March Madness 2025 bracket: NCAA tournament women's teams - ESPN

The bracket is set, and 68 teams — from defending champion South Carolina to first-timer George Mason — are going dancing in the women's NCAA tournament. Sunday's release of the bracket revealed who's in, who's out and which matchups might be waiting on the road to crowning the 2025 national champion three weeks from now in Tampa, Florida.

After a year of parity in women's college basketball, multiple teams are in the conversation to cut down the nets. But there's no clear-cut favorite — a fitting end to this riveting season full of plenty of star power.

ESPN has your go-to primer for the entire tournament field, detailing everything you need to know about each of the 68 teams competing in March Madness.

Study up quickly before the First Four games tip off Wednesday and Thursday. The first round opens Friday morning on ESPN networks.

UCLA Bruins

The Bruins (30-2) have put together a historic year in Westwood, with the first 30-win season in program history and their first No. 1 ranking in the Associated Press poll, a spot the team held for 12 consecutive weeks. And there's little to take issue with on their run to a second-place regular-season Big Ten finish and first conference tournament crown since 2006. UCLA's lone losses were against crosstown rival USC, which were avenged in the Big Ten tournament final. The Bruins rattled off a 15-point defeat of South Carolina on Nov. 24 that wasn't as close as the final score indicated, and it marked their first win over a No. 1-ranked squad in school history. And they won 22 consecutive games from November through mid-February by double figures.

Lauren Betts is their two-way anchor and national player of the year candidate, averaging just shy of 20 points, 10 rebounds and 3