The 2025

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women's college basketball teams that were not selected for the field of the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament or the 2025 WBIT. The tournament committee announced the 48-team field on March 16, following the selection of the fields for the NCAA tournament and WBIT.

Participants

The 2025 field featured 11 automatic qualifiers and 37 at-large selections, chosen after consideration of a mix of criteria by WNIT officials. There were 22 teams with 20 or more victories in the bracket.

Automatic qualifiers

At-large bids

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period
(H) - Denotes home team
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Semifinals and Championship Game

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