Mar 06, 2019
Women's sectional hosts: 46% success rate (44/96 entering 2026)Since the format of the NCAA Tournament changed in the 2000 season, all four sectional hosts have advanced to the Final Four just twice in 20 seasons. On two occasions, none of the four sectional hosts have advanced. Teams in bold advanced to the Final Four. |
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| 2025 | Bowdoin | Scranton | Gettysburg | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 2024 | Bowdoin | Rhode Island College | NYU | UW-Whitewater |
| 2023 | Tufts | Babson | Smith | Transylvania |
| 2022 | Amherst | Hope | Transylvania | UW-Whitewater |
| 2019 | Bowdoin | Scranton | Thomas More | St. Thomas |
| 2018 | Amherst | Scranton | Hope | Wartburg |
| 2017 | Amherst | Ohio Northern | Washington U. | St. Thomas |
| 2016 | Amherst | Scranton | Thomas More | St. Thomas |
| 2015 | Tufts | Montclair State | Thomas More | Calvin |
| 2014 | Tufts | FDU-Florham | DePauw | Whitman |
| 2013 | Amherst | Williams | DePauw | UW-Whitewater |
| 2012 | Amherst | Mary Washington | Mount Union | Chicago |
| 2011 | Amherst | Lebanon Valley | Thomas More | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2010 | Amherst | Kean | Illinois Wesleyan | Washington U. |
| 2009 | Amherst | Rochester | Thomas More | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 2008 | Kean | Messiah | UW-Whitewater | Howard Payne |
| 2007 | Emmanuel | NYU | Scranton | Luther |
| 2006 | Southern Maine | Scranton | DePauw | Pacific Lutheran |
| 2005 | Southern Maine | Scranton | Randolph-Macon | Calvin |
| 2004 | Bowdoin | Marymount | Thomas More | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2003 | King's | Rochester | UW-Eau Claire | Hardin-Simmons |
| 2002 | Springfield | Salisbury | Wilmington | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2001 | NYU | TCNJ | Baldwin-Wallace | St. Thomas |
| 2000 | Rowan | St. Lawrence | Washington U. | Hardin-Simmons |
Men's sectional hosts: 49% success rate (45/92 entering 2026)Since 2000, all four sectional hosts have only advanced to the Final Four on one occasion, although three teams advanced in five separate years. There has never been a year in which no sectional host moved on. In 2013, there were no sectionals because of the tournament format. Teams in bold advanced to the Final Four. |
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| 2025 | Wesleyan | Trinity (Conn.) | NYU | UW-La Crosse |
| 2024 | Trinity (Conn.) | Hampden-Sydney | Guilford | Trine |
| 2023 | Swarthmore | Christopher Newport | Randolph-Macon | Mount Union |
| 2022 | Randolph-Macon | Case Western Reserve | Marietta | Illinois Wesleyan |
| 2019 | Amherst | Hamilton | UW-Oshkosh | Augustana |
| 2018 | Ramapo | Swarthmore | UW-Platteville | Augustana |
| 2017 | Babson | Middlebury | Marietta | Hope |
| 2016 | Tufts | Oswego State | Benedictine | Augustana |
| 2015 | Babson | Randolph-Macon | UW-Stevens Point | Augustana |
| 2014 | Amherst | Mary Washington | Illinois Wesleyan | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2013 | None | |||
| 2012 | Middlebury | Franklin & Marshall | Wooster | UW-Whitewater |
| 2011 | Williams | Rochester | Wooster | Augustana |
| 2010 | Williams | St. Mary's (Md.) | Guilford | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2009 | Richard Stockton | Franklin & Marshall | John Carroll | Wheaton (Ill.) |
| 2008 | Plattsburgh State | Ursinus | Hope | Washington U. |
| 2007 | Amherst | Virginia Wesleyan | St. John Fisher | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2006 | Amherst | Virginia Wesleyan | Wittenberg | Lawrence |
| 2005 | Amherst | Ramapo | Albion | UW-Stevens Point |
| 2004 | Williams | Franklin & Marshall | Wooster | Puget Sound |
| 2003 | Williams | Randolph-Macon | Wooster | Buena Vista |
| 2002 | Catholic | Brockport State | Otterbein | Carthage |
| 2001 | Clark | Christopher Newport | Ohio Northern | Chicago |
| 2000 | William Paterson | Cortland State | Calvin | Buena Vista |