March Madness déjà vu: No. 1 Seeds in the DI NCAA tournament the same as last year

A feeling of déjà vu permeated the announcement of the top seeds in the 64-team field for this year’s NCAA women’s tournament. Once again Baylor, Notre Dame, Connecticut and Stanford lead the regions. It is the first time in tournament history that the same four teams are top seeds in back-to-back seasons.

The top four seeds in each region include:

Oklahoma City: Baylor, Tennessee, UCLA, Purdue
Spokane: Stanford, California, Penn State, Georgia
Norfolk: Notre Dame, Duke, Texas A&M, South Carolina
Bridgeport: UConn, Kentucky, North Carolina, Maryland

PDF bracket || JPG bracket

Below is the breakdown of automatic qualifiers, at-large bids, teams by conferences and previous appearances.

Automatic Qualifiers || At-large Selections || Teams By Conference

Automatic Qualifiers

Conference	Team	Record	Previous Appearances	Won	Lost	Last Appearance
America East	Albany (N.Y.)	27-3	1	0	1	2012
Atlantic Coast	Duke	30-2	19	49	19	2012
Atlantic Sun	Stetson	24-8	2	0	2	2011
Atlantic 10	Saint Joseph’s	23-8	11	6	11	2000
Big East	Notre Dame	31-1	19	37	18	2012
Big Sky	Montana	23-7	19	6	19	2011
Big South	Liberty	27-6	14	2	14	2012
Big Ten	Purdue	24-8	22	44	21	2012
Big 12	Baylor	32-1	11	28	9	2012
Big West	Cal Poly	21-10	First Appearance
Colonial	Delaware	30-3	3	1	3	2012
Conference USA	Tulsa	16-16	1	1	1	2006
Horizon	Green Bay	29-2	13	6	13	2012
Ivy	Princeton	22-6	3	0	3	2012
Metro Atlantic	Marist	26-6	8	4	7	2012
Mid-American	Central Michigan	21-11	2	0	2	1984
Mid-Eastern	Hampton	28-5	6	0	6	2012
Missouri Valley	Wichita State	24-9	First Appearance
Mountain West	Fresno State	24-8	5	0	5	2012
Northeast	Quinnipiac	30-2	First Appearance
Ohio Valley	UT Martin	19-14	2	0	2	2012
Pac-12	Stanford	31-2	26	69	24	2012
Patriot	Navy	21-11	2	0	2	2012
Southeastern	Texas A&M	24-9	10	17	8	2012
Southern	Chattanooga	29-3	10	1	10	2010
Southland	Oral Roberts	18-12	5	0	5	2008
Southwestern	Prairie View	17-14	4	0	4	2012
Summit	South Dakota State	25-7	4	0	4	2012
Sun Belt	Middle Tennessee	25-7	15	5	15	2012
West Coast	Gonzaga	27-5	5	8	5	2012
Western Athletic	Idaho	17-15	1	0	1	1985

 

At-large Selections

Team	Conference	Record	Previous Appearance	Won	Lost	Last Appearance
California	Pac-12	28-3	8	5	8	2012
UCLA	Pac-12	25-7	11	10	11	2011
Colorado	Pac-12	25-6	12	17	12	2004
Connecticut	Big East	29-4	24	85	17	2012
Creighton	Missouri Valley	24-7	4	2	4	2012
Dayton	Atlantic 10	27-2	3	1	3	2012
DePaul	Big East	21-11	17	10	17	2012
Florida State	Atlantic Coast	22-9	11	12	11	2011
Georgia	Southeastern	25-6	29	52	29	2012
Iowa	Big Ten	20-12	21	17	21	2012
Iowa State	Big 12	23-8	13	16	13	2012
Kansas	Big 12	18-13	12	11	12	2012
Kentucky	Southeastern	27-5	9	12	9	2012
LSU	Southeastern	20-11	21	39	21	2012
Louisville	Big East	24-8	15	14	15	2012
Maryland	Atlantic Coast	24-7	20	31	19	2012
Miami (Fla.)	Atlantic Coast	21-10	8	4	8	2012
Michigan	Big Ten	21-10	5	2	5	2012
Michigan State	Big Ten	24-8	12	15	12	2012
Nebraska	Big Ten	23-8	10	5	10	2012
North Carolina	Atlantic Coast	28-6	23	41	22	2011
Oklahoma	Big 12	22-10	15	28	15	2012
Oklahoma State	Big 12	21-10	10	7	10	2010
Penn St.	Big Ten	25-5	23	29	23	2012
St. John’s (N.Y.)	Big East	18-12	7	6	7	2012
South Carolina	Southeastern	24-7	9	10	9	2012
South Florida	Big East	21-10	1	0	1	2006
Syracuse	Big East	24-7	4	0	4	2008
Tennessee	Southeastern	24-7	31	112	23	2012
Texas Tech	Big 12	21-10	19	30	17	2011
Vanderbilt	Southeastern	20-11	25	38	25	2012
Villanova	Big East	21-10	9	7	9	2009
West Virginia	Big 12	17-13	8	7	8	2012

 

