NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

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The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness,[1] is a single-elimination tournament played each spring in the United States, currently featuring 68 women's college basketball teams from the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), to determine the national championship.

Founded1982; 44 years ago (1982)
First season1982
Organizing bodyNCAA
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NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2026 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
SportBasketball
Founded1982; 44 years ago (1982)
First season1982
Organizing bodyNCAA
No. of teams68
Most recent
champions
UConn
(12th title)
(2025)
Most titlesUConn (12)
BroadcastersABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPNEWS
Streaming partnerESPN+
Level on pyramid1
Official websitencaa.com/basketball
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The tournament was preceded by the AIAW women's basketball tournament, which was organized by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) from 1972 to 1982. Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the AIAW for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA prevailed, while the AIAW disbanded.

As of 2022, the tournament follows the same format and selection process as its men's counterpart, with 32 automatic bids awarded to the champions of the Division I conferences, and 36 "at-large bids" extended by the NCAA Selection Committee, which are placed into four regional divisions and seeded from 1 to 16. The four lowest-seeded automatic bids, and the four lowest-seeded at-large bids, compete in the First Four games to advance to the 64-team bracket in the first round. The national semi-finals, branded as the Women's Final Four, are traditionally scheduled on the same weekend as the men's Final Four, but in a different host city. Presently, the Women's Final Four uses a Friday/Sunday scheduling, with its games occurring one day prior to the men's Final Four and championship, respectively.[2]

Attendance and interest in the women's championship have grown over the years, especially from 2003 to 2016, when the final championship game was moved to the Tuesday following the Monday men's championship game.[2] The tournament is often overshadowed by the more-prominent men's tournament; after a gender equality review following the 2021 tournament, the NCAA expanded it to the current 68-team format of the men's tournament and extended the "March Madness" branding to the tournament as well. The 2024 women's championship was the first to receive higher viewership than the men's championship the same year. Still, the tournament receives a smaller amount of funding from broadcast rights (which are held by ESPN, and are pooled with those of other NCAA Division I championships besides golf and men's basketball) and sponsorship (which are sold by CBS and Turner Sports) than the men's tournament.

With 12 national titles, the UConn Huskies hold the record for the most NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, which includes a record four consecutive championships from 2013 through 2016.[3] The team had also made the semi-finals for a record 14 consecutive tournaments. The Tennessee Lady Volunteers are the only team to make an appearance in every tournament since its founding in 1982.[4]

Tournament format

From 1982 to 1990, 1996 to 2002, 2017 to 2019, and since 2021, the Women's Final Four is usually played on the Friday before the Men's Final Four or the hours before the men played on the final Saturday of the tournament. The final, since 2023, is played the Sunday afternoon following the Men's Final Four; from 2017 to 2019, 2021 and 2022, it was Sunday evening.

The tournament bracket is made up of champions from each Division I conference, which are automatic bids. The remaining slots are at-large bids, with teams chosen by an NCAA selection committee. The selection process and tournament seedings are based on several factors, including team rankings, win–loss records, and NET data.

Since 2022, 68 teams qualify for the tournament played in March and April. Of these teams, 32 earn automatic bids by winning their respective conference tournaments. Since 2017 the Ivy League conducts its own post-season tournament. The remaining teams are granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Dr. Marilyn McNeil, vice president/director of athletics at Monmouth University is the current chairwoman. On March 1, 2011, Bowling Green State University's director of intercollegiate athletics, Greg Christopher, was appointed chair of the NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Committee during the 2011–12 academic year.[5]

The tournament begins with four opening-round games known as the First Four. Like the men's version, the women's First Four involves the four lowest-ranked conference champions playing for 16 seeds in the round of 64, and the four lowest-ranked at-large teams playing for their own spots in the round of 64.[6]

The tournament is split into four regional tournaments, and each regional has teams seeded from 1 to 16, with the committee ostensibly making every region as comparable to the others as possible.[citation needed] The top-seeded team in each region plays the #16 team, the #2 team plays the #15, etc. (meaning that all first-round games involve teams whose seeds add up to 17).

Number of teams, and seeding

The first NCAA women's basketball tournament was held in 1982. The AIAW also held a basketball tournament in 1982, but most of the top teams, including defending AIAW champion Louisiana Tech, decided to participate in the NCAA tournament.

The championship consisted of 32 teams from 1982 to 1985 (in 1983, 36), 40 teams from 1986 to 1988, and 48 teams from 1989 to 1993. From 1994 to 2021, 64 teams competed in each tournament. From 2022, the tournament will involve 68 teams, matching the size of the D-I men's tournament.

Prior to 1996, seeding was conducted on a regional basis. The top teams (eight in the 32-, 40-, and 48-team formats, and 16 in the 64-team format) were ranked and seeded on a national basis. The remaining teams were then seeded based on their geographic region. Teams were moved outside of its geographic region only if it was necessary to balance the bracket, or if the proximity of an opponent outside of its region would be comparable and a more competitive game would result. In 1993, all teams except for the top four were explicitly unseeded. The regional seeding resumed in 1994. In 1996, seeds were assigned on a national basis using an "S-Curve" format[clarification needed] similar to the process used in selecting the field for the men's tournament.

