The 2011 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 19, 2011, and concluded on April 5, 2011.

The Texas A&M Aggies won the championship, defeating the Notre Dame Fighting Irish 76–70 in the final held at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.

[1][2][3] The tournament was also notable for a historic run by Gonzaga that ultimately ended in the final of the Spokane Region.

The basis for the subregionals returned to the approach used between 1982 and 2002; the top sixteen teams, as chosen in the bracket selection process, hosted the first two rounds on campus.

An additional 32 teams were given at-large bids by the selection committee on the basis of their body of work during the regular season.

[7] * – Denotes overtime period Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-04)[8] Eighteen conferences went 0–1: the America East, Atlantic Sun, Big Sky, Big South, Big West, Colonial, Ivy League, MEAC, MAC, Missouri Valley, Mountain West, Northeast, Ohio Valley, Patriot, Southern, Southland, SWAC and the Summit ESPN had US television rights to all games during the tournament.