Teams By Conference

America East (1)	Metro Atlantic (1)
Albany (NY)*	Marist*
Atlantic Coast (5)	Mid-American (1)
Duke*	Central Michigan*
Florida State
Maryland	Mid-Eastern (1)
Miami (Fla.)	Hampton*
North Carolina
	Missouri Valley (2)
Atlantic Sun (1)	Creighton
Stetson*	Wichita State*
Atlantic 10 (2)	Mountain West (1)
Dayton	Fresno State*
Saint Joseph’s*
	Northeast (1)
Big East (8)	Quinnipiac*
Connecticut
DePaul	Ohio Valley (1)
Louisville	UT Martin*
Notre Dame*
St. John’s (N.Y.)	Pac-12 (4)
South Florida	California
Syracuse	Colorado
Villanova	Stanford*
	UCLA
Big Sky (1)
Montana*	Patriot (1)
	Navy*
Big South (1)
Liberty*	Southeastern (7)
	Georgia
Big Ten (6)	Kentucky
Iowa	LSU
Michigan	South Carolina
Michigan State	Tennessee
Nebraska	Texas A&M*
Penn State	Vanderbilt
Purdue*
	Southern (1)
Big 12 (7)	Chattanooga*
Baylor*
Iowa State	Southland (1)
Kansas	Oral Roberts*
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State	Southwestern (1)
Texas Tech	Prairie View*
West Virginia
	Summit (1)
Big West (1)	South Dakota State*
Cal Poly*
	Sun Belt (1)
Colonial (1)	Middle Tennessee*
Delaware*
	West Coast (1)
Conference USA (1)	Gonzaga*
Tulsa*
	Western Athletic (1)
Horizon (1)	Idaho*
Green Bay*
Ivy (1)
Princeton*

Appearances by Teams

32nd Appearance (1)
Tennessee (all years since 1982)

30th Appearance (1)
Georgia (1982-83-84-85-86-87-88-89-90-91-93-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

27th  Appearance (1)
Stanford (1982-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

26th  Appearance (1)
Vanderbilt (1986-87-89-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

25th  Appearance (1)
Connecticut (1989-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

24th Appearance (2)
North Carolina (1983-84-85-86-87-92-93-94-95-97-98-99-2000-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-13)
Penn State (1982-83-84-85-86-87-88-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-11-12-13)

23rd   Appearance (1)
Purdue (1989-90-91-92-94-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-11-12-13)

22nd  Appearance (2)
Iowa (1986-87-88-89-90-91-92-93-94-96-97-98-2001-02-04-06-08-09-10-11-12-13)
LSU (1984-86-87-88-89-90-91-97-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-12-13)

21st Appearance (1)
Maryland (1982-83-84-86-88-89-90-91-92-93-97-2001-04-05-06-07-08-09-11-12-13)

20th  Appearance (4)
Duke (1987-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)
Montana (1983-84-86-88-89-90-91-92-94-95-96-97-98-2000-04-05-08-09-11-13)
Notre Dame (1992-94-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)
Texas Tech (1984-86-90-91-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-11-13)

18th Appearance (1)
DePaul (1990-91-92-93-95-96-97-2003-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

16th  Appearance (2)
Louisville (1983-84-93-95-97-98-99-2001-05-06-07-08-09-11-12-13)
Oklahoma (1986-95-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

15th  Appearance (2)
Liberty (1997-98-99-2000-01-02-03-04-05-06-08-09-10-12-13)
Middle Tennessee (1983-84-85-86-88-96-98-2004-05-07-09-10-11-12-13)

14th  Appearance (2)
Green Bay (1994-98-99-2000-02-03-04-05-07-09-10-11-12-13)
Iowa State (1997-98-99-2000-01-02-05-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)

13th  Appearance (3)
Colorado (1988-89-92-93-94-95-96-97-2001-02-03-04-13)
Kansas (1987-88-92-93-94-95-96-97-98-99-2000-12-13)
Michigan State (1991-96-97-2003-04-05-06-07-09-10-12-13)

12th  Appearance (4)
Baylor (2001-02-04-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)
UCLA (1983-85-90-92-98-99-2000-04-06-10-11-13)
Florida State (1983-90-91-2001-05-06-07-08-09-10-11-13)
Saint Joseph’s (1985-86-87-88-89-90-94-95-97-99-2000-2013)

11th  Appearance (3)
Chattanooga (1989-92-2001-02-03-04-06-07-08-10-13)
Nebraska (1988-93-96-98-99-2000-07-08-10-11-13)
Oklahoma State (1989-90-91-93-94-95-96-2007-08-10-13)

10th  Appearance (4)
Kentucky (1982-83-86-91-99-2006-10-11-12-13)
South Carolina (1982-86-88-89-90-91-2002-03-12-13)
Texas A&M (1994-96-2006-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)
Villanova (1986-87-88-89-2001-02-03-04-09-13)

9th Appearance (4)
California (1990-92-93-2006-07-08-09-12-13)
Marist (2004-06-07-08-09-10-11-12-13)
Miami (Fla.) (1989-92-93-98-2003-04-11-12-13)
West Virginia (1989-92-2004-07-08-10-12-13)

8th Appearance (1)
St. John’s (N.Y.) (1983-84-88-2006-10-11-12-13)

7th Appearance (1)
Hampton (2000-03-04-10-11-12-13)

6h Appearance (4)
Fresno State (2008-09-10-11-12-13)
Gonzaga (2007-09-10-11-12-13)
Michigan (1990-98-2000-01-12-13)
Oral Roberts (1999-2001-05-07-08-13)

5th Appearance (4)
Creighton (1992-94-2002-12-13)
Prairie View (2007-09-11-12-13)
South Dakota State (2009-10-11-12-13)
Syracuse (1985-88-2002-08-13)

4th Appearance (3)
Dayton (2010-11-12-13)
Delaware (2001-07-12-13)
Princeton (2010-11-12-13)

3rd Appearance (4)
Central Michigan (1983-84-2013)
Navy (2011-12-13)
Stetson (2005-11-13)
UT Martin (2011-12-13)

2nd Appearance (4)
Albany (2012-13)
Idaho (1985-2013)
South Florida (2006-13)
Tulsa (2006-13)

1st Appearance (3)
Cal Poly (2013)
Quinnipiac (2013)
Wichita State (2013)