she played c ...

, UConn *

Asia Durr Asia (AD) Durr (born April 5, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Atlanta Dream of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). They played college basketball for the Louisville Cardinals. College career After the ...

, Louisville * Sam Fuehring, Louisville

Chicago regional –
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* – Denotes overtime period

Chicago regional final

Chicago Regional all tournament team

Arike Ogunbowale Arike Ogunbowale (born March 2, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish, before being drafted ...

, Notre Dame (MOP) *

Jessica Shepard Jessica Shepard (born September 11, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Minnesota Lynx of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Shepard began her college career at Nebraska, playing there for two seasons befo ...

, Notre Dame *

Alanna Smith Alanna Smith (born 10 September 1996) is an Australian professional basketball who for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Stanford Cardinal. Smith was a member of the Aus ...

, Stanford * Kiana Williams, Stanford * Chennedy Carter, Texas A&M

Greensboro regional –
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* – Denotes overtime period

Greensboro regional final

Greensboro Regional all tournament team

Lauren Cox Lauren Elizabeth Cox (born April 20, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for Valencia Basket. She played college basketball for the Baylor Lady Bears. She was named a preseason All-American by Lindy's Sports, Athlon Sports, and S ...

, Baylor (MOP) * DiDi Richards, Baylor *

Chloe Jackson Chloe Jackson (born August 21, 1996) is an American professional basketball player who is a free agent. She most recently played for the Chicago Sky of the Women’s National Basketball Association. She was drafted by the Sky with the 15th overa ...

, Baylor *

Kalani Brown Kalani Brown (born March 21, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Hatayspor. She has received multiple honors during her playing career, and was nam ...

, Baylor *

Megan Gustafson Megan Gustafson (born December 13, 1996) is an American basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Gustafson was drafted in the second round (17th overall) by the Dallas Wings in the 2019 WNB ...

, Iowa

Portland regional –
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Portland regional final

Portland Regional all tournament team

Sabrina Ionescu Sabrina Elaine Ionescu (born December 6, 1997) is an American professional basketball player for the New York Liberty of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. She is the NCAA all- ...

, Oregon (MOP) *

Satou Sabally Isatou "Satou" Sabally (born 25 April 1998) is a German-American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Fenerbahçe of the Turkish Super League (KBSL). She played college ba ...

, Oregon *

Ruthy Hebard Ruth Cecilia Hebard (born April 28, 1998) is an American professional basketball player for the Chicago Sky of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She played college basketball for the Oregon Ducks. While at West Valley High Scho ...

, Oregon *

Teaira McCowan Teaira McCowan (born September 28, 1996; first name pronounced ) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and for Galatasaray of the Women's Basketball Super League. ...

, Mississippi State * Anriel Howard, Mississippi State

Final Four

During the Final Four round, regardless of the seeds of the participating teams, the champion of the top overall top seed's region (Baylor's Greensboro Region) plays against the champion of the fourth-ranked top seed's region (Mississippi State's Portland Region), and the champion of the second overall top seed's region (Notre Dame's Chicago Region) plays against the champion of the third-ranked top seed's region (Louisville's Albany Region).

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– Tampa, Florida

National semifinals

National championship

Final Four all-tournament team

(MOP), Baylor *

, Baylor *

Marina Mabrey Marina Mabrey (born September 14, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Mabrey was drafted in the second round (19th pick overall) by the Los Angeles Sparks ...

, Notre Dame *

, Notre Dame

Record by conference

* The R64, R32, S16, E8, F4, CG, and NC columns indicate how many teams from each conference were in the round of 64 (first round), round of 32 (second round), Sweet 16, Elite Eight, Final Four, championship game, and national champion, respectively. * The America East, Atlantic 10, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Conference USA, Colonial, Horizon, Ivy League, MAAC, MEAC, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, Sun Belt, SWAC and WAC conferences each had one representative that was eliminated in the first round.

Media coverage

Television

The tournament was covered by

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's networks. During the first and second rounds, ESPN aired select games nationally on ESPN2,

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, and

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. All other games aired regionally on ESPN,

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, or

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and were streamed online via

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. Most of the nation got whip-a-round coverage during this time, which allowed ESPN to rotate between the games and focus the nation on the game that had the closest score. Over the course of rebroadcasting a studio program discussing the men's tournament, ESPNU accidentally displayed on-screen graphics prematurely revealing the tournament bracket prior to its formal unveiling that evening. The NCAA officially released the brackets two hours earlier than scheduled. Some watch parties for schools scheduled with the bracket reveal were cancelled, and ESPN apologized for the error.

Studio host and analysts

* Maria Taylor (Host) *

Andy Landers Andrew Grady Landers (born October 8, 1952) is a retired American college basketball coach who was head women's basketball coach at the University of Georgia from 1979 to 2015. Landers graduated from Friendsville (Tenn.) High School in 1970, the ...

(Analyst) *

Rebecca Lobo Rebecca Rose Lobo-Rushin (born October 6, 1973) is an American television basketball analyst and former women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) from 1997 to 2003. Lobo, at 6'4", played the center position f ...

(Analyst) (First, Second rounds, Final Four and National championship game) *

Nell Fortner Nell Fortner (born March 3, 1959) is the current women's college basketball coach at Georgia Tech. She is most well known for leading the 2000 Olympics team to a gold medal. She has received numerous awards including the 1997 National Coach of t ...

(Analyst) (Regionals, Final Four and National championship game)

Broadcast assignments

''First & second rounds Friday/Sunday'' *

Beth Mowins Elizabeth Mowins (born May 26, 1967) is an American play-by-play announcer and sports journalist for ESPN, CBS, and Marquee Sports Network. She typically calls women's college sports, and became the second woman to call nationally televised c ...