The following table summarizes some of the key attributes of the seeding process:[7]

More information Number of teams selected, Year ...
  Number of teams selected    
Year Automatic At-large Total Location of first round(s) Seeding Basis
1982 12 20 32 Higher seed Regional
1983 14 22 36 Higher seed[seed 1]
1984 17 15 32
1985 18 14 Higher seed
1986 17 23 40 Higher seed[seed 1]
1987 18 22
1988
1989 19 29 48
1990 21 27
1991
1992 22 26
1993 23 25
1994 32 32 64
1995
1996 31 33 Higher seed National
1997 30 34 Higher seed[seed 1]
1998 Higher seed
1999
2000 Higher seed[seed 1]
2001 31 33
2002 Higher seed
2003 16 Sites[seed 2]
2004
2005 8 Sites[seed 2]
2006
2007
2008
2009 16 Sites[seed 2]
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014 32 32
2015 Higher seed[seed 1]
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020 Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
2021 31[seed 3] 33 64 5 Sites[seed 4] National
2022 32 36 68 Higher seed[seed 1]
2023
2024
2025 31 37
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  1. Some exceptions. Due to venue availability, in some cases, the lower seed hosted, or the game was played at a neutral site.
  2. From 2003 to 2014, sixteen predetermined sites were selected for first and second-round games. Teams were allowed to play at home, if hosting.
    Between 2005 and 2008, eight sites were used for first-round games.
  3. Ivy League cancelled all winter athletics due to COVID-19.
  4. Due to COVID-19, the entire tournament was played in Texas with the first two rounds having games played between 5 venues in and around the San Antonio area, with the last four rounds having all games played at the Alamodome.

Selection process

A special selection committee appointed by the NCAA determines which 68 teams will enter the tournament, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. Because of the automatic bids, only 36 teams (the at-large bids) rely on the selection committee to secure them a spot in the tournament.

Women's NCAA Division I basketball champions

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Legend for "Championship games" table below
Indicator Meaning
OT Game was decided in an overtime period
Score Each score is linked to an article about that particular championship game, when available
Year Each year is linked to an article about that particular NCAA Tournament
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Year Winner Score Opponent Venue Other semifinalists
1982 Louisiana Tech
(1, 1–0)
76–62 Cheyney State
(1, 0–1)
Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, Virginia) Tennessee & Maryland
1983 USC
(1, 1–0)
69–67 Louisiana Tech
(2, 1–1)
Old Dominion & Georgia
1984 USC
(2, 2–0)
72–61 Tennessee
(1, 0–1)
Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, California) Cheyney State & Louisiana Tech
1985 Old Dominion
(1, 1–0)
70–65 Georgia
(1, 0–1)
Frank Erwin Center (Austin, Texas) Western Kentucky & Northeast Louisiana[a]
1986 Texas
(1, 1–0)
97–81 USC
(3, 2–1)
Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky) Western Kentucky & Tennessee
1987 Tennessee
(2, 1–1)
67–44 Louisiana Tech
(3, 1–2)
Frank Erwin Center (Austin, Texas) Texas & Long Beach State
1988 Louisiana Tech
(4, 2–2)
56–54 Auburn
(1, 0–1)
Tacoma Dome (Tacoma, Washington) Long Beach State & Tennessee
1989 Tennessee
(3, 2–1)
76–60 Auburn
(2, 0–2)
Louisiana Tech & Maryland
1990 Stanford
(1, 1–0)
88–81 Auburn
(3, 0–3)
Thompson–Boling Arena (Knoxville, Tennessee) Virginia & Louisiana Tech
1991 Tennessee
(4, 3–1)
70–67OT Virginia
(1, 0–1)
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana) Connecticut[b] & Stanford
1992 Stanford
(2, 2–0)
78–62 Western Kentucky
(1, 0–1)
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, California) Southwest Missouri State[c] & Virginia
1993 Texas Tech
(1, 1–0)
84–82 Ohio State
(1, 0–1)
Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia) Iowa & Vanderbilt
1994 North Carolina
(1, 1–0)
60–59 Louisiana Tech
(5, 2–3)
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia) Purdue & Alabama
1995 UConn[b]
(1, 1–0)
70–64 Tennessee
(5, 3–2)
Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Stanford & Georgia
1996 Tennessee
(6, 4–2)
83–65 Georgia
(2, 0–2)
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina) Connecticut[b] & Stanford
1997 Tennessee
(7, 5–2)
68–59 Old Dominion
(2, 1–1)
Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio) Notre Dame & Stanford
1998 Tennessee
(8, 6–2)
93–75 Louisiana Tech
(6, 2–4)
Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri) Arkansas & North Carolina State
1999 Purdue
(1, 1–0)
62–45 Duke
(1, 0–1)
San Jose Arena (San Jose, California) Louisiana Tech & Georgia
2000 UConn[b]
(2, 2–0)
71–52 Tennessee
(9, 6–3)
First Union Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) Rutgers & Penn State
2001 Notre Dame
(1, 1–0)
68–66 Purdue
(2, 1–1)
Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri) Connecticut[b] & Southwest Missouri State[c]
2002 UConn[b]
(3, 3–0)
82–70 Oklahoma
(1, 0–1)
Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) Tennessee & Duke
2003 UConn[b]
(4, 4–0)
73–68 Tennessee
(10, 6–4)
Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia) Texas & Duke
2004 UConn[b]
(5, 5–0)
70–61 Tennessee
(11, 6–5)
New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana) Minnesota & LSU
2005 Baylor
(1, 1–0)
84–62 Michigan State
(1, 0–1)
RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana) LSU & Tennessee
2006 Maryland
(1, 1–0)
78–75OT Duke
(2, 0–2)
TD Banknorth Garden (Boston, Massachusetts) North Carolina & LSU
2007 Tennessee
(12, 7–5)
59–46 Rutgers
(1, 0–1)
Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio)
2008 Tennessee
(13, 8–5)
64–48 Stanford
(3, 2–1)
St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Florida) LSU & Connecticut
2009 UConn[b]
(6, 6–0)
76–54 Louisville
(1, 0–1)
Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri) Stanford & Oklahoma
2010 UConn[b]
(7, 7–0)
53–47 Stanford
(4, 2–2)
Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) Baylor & Oklahoma
2011 Texas A&M
(1, 1–0)
76–70 Notre Dame
(2, 1–1)
Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana) Connecticut & Stanford
2012 Baylor
(2, 2–0)
80–61 Notre Dame
(3, 1–2)
Pepsi Center (Denver, Colorado) Stanford & Connecticut
2013 UConn[b]
(8, 8–0)
93–60 Louisville
(2, 0–2)
New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana) Notre Dame & California
2014 UConn
(9, 9–0)
79–58 Notre Dame
(4, 1–3)
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee) Stanford & Maryland
2015 UConn
(10, 10–0)
63–53 Notre Dame
(5, 1–4)
Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida) South Carolina & Maryland
2016 UConn
(11, 11–0)
82–51 Syracuse
(1, 0–1)
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana) Oregon State & Washington
2017 South Carolina
(1, 1–0)
67–55 Mississippi State
(1, 0–1)
American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas) UConn & Stanford
2018 Notre Dame
(6, 2–4)
61–58 Mississippi State
(2, 0–2)
Nationwide Arena (Columbus, Ohio) UConn & Louisville
2019 Baylor
(3, 3–0)
82–81 Notre Dame
(7, 2–5)
Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida) UConn & Oregon
2020 Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, Louisiana) N/a
2021 Stanford
(5, 3–2)
54–53 Arizona
(1, 0–1)
Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas) UConn & South Carolina
2022 South Carolina
(2, 2–0)
64–49 UConn
(12, 11–1)
Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) Stanford & Louisville
2023 LSU
(1, 1–0)
102–85 Iowa
(1, 0–1)
American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas) South Carolina & Virginia Tech
2024 South Carolina
(3, 3–0)
87–75 Iowa
(2, 0–2)
Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (Cleveland, Ohio) UConn & North Carolina State
2025 UConn
(13, 12–1)
82–59 South Carolina
(4, 3–1)
Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida) UCLA & Texas
2026 UConn/South Carolina loser & UCLA/Texas loser Mortgage Matchup Center (Phoenix, Arizona)
2027 Nationwide Arena (Columbus, Ohio)
2028 Lucas Oil Stadium (Indianapolis, Indiana)
2029 Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)
2030 Moda Center (Portland, Oregon)
2031 American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas)
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  1. Known as Louisiana–Monroe since 1999–2000; alternately branded athletically as ULM.
  2. Branded athletically as "UConn" since the 2013–14 season.
  3. Known as Missouri State since 2005–06.

