The 2024

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was a

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of 48

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women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2024 Women's NCAA Tournament or the 2024 WBIT. The tournament committee announced the 48-team field on March 17, following the selection of the fields for the NCAA Tournament and WBIT.

Participants

The 2024 field featured 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 teams at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There were 24 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.

Automatic qualifiers

At-large bids

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team
''Teams with a bye are not guaranteed to play at home in the second round''

Semifinals and Championship Game

''^'' Despite Saint Louis being designated as the home team, game played at the

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on the campus of

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(SIUE) in

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(within the

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area).

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