NCAA Women's Basketball Championship Bracket 

Christopher Newport, the Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference (C2C) champions, earned a spot in the 2026 NCAA Women's Basketball Championship field beginning Friday (March 6).

CNU (23-4) matches up with Gettysburg (21-6) in the opening round in Lexington, Virginia.  Host Washington and Lee and St. Mary's (Md.) complete the four-team bracket.

Forty-three conferences have been awarded automatic qualification for the 2026 championship. The other 21 berths were reserved for at-large selections designated by the NCAA Power Index (NPI).

Sixteen first/second-round sites will be conducted March 6-7.  Second-round winners will advance to one of four sectional sites March 13-14. Winners of the four sectional sites will advance to the national semifinals/final site on March 19 and 21.

All games, except the semifinals and final, will be played on the campuses of competing institutions.

The semifinals/final will be conducted at Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia, hosted by City of Salem and the Old Dominion Athletic Conference.