Women's Bracketology: UCSD seals first bid, Harvard's win keeps Ivy intrigue alive

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By Charlie Creme Updated: 3/15/2025 at 8:30 p.m. ET

As NCAA tournament berths continue to be decided, Bracketology will be updated as often as conference tournaments dictate. Automatic bids now total 31 as we count down to Selection Sunday on March 16.

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Harvard, the Ivy League's highest-rated team in NET all season, made sure its NCAA tournament bid was secure by winning Ivy Madness over Columbia on Saturday, 74-71. It will be the Crimson's first trip to the tournament since 2007, and they likely won't be the only Ivy team in the field. The Lions, the regular season champs, stay in the field as an at-large and Princeton, which lost to the Crimson by three in Friday's semifinals, also remain in the field as the last team in. That said, the last team might be the selection committee's most difficult decision - an argument could also be made for Virginia Tech. But four losses in the last six games, some to non-NCAA tournament teams, might keep Virginia Tech out, allowing the Ivy to set another new benchmark -- one year after getting two bids to the NCAA tournament, upping it again to three.