Team titles

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UConn
UConn
Tennessee
Tennessee
Baylor
Baylor
Stanford
Stanford
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana Tech
USC
USC
NotreDame
Notre
Dame
LSU
LSU
Maryland
Maryland
NorthCarolina
North
Carolina
Old Dominion
Old Dominion
Purdue
Purdue
SouthCarolina
South
Carolina
Texas
Texas
TexasA&M
Texas
A&M
TexasTech
Texas
Tech
Schools that have won the NCAA Division I women's basketball championship
12, 8, 3, 2, 1

Multiple NCAA championship coaches

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Coach School Championships
Geno Auriemma UConn 12
Pat Summitt Tennessee 8
Kim Mulkey Baylor / LSU 4
Dawn Staley South Carolina 3
Tara VanDerveer Stanford
Muffet McGraw Notre Dame 2
Linda Sharp Southern California
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NCAA Championship by conference

Note: Conferences are listed by all champions' affiliations at that time; these do not necessarily match current affiliations.

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Conference Year Championships
Southeastern 1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2017, 2022, 2023, 2024 12
Big East[a 1] 1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2025 10
Pac-12[a 2] 1983, 1984, 1990, 1992, 2021 5
Big 12 2005, 2011, 2012, 2019 4
American[a 3] 2014, 2015, 2016 3
Atlantic Coast 1994, 2006, 2018
Southwest 1986, 1993 2
Western Collegiate 1983, 1984
American South 1988 1
Big Ten 1999
Independent 1982
Sun Belt 1985
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  1. The Big East Conference operated in its original form from 1979 until 2013. During that time, UConn won eight championships, and Notre Dame won one. Following the three-way 2013 split of that conference and subsequent settlement between the non-FBS schools and the remaining schools, the conference legally changed its name to the American Athletic Conference (and would change its name again to the current American Conference in 2025). Three schools (among them Notre Dame) left for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013, with a fourth doing the same in 2014; one school left for the Big Ten in 2014; and the non-FBS schools retained the Big East name. However, the current Big East now maintains the history of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors, including women's basketball. UConn then moved from the American to the new Big East in all sports outside football in the summer of 2020. The American no longer claims any of the original Big East's competitive history, though legally it does even in the two sports that it sponsored after the split and the current Big East does not (football and women's rowing, the latter of which it no longer sponsors).
  2. Known as the Pacific-10 Conference, or Pac-10, when its first 4 titles were won.
  3. Known as the American Athletic Conference when its titles were won. The conference has used "American" as its preferred short form throughout its post-2013 history.

