Nike and its affiliated brands sponsor 50 of the 64 teams in the NCAA women’s basketball tournament, down one from 51 in last year's tourney, according to THE DAILY's annual breakdown of the shoe and apparel brands worn in the tourney. Twelve teams wear adidas shoes, the same number as last year. Under Armour has lost two teams in the tourney, going from four teams in '11 to only two this year. Russell Athletic supplies the jerseys for four schools, the same number from last year, while Jordan Brand jerseys are worn by one team. Schools in the chart below are listed by region in their seed order. The first round of the NCAA tournament begins Saturday (THE DAILY).
| DES MOINES REGION | FRESNO REGION |
| TEAM | SHOE/JERSEY | TEAM | SHOE/JERSEY |
| 1) Baylor | Nike/Nike | 1) Stanford | Nike/Nike |
| 2) Tennessee | adidas/adidas | 2) Duke | Nike/Nike |
| 3) Delaware | Nike/Nike | 3) St. John's | Nike/Nike |
| 4) Georgia Tech | Nike/Russell | 4) Purdue | Nike/Nike |
| 5) Georgetown | Nike/Nike | 5) South Carolina | Under Armour/
Under Armour |
| 6) Nebraska | adidas/adidas | 6) Oklahoma | Nike/Nike |
| 7) DePaul | Nike/Nike | 7) Vanderbilt | Nike/Nike |
| 8) Ohio State | Nike/Nike | 8) WVU | Nike/Nike |
| 9) Florida | Nike/Nike | 9) Texas | Nike/Nike |
| 10) BYU | Nike/Nike | 10) Middle Tenn State | Nike/Nike |
| 11) Kansas | adidas/adidas | 11) Michigan | adidas/adidas |
| 12) Fresno State | Nike/Nike | 12) E. Michigan | adidas/adidas |
| 13) Sacred Heart | adidas/adidas | 13) South Dakota State | Nike/Nike |
| 14) Arkansas-Little Rock | Nike/Nike | 14) Creighton | Nike/Nike |
| 15) Tennessee-Martin | adidas/adidas | 15) Samford | Nike/Russell |
| 16) UC Santa Barbara | Nike/Nike | 16) Hampton | Nike/Russell |
| RALEIGH REGION | KINGSTON REGION |
| TEAM | SHOE/JERSEY | TEAM | SHOE/JERSEY |
| 1) Notre Dame | adidas/adidas | 1) UConn | Nike/Nike |
| 2) Maryland | Under Armour/
Under Armour | 2) Kentucky | Nike/Nike |
| 3) Texas A&M | adidas/adidas | 3) Univ. of Miami | Nike/Nike |
| 4) Georgia | Nike/Nike | 4) Penn State | Nike/Nike |
| 5) St. Bonaventure | adidas/adidas | 5) LSU | Nike/Nike |
| 6) Arkansas | Nike/Nike | 6) Rutgers | Nike/Nike |
| 7) Louisville | adidas/adidas | 7) Green Bay | Nike/Nike |
| 8) California | Nike/Nike | 8) Kansas State | Nike/Nike |
| 9) Iowa | Nike/Nike | 9) Princeton | Nike/Nike |
| 10) Michigan State | Nike/Nike | 10) Iowa State | Nike/Nike |
| 11) Dayton | Nike/Nike | 11) Gonzaga | Nike/Nike |
| 12) Fla. Gulf Coast | Nike/Nike | 12) San Diego State | Nike/Nike |
| 13) Marist | Nike/Nike | 13) UTEP | adidas/adidas |
| 14) Albany | Nike/Jordan | 14) Idaho State | Nike/Nike |
| 15) Navy | Nike/Nike | 15) McNeese State | Nike/Nike |
| 16) Liberty | Nike/Nike | 16) Prairie View | Nike/Russell |
