The Phoenix women are rated among the top academic teams competing in this year's NCAA Division I basketball tournament.

Elon’s women’s basketball team is making its second appearance in the NCAA Division I tournament and is already being named an Elite Eight team in the bracket for its academic prowess by Inside Higher Ed. The publication’s annual All-Academic Tournament Bracket puts Elon, Stanford, Creighton, Michigan, Villanova, Minnesota, Virginia and Belmont in the Elite Eight of this year’s tournament, based on the NCAA’s metrics for judging academic success. Elon topped Princeton and Mississippi State in its regional bracket pairing to advance to the top eight teams. It was topped by Creighton using the Federal Graduation Rate tie-breaker.