NCAA Final Four locations

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NCAA Final Four locations (hover over city to see arena)
  • 1982 – Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1983 – Norfolk, Virginia
  • 1984 – Los Angeles, California
  • 1985 – Austin, Texas
  • 1986 – Lexington, Kentucky
  • 1987 – Austin, Texas
  • 1988 – Tacoma, Washington
  • 1989 – Tacoma, Washington
  • 1990 – Knoxville, Tennessee
  • 1991 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 1992 – Los Angeles, California
  • 1993 – Atlanta, Georgia
  • 1994 – Richmond, Virginia
  • 1995 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 1996 – Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1997 – Cincinnati, Ohio
  • 1998 – Kansas City, Missouri
  • 1999 – San Jose, California
  • 2000 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 2001 – St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2002 – San Antonio, Texas
  • 2003 – Atlanta, Georgia
  • 2004 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2005 – Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2006 – Boston, Massachusetts
  • 2007 – Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2008 – Tampa, Florida
  • 2009 – St. Louis, Missouri
  • 2010 – San Antonio, Texas
  • 2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2012 – Denver, Colorado
  • 2013 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2014 – Nashville, Tennessee
  • 2015 – Tampa, Florida
  • 2016 – Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2017 – Dallas, Texas
  • 2018 – Columbus, Ohio
  • 2019 – Tampa, Florida
  • 2020 – New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 2021 – San Antonio, Texas
  • 2022 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
  • 2023 – Dallas, Texas
  • 2024 – Cleveland, Ohio
  • 2025 – Tampa, Florida
  • 2026 – Phoenix, Arizona
  • 2027 – Columbus, Ohio
  • 2028 – Indianapolis, Indiana
  • 2029 – San Antonio, Texas
  • 2030 – Portland, Oregon
  • 2031 – Dallas, Texas

Result by school and by year

Two hundred and eighty-three teams have appeared in the NCAA tournament in at least one year starting with 1982 (the initial year that the post-season tournament was under the auspices of the NCAA). The results for all years are shown in this table below.[4]

  •  CH  National Champion
  •  RU  National Runner-up
  •  F4  Final Four
  •  E8  Elite Eight
  •  16  Sweet Sixteen
  •  32  Round of 32
  •    Round of 64 (Fewer than 64 teams invited before 1994.)
  •  ƒ  First Four (First played in 2022.)
  •  16   32     The team achieved the placement shown, but the participation was later vacated. These vacated appearances are not included in the total columns.

Programs are listed below under their current athletic branding, which is not necessarily what was used at the time. For example, Missouri State reached two Final Fours while known as "Southwest Missouri State".

For each season, the team's seed is shown in superscript to the left of the result.

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School Conference # 16 E8 F4 CG CH 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 21 22 23 24 25 26