– Louisville, Kentucky *

Eric Frede Eric Frede is an American sportscaster who has worked for NESN since 2002. He was previously the play-by-play announcer for NESN College Football Saturday broadcasts until he left NESN and joined NBC Sports Boston and is currently an anchor for ...

& Christy Thomaskutty – Charlotte, North Carolina *

John Brickley John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

Christy Winters-Scott Christy Winters Scott is a basketball color analyst for college basketball games for ESPN, FSN, The Big Ten Network (BTN), NBC Sports Washington, and Raycom Sports. She has been the lead analyst for BTN Women’s Basketball since 2016. Some o ...

– Iowa City, Iowa * Lowell Galindo &

A'ja Wilson A'ja Riyadh Wilson (born August 8, 1996) is an American professional basketball player for the Las Vegas Aces of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). Wilson played for the South Carolina Gamecocks in college, and helped lead the Ga ...

– College Station, Texas *

Adam Amin Adam Amin (born December 19, 1986) is an American sportscaster. Amin joined Fox Sports in June 2020 as a play-by-play announcer for MLB and NFL games after previously working for ESPN from 2011-2020. He is also the television play-by-play annou ...

Kara Lawson Kara Marie Lawson (born February 14, 1981) is the head coach of the Duke Blue Devils women's basketball team. She is a former American professional women's basketball player in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and a basketball t ...

– Storrs, Connecticut *

Clay Matvick Clay Matvick (born August 12, 1973 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, Saint Cloud, Minnesota) is an American sportscaster, who works primarily as a play-by-play announcer for American Broadcasting Company, ABC and the ESPN networks. Background Matvick gra ...

& Julianne Viani – Coral Gables, Florida *

Paul Sunderland Paul Benedict Sunderland (born March 29, 1952) is an American professional sportscaster who resides in Los Angeles, California. He worked as the indoor volleyball play-by-play announcer for NBC Olympics’ coverage of the 2016 Summer Olympics, ...

& Steffi Sorensen – Starkville, Mississippi *

Dave Pasch Dave Pasch (born August 11, 1972) is an ESPN announcer, covering the NBA, college football, and college basketball. He is also the radio play-by-play voice of the Arizona Cardinals. Personal life Pasch grew up in Madison, Wisconsin, to parents ...

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– Eugene, Oregon ''Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight Friday/Sunday'' * Adam Amin, Kara Lawson,

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– Albany, New York * Dave Pasch, LaChina Robinson & Brooke Weisbrod – Portland, Oregon ''Final Four'' * Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe – Tampa, Florida ''First & second rounds Saturday/Monday'' * Courtney Lyle & Tamika Catchings – Notre Dame, Indiana *

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– College Park, Maryland *

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– Raleigh, North Carolina *

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& Blair Schaefer – Syracuse, New York *

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& Dan Hughes – Stanford, California * Brenda VanLengen & Andraya Carter – Ames, Iowa * Tiffany Greene & Mary Murphy – Corvallis, Oregon *

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– Waco, Texas ''Sweet Sixteen & Elite Eight Saturday/Monday'' * Pam Ward, Carolyn Peck & Allison Williams – Greensboro, North Carolina * Beth Mowins, Debbie Antonelli & Courtney Lyle – Chicago, Illinois ''Championship'' * Adam Amin, Kara Lawson, Rebecca Lobo & Holly Rowe – Tampa, Florida

Radio

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had exclusive radio rights to the entire tournament. Teams participating in the Regional finals, Final Four, and Championship were allowed to have their own local broadcasts, but they weren’t allowed to stream those broadcasts online. ''Regional finals Sunday'' * John Sadak & Julianne Viani – Albany, New York * John Ramey & Kristen Kozlowski – Portland, Oregon ''Final Four'' * John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, & Krista Blunk – Tampa, Florida ''Regional finals Monday'' *

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– Greensboro, North Carolina *

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& Krista Blunk – Chicago, Illinois ''Championship'' * John Sadak, Debbie Antonelli, & Krista Blunk – Tampa, Florida

References

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NCAA Women's Basketball Division I
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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Tournament procedure

2019 NCAA tournament schedule and venues

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Automatic qualifiers

Tournament seeds

Bracket

Albany regional – Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York City ...

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Albany Regional all tournament team

Chicago regional – Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Chicago regional final

Chicago Regional all tournament team

Greensboro regional – Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the Un ...

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Greensboro Regional all tournament team

Portland regional – Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

Portland regional final

Portland Regional all tournament team

Final Four

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National semifinals

National championship

Final Four all-tournament team

Record by conference

Media coverage

Television

Studio host and analysts

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Radio

See also

References

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Albany regional –
Albany, New York Albany ( ) is the capital of the U.S. state of New York, also the seat and largest city of Albany County. Albany is on the west bank of the Hudson River, about south of its confluence with the Mohawk River, and about north of New York City ...

Chicago regional –
Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ...

Greensboro regional –
Greensboro, North Carolina Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte and Raleigh, the 69th-most populous city in the Un ...

Portland regional –
Portland, Oregon Portland (, ) is a port city in the Pacific Northwest and the largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon. Situated at the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers, Portland is the county seat of Multnomah County, the most populous co ...

Amalie Arena Amalie Arena (officially stylized as AMALIE Arena) is a multipurpose arena in Tampa, Florida, that has been used for ice hockey, basketball, arena football, concerts, and other events. It is mainly used as the home for the Tampa Bay Lightning ...
– Tampa, Florida