Women's March Madness 2026 bracket: NCAA tournament teams - ESPN

The bracket is here. Sixty-eight teams will compete in the 2026 women's NCAA tournament.

From Charleston, which is dancing for the first time, to Tennessee, the only team to play in every women's NCAA tournament since its inception in 1982, Sunday's release of the bracket revealed which teams are in, which bubble teams got left out and which matchups might be waiting on the road to Phoenix, where the national champion will be crowned on April 5.

Undefeated UConn continues its title defense and heads into March Madness with a perfect 34-0 record and riding a 50-game winning streak. The Huskies are seeking the program's seventh perfect season and 13th national championship.

But the Huskies have plenty of competition in a bracket full of star power. Consider this your go-to primer for the entire tournament field, with everything you need to know about each of the 68 teams competing in March Madness.

The First Four games tip off Wednesday and Thursday. The first round opens Friday morning on ESPN networks.

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1-seeds | 2-seeds | 3-seeds | 4-seeds
5-seeds | 6-seeds | 7-seeds | 8-seeds
9-seeds | 10-seeds | 11-seeds | 12-seeds
13-seeds | 14-seeds | 15-seeds | 16-seeds

UConn Huskies

After winning in 2016, the Huskies went seven seasons without a national championship, which for them is a long time. That ended last season, as they won NCAA title No. 12 with dominant Final Four victories against UCLA and South Carolina. Despite losing 2025 WNBA No. 1 draft pick Paige Bueckers, UConn is 34-0 and favored to win it all again for the program's seventh perfect season. The Huskies enter the NCAA tournament on a 50-game winning streak.

Sophomore forward Sarah Strong, the front-runner for national player of the year, has become