UConn    
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Tennessee    
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Stanford    
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Baylor    
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Notre Dame    
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USC    
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Purdue    
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LSU    
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Texas    
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Maryland    
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Texas Tech    
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Texas A&M    
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Auburn    
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Georgia    
SEC37201152-⁵32²F4¹E8²RU¹16²16⁴16⁵32²32¹E8⁸32³F4²RU²E8⁷✖³F4¹E8²32¹⁰✖⁵16³E8⁶16³16³16⁸32¹¹✖⁵16⁶16⁴✖⁴E8⁸✖⁸✖⁴32³32⁶32¹⁰32⁷✖
Duke    
ACC28201342-⁷32⁵32⁴32⁵32²E8³RU²16¹16¹F4¹F4¹E8²E8¹RU¹16³16¹32²E8²E8²E8²E8²32⁴16²32⁵16³32⁷16²E8³E8
Louisville    
ACC2813842-⁷32⁸32¹¹32¹¹32¹⁰✖¹⁰32¹⁰✖¹³✖⁹✖⁹✖⁶32⁴16³RU⁷16⁷32⁵RU³E8³16³32⁴16¹F4¹E8²E8¹F4⁵E8⁶✖⁷32³16
Iowa    
Big Ten3210632-⁵32³E8¹E8³16³32⁶32¹32²F4³32²16⁹32⁴32⁴32⁹32⁹✖¹⁰✖⁹✖⁸✖⁸32⁶✖⁹✖⁹32⁶32³16⁶✖²E8⁵16²32²RU¹RU⁶32²32
SEC135322-⁷✖³32¹²32³32¹¹32⁷16⁵32⁵16²RU¹RU¹E8¹¹32⁹32
Virginia    
ACC2613731-⁵32⁶32¹32³16²E8⁴16²F4¹RU¹F4²E8³16³E8³E8⁴16⁶32⁹✖⁴16⁹✖⁸✖⁸32⁶32⁴32⁵32⁵✖¹⁰32¹⁰16
Oklahoma    
SEC2612331-⁴16⁷32⁵16²16¹RU¹⁰✖³32⁸✖²16³16⁴32¹F4³F4⁶16⁶32⁶16¹⁰✖⁵32⁶32⁶32¹²✖⁴32⁵32⁵32³16⁴16
CUSA206331-⁴F4⁴F4⁶32⁵32⁵✖⁹✖⁴16⁴RU⁴16¹²32⁴16¹⁰✖⁸32¹⁰32¹³✖¹⁰✖¹⁵✖¹²✖¹²✖¹¹✖
Rutgers    
Big Ten2611721-²E8²E8³16⁷32¹¹✖⁶✖⁸32⁹32⁵✖⁵16³E8²F4⁴32⁴32⁷✖³E8³16⁴RU²E8⁷16⁹✖⁷32⁶✖⁸32⁷✖⁶✖
Cheyney    
D233221-²RU¹16³F4
Ohio State    
Big Ten2812411-⁵32⁵32²E8³16²E8³16³16⁶32¹RU⁹32⁹✖⁴32⁶32²16¹32⁴✖⁶✖³16²32⁴16⁸✖⁵32³16⁵16³32⁶16³E8²32⁴32³32
Big Ten213111-⁴32⁹32⁸32⁸✖⁸32¹RU⁴16⁵32⁹16⁵32⁴32¹⁰✖⁵32⁵32⁴32⁹✖⁹32¹⁰✖⁹✖⁷32⁵32
Arizona    
Big 12112111-⁷32³16⁶32⁸32⁶✖⁹✖⁹32³RU⁴32⁷32¹¹✖
Syracuse    
ACC141111-⁸32⁶32¹⁰✖⁷✖⁷✖⁶32⁸32⁴RU⁸32⁸✖³32⁸32⁶32⁹32
Big West12962--¹16²E8²E8¹E8³16¹F4²F4²E8⁶32⁴16¹⁰✖¹⁵✖
UCLA    
Big Ten211142--⁶32⁶16¹⁰✖⁵16⁷32³E8¹⁰✖¹⁰✖⁵32⁸32³32³32³16⁴16³E8⁶16³32⁴16²16¹F4¹F4
NC State    
ACC311732--³16⁴32⁴16⁴16⁶32³16²16²16²16⁷16⁵32⁸✖⁴F4¹⁰32⁵✖⁴16¹⁰✖⁵✖⁵✖⁴16⁹✖⁵✖⁶32⁴16³16¹16¹E8⁷✖³F4²16⁷32
CUSA18522--⁸32⁸F4⁷16⁶32⁹32¹²✖⁸✖⁷32¹⁰✖⁵F4¹⁵✖¹²✖¹³✖¹³✖¹¹16⁵16¹¹✖¹⁶✖
Vanderbilt    
SEC301551--⁵32⁵32⁷✖⁶16¹⁰16³E8¹F4²16¹16³E8⁶16⁶✖⁹32³E8¹E8⁴32²16⁵16⁸32²32⁴16⁴16⁶32¹⁰✖⁷32⁸32⁸✖¹²✖⁷✖²16
Penn State    
Big Ten251341--⁴16⁵E8⁸32³16³16⁵32⁹32⁷32¹32³16³32¹E8²32²16⁸32²F4⁶✖⁴16⁴16¹E8⁴✖⁶32⁴16³32³16
Washington    
Big Ten21731--³32⁷32⁸32³16⁵32¹E8³16⁷32⁸32³16¹¹✖¹³✖⁶E8⁹✖⁹32¹¹✖⁶✖⁷F4³16¹¹ƒ⁶32
West Coast14631--³16⁵32¹¹✖⁵32⁶✖⁹32³32²F4²16⁶E8⁴16⁸32³E8¹⁴✖
Oregon    
Big Ten19431--³32³32¹⁰32⁶32⁶✖¹¹✖⁶32¹²✖⁵32⁶✖¹³✖¹⁰32¹⁰E8²E8²F4⁶16⁵✖¹⁰32⁸32
Arkansas    
SEC13321--⁸✖¹²✖⁷E8³16⁶32⁹F4⁹32⁶32⁷32⁶32¹⁰32⁴✖¹⁰✖
Alabama    
SEC15611--²16⁹✖⁵32⁵32⁶F4⁴16⁴16²16²16⁵32⁷32¹⁰✖⁸32⁵32⁶32
Minnesota    
Big Ten11411--¹⁰32⁵32⁶16⁷F4³16⁸✖⁹✖¹⁰32⁸✖¹⁰32⁴16
California    
ACC15211--¹¹✖⁵✖⁹32¹⁰✖⁸✖³32⁴16⁸32²F4⁷32⁴32⁹32⁷✖⁸32⁸✖
ACC14211--⁸✖⁸32¹¹32⁴16⁷32⁷32⁸32¹²✖⁷32⁷32⁵✖¹F4⁴32⁹✖
Sun Belt4211--⁸32⁶16²F4¹⁰✖
Ole Miss    
SEC22125---⁶32⁴16⁴16²E8²E8⁴16³16³E8⁵16⁹✖²E8⁵32¹²✖⁷✖¹⁰✖⁸✖⁷E8⁷✖⁸16⁷32⁵16⁵32
Kentucky    
SEC1974---²E8³32⁷✖⁹✖⁶32⁵32⁴E8⁴32²E8²E8³16²32³16⁴32⁶32⁴32⁶✖⁴32⁵16
Colorado    
Big 121783---⁷32³32⁷✖⁴E8³16¹E8³32²16⁶32³E8⁶16⁶✖⁵✖⁷✖⁶16⁵16¹⁰✖
ACC2353---⁵32¹⁰✖⁵32⁷32⁶32⁶32¹⁰16¹¹32³32³E8³32⁸32¹⁰32²E8⁵16³E8³32⁵32⁹✖¹¹ƒ⁷✖⁹✖⁶32
Big 121872---⁴16⁴16⁶✖¹¹✖⁹32⁵16⁴32³E8⁶32⁶E8⁷✖⁹32³16²32⁸32⁷32⁵16¹⁰ƒ
Iowa State    
Big 122462---¹²✖⁴32⁴E8³16²16³32⁷✖⁶32⁷32⁴E8⁴16⁷✖¹⁰✖⁵32⁷✖¹⁰✖⁹✖³32⁷32³16⁵✖⁷32¹¹✖⁸✖
Michigan    
Big Ten1432---¹⁰32¹⁰✖⁸✖⁸32¹¹✖⁸32⁷32⁸32⁶16³E8⁶32⁹✖⁶32²E8
TCU    
Big 121122---¹¹32⁸32⁹32⁶32⁷✖¹¹32¹⁰✖¹⁰✖⁹✖²E8³E8
Xavier    
Big East1022---¹²✖⁸32⁶✖⁴E8¹⁰✖⁶✖⁹✖⁵✖³E8²32
Gonzaga    
West Coast1651---¹²✖¹²32⁷16¹¹E8¹¹16¹²✖⁶✖¹¹16¹¹✖¹³✖⁵32⁵✖⁹32⁹✖⁴16¹²✖
Big 121941---⁴E8³16³32⁹✖¹⁰✖³16³32²32⁴32⁵32⁵32⁸✖⁸32⁹32⁷32⁹✖⁹32⁴32⁵16
Atlantic 101841---¹⁰32⁸32⁷32⁴16⁶32⁵E8¹⁰32⁷32⁷✖⁷32⁸✖⁹32⁷32⁵16⁶16⁶✖⁸✖¹⁴✖
Clemson    
ACC1741---⁵32⁵32⁴16⁵16⁴E8⁵32⁵32⁹32³32⁵✖⁶32²16⁹32⁵32¹¹✖⁹32⁸✖
Indiana    
Big Ten1141---⁶16¹²✖¹⁴✖⁹✖⁹32¹⁰32⁴E8³16¹32⁴16⁹32
Utah    
Big 122131---⁵32⁹✖¹¹✖¹²✖¹²✖⁸✖⁸✖⁵32⁷✖¹¹✖⁵16⁸32¹⁰32⁵E8⁸✖⁹32¹⁵✖⁷32²16⁵32⁸✖
Miami (FL)    
ACC1621---⁸✖²16⁵32¹¹✖¹¹✖⁵✖³32³32⁸✖¹¹32⁵✖⁴32⁸✖⁴32⁸32⁹E8
Florida    
SEC1621---¹⁰32⁴✖⁶32⁵✖³E8³16¹¹✖³32⁶✖⁵32⁶✖⁸32⁹32¹¹32⁵✖¹⁰✖
Drake    
Missouri Valley1521---⁴E8⁷32¹⁰32⁵32¹³✖⁵✖⁸✖¹²✖⁷16¹⁶✖¹⁰✖¹³✖¹⁰✖¹²✖¹²✖
Villanova    
Big East1421---⁷32⁶32⁸✖¹¹✖⁵32⁹32²E8⁷32⁸✖⁹✖⁹32¹¹32⁴16¹⁰✖
Creighton    
Big East1111---⁷32¹⁰32¹²✖¹⁴✖¹⁰32⁷32¹¹32¹⁰E8⁶✖⁷32⁹✖
Dayton    
Atlantic 10911---⁸32¹¹✖¹¹✖⁷32⁶✖⁷E8¹²✖⁹✖¹¹✖
Lamar    
Southland211---¹⁰E8¹⁴✖
Southland225----⁵32⁷32⁸32⁴16³16⁸32²16⁴16⁸✖¹¹✖¹¹16⁷32⁹✖¹⁵✖¹¹32¹³✖¹³✖¹³✖¹²✖¹²✖¹⁴✖¹⁶ƒ
DePaul    
Big East254----⁸32¹²✖¹¹32¹¹✖¹³✖⁷32¹²✖⁹✖⁹32⁵32⁴16¹⁰✖¹⁰✖⁷✖¹¹✖³16⁷32¹⁰✖⁷16⁹32⁶16⁷32⁵32⁶✖¹¹ƒ
Kansas    
Big 12154----⁷32⁷32⁹✖⁸✖⁹32⁷✖⁴16³32⁵16⁹32⁸✖¹¹16¹²16⁸32⁸32
Sun Belt144----⁸16⁴16⁴16⁶32⁸16¹³✖⁹✖⁹✖¹¹✖¹¹32¹²✖¹¹✖¹⁴✖¹²✖
Big 12193----⁹32⁷✖⁵16¹⁰✖¹²✖¹²✖⁷32¹⁰✖³16⁴32⁷32⁵16¹⁰✖⁷✖⁹32⁸32⁸✖⁷✖⁸32
Mountain West103----⁶16⁵16⁹✖⁵32⁵✖¹¹✖¹⁰32¹¹16¹²✖¹⁴✖
ACC73----⁸32⁵32⁵✖⁵16³16⁷32⁸16
Nebraska    
Big Ten182----⁵32⁶32⁹✖⁹32¹¹✖¹²✖⁹✖⁸32¹16⁶✖⁶16⁴32⁹✖¹⁰✖⁸✖⁶32¹⁰✖¹¹✖
BYU    
Big 12152----⁸32⁸32¹²✖¹²✖¹¹16¹¹✖⁷32¹¹✖¹⁰✖¹²16¹⁴✖⁷✖⁷32¹¹32⁶✖
Missouri    
SEC132----⁶16⁴32⁴32⁷32⁹32¹⁵✖¹⁰16¹¹✖¹⁰✖¹⁰32⁶32⁵✖⁷32
ACC122----⁹✖¹⁰✖⁷32¹⁰✖⁹32⁶✖⁵32⁴16¹⁰✖⁵16⁹✖⁹✖
Illinois    
Big Ten112----⁷32⁸32⁸32⁴16³16⁷32⁶32⁹✖¹¹ƒ⁸32⁷32
Georgetown    
Big East42----⁶16⁵32⁵16⁵32
Pittsburgh    
ACC42----⁸32⁶16⁴16¹⁰32
Montana    
Big Sky211----⁸✖⁴16⁸32⁴32¹⁰32⁸✖¹¹✖¹¹32⁷32¹²32¹²✖⁹✖¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹²✖¹²✖¹³✖¹³✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹⁶✖
Green Bay    
Horizon211----¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹³✖⁸32¹⁴✖¹⁰✖⁹32¹¹✖¹²32⁵16⁷32¹¹✖⁹✖¹⁰✖⁸✖⁷✖¹¹✖¹²✖¹³✖
Liberty    
CUSA181----¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹⁴✖¹³16¹³✖¹²✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹⁶✖¹³✖¹³✖¹⁴✖¹³✖
Big 12171----¹²32⁴16¹¹✖¹¹32⁵32³32⁹32⁸32¹¹✖²32⁶32⁶32⁴32¹⁰✖⁸32⁶32⁴32
Big West141----⁹32⁵32¹³✖¹¹32¹⁰✖⁴✖¹⁴✖¹²32⁷32¹¹16¹³✖¹³✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖
Summit141----⁷32¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹³✖¹⁴✖¹²32⁸✖⁶16⁹✖⁹32¹²✖¹⁰32¹¹✖
St. John's    
Big East111----⁷32⁷32⁷32⁷32⁶32⁹32³16¹⁰✖⁸32⁸✖¹¹✖
UNLV    
Mountain West111----⁷32⁴32⁵32⁶16⁴32⁸32¹⁰✖¹²✖¹³✖¹¹✖¹⁰✖
MAC111----⁹✖¹⁰✖⁹32¹²✖⁷✖⁷✖¹³✖¹²✖⁷16¹²✖¹²✖
Marist    
MAAC111----¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹³16⁷32¹²✖¹²✖¹⁰32¹³32¹²✖¹¹✖¹⁵✖
Sun Belt81----⁷32¹⁰✖¹⁰✖⁸32⁹✖⁴16⁷✖⁹32
New Mexico    
Mountain West81----⁸✖¹⁰✖⁶16¹²✖⁸✖¹¹32⁸✖¹²✖
Mountain West71----⁸32¹²32²16⁹32⁷✖¹¹✖¹²✖
Memphis    
American61----³16⁶32⁶32⁸32⁸✖¹¹✖⁵✖
MAC61----⁶32⁷32¹¹✖¹¹16⁸✖¹²✖
Providence    
Big East51----⁹✖¹¹✖³16⁵32⁷✖
Delaware    
CUSA51----¹³✖¹²✖³32⁶16¹³✖
Quinnipiac    
MAAC51----¹³✖¹²✖¹²16⁹32¹¹✖
Missouri Valley41----⁶32⁵16¹¹✖¹⁰32
Seton Hall    
Big East41----⁴16⁶32⁹✖⁸✖
West Coast41----¹¹✖¹²16¹¹✖¹³✖
Summit41----¹⁵✖⁸✖¹¹✖¹⁰16
Buffalo    
MAC41----¹⁴✖¹¹16¹⁰32¹³✖
UAB    
American21----¹⁰✖¹¹16
Atlantic 1021----⁵16¹⁰32
CUSA21-----⁸32⁶32⁵32¹⁰32¹⁰✖¹³✖¹⁵✖¹³32¹²32¹²✖⁵32⁸✖¹⁰✖¹¹✖¹⁰✖¹²✖⁸✖¹²✖¹⁴✖¹¹✖¹¹32
SoCon17-----¹²✖¹²✖¹²✖¹³✖¹²✖¹⁰32¹²✖¹²✖¹²✖¹³✖¹¹✖¹¹✖⁷✖¹²✖¹³✖¹⁶✖¹⁴✖
Patriot15-----⁷32⁹✖¹¹32¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖
Marquette    
Big East15-----¹⁴✖¹⁰✖¹²32¹⁰✖⁸✖⁷✖⁹32⁶32⁸32⁵✖⁸32⁵32¹⁰✖⁹✖¹⁰✖
Atlantic 1013-----⁵32⁵32⁹32⁷32¹⁰32⁹✖¹¹✖⁹✖⁷32¹¹32¹⁰32⁹✖⁹32
Princeton    
Ivy League13-----¹¹✖¹²✖⁹✖⁹✖⁸32¹¹✖¹²✖¹¹✖¹¹32¹⁰32⁹✖¹¹ƒ⁹✖
Ohio Valley12-----⁸32⁷32⁷32¹¹32⁷32⁹✖¹²✖¹⁰✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹⁶✖
Northeast12-----¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹⁶✖
Temple    
American11-----⁸32¹⁴✖¹¹✖⁶32⁶✖⁸32¹¹✖⁹✖⁸32¹⁰32⁷✖
Tulane    
American11-----¹⁵✖¹⁴✖⁴32¹²✖⁶✖⁶32¹⁰✖¹⁰32¹¹✖¹²✖¹²✖
ASUN11-----¹²✖¹²✖⁷32¹³✖¹²32¹³✖¹¹✖¹²32¹²32¹²✖¹⁴✖
Maine    
America East10-----¹⁶✖¹¹✖¹³✖¹³✖¹⁰32¹²✖¹³✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖
American10-----⁹✖¹⁰32⁶32⁶32¹¹✖⁶✖⁸32⁹✖⁸32¹²✖
Toledo    
MAC9-----¹¹32¹⁰32¹³✖¹⁰32¹⁰✖⁶✖¹²✖¹⁰✖¹²32
Vermont    
America East9-----⁹✖⁸✖¹³✖¹¹✖¹⁶✖¹⁰32¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖
Hampton    
CAA9-----¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹²✖¹⁵✖
Big Ten8-----⁶32⁸32⁴32⁶32⁸32¹²✖⁷✖⁷32
Fairfield    
MAAC8-----¹⁰✖¹²✖¹⁵✖¹²✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹²✖¹¹✖
Hawaii    
Big West8-----¹²✖⁹32¹²✖¹¹✖⁸✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖
SWAC7-----⁷32⁸✖¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁴✖
Howard    
MEAC7-----⁸32¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁴✖
MAAC7-----⁸32¹¹✖¹²✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹⁴✖¹¹✖
Dartmouth    
Ivy League7-----⁸✖¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹⁶✖
Wisconsin    
Big Ten7-----⁶✖¹⁰32⁶32⁶✖⁷✖⁸✖⁷✖
SMU    
ACC7-----¹³✖¹⁰32¹⁰✖¹¹✖¹¹32¹²32¹²✖
ASUN7-----¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹⁶✖¹⁶✖
Harvard    
Ivy League7-----¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹⁶32¹³✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹⁰✖
UCF    
Big 127-----¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹²✖¹⁰✖⁷32
Southern    
SWAC7-----¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁶✖¹⁶ƒ¹⁶✖¹⁶✖
Belmont    
Missouri Valley7-----¹⁴✖¹³✖¹³✖¹²✖¹³✖¹²32¹²32
Mountain West7-----¹⁴✖¹³✖¹³✖¹²✖¹²✖¹⁵✖¹³✖
Albany    
America East7-----¹⁴✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹²32¹⁶✖¹⁶✖
Kent State    
MAC6-----⁸32¹⁰32¹³✖⁹✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖
Missouri Valley6-----⁶32⁸32⁷32¹⁵✖¹³✖¹⁵✖
CUSA6-----⁹✖⁶32¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖
Richmond    
Atlantic 106-----¹⁰✖⁷✖¹¹✖¹⁰✖⁸32¹¹ƒ
West Coast6-----¹²32¹¹✖¹⁴✖¹³✖¹¹✖¹⁵✖
FIU    
CUSA6-----⁸✖⁹32¹⁴✖⁷32⁹✖⁵32
Mountain West6-----⁹✖¹²✖¹⁵✖¹³✖¹⁶✖¹³✖
SWAC6-----¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁴✖¹⁶✖¹²✖¹⁵✖
Portland    
West Coast6-----¹⁵✖¹³✖¹³✖⁹✖¹²✖¹³✖
Summit6-----¹⁶✖¹⁵✖¹⁴✖¹⁵✖¹⁶✖¹⁵✖
Hartford    
D36-----¹⁶✖¹⁴✖¹¹32¹⁰32¹⁰✖¹⁶✖
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Notes

Top-ranked teams

Since the women's tournament began in 1982, 21 teams have entered the tournament ranked #1 in at least 1 poll and gone on to win the tournament:

  • 1982: Louisiana Tech
  • 1983: USC
  • 1986: Texas
  • 1989: Tennessee
  • 1995: UConn
  • 1998: Tennessee
  • 1999: Purdue
  • 2000: UConn
  • 2002: UConn
  • 2003: UConn
  • 2009: UConn
  • 2010: UConn
  • 2012: Baylor
  • 2014: UConn
  • 2015: UConn
  • 2016: UConn
  • 2019: Baylor
  • 2021: Stanford
  • 2022: South Carolina
  • 2024: South Carolina
  • 2026: TBA

Champions excluded the next year

Only once has the reigning champion (the previous year's winner) not made it to the tournament the next year.

No. 1 seeds

Since 1982, at least one #1 seed has made the Final Four every year.

Under coach Geno Auriemma, Connecticut has been seeded #1 a record 22 times. Tennessee is second with 21 #1 seeds.

All four #1 seeds have made it to the Final Four 5 times (champion in bold):

  • 1989 Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, Tennessee
  • 2012 Baylor, UConn, Notre Dame, Stanford
  • 2015 UConn, Maryland, Notre Dame, South Carolina
  • 2018 UConn, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Louisville
  • 2026 UConn, South Carolina, UCLA, Texas

The championship game has matched two #1 seeds 16 times:

  • 1983 USC beat Louisiana Tech
  • 1986 Texas beat USC
  • 1989 Tennessee beat Auburn
  • 1991 Tennessee beat Virginia
  • 1995 UConn beat Tennessee
  • 2000 UConn beat Tennessee
  • 2002 UConn beat Oklahoma
  • 2003 UConn beat Tennessee
  • 2010 UConn beat Stanford
  • 2012 Baylor beat Notre Dame
  • 2014 UConn beat Notre Dame
  • 2015 UConn beat Notre Dame
  • 2018 Notre Dame beat Mississippi State
  • 2019 Baylor beat Notre Dame
  • 2024 South Carolina beat Iowa
  • 2026 TBA

Four teams have beaten three #1 seeds during the course of a tournament (the largest number of such teams that can be faced) (all three teams won the national championship as beating a 3rd #1 seed in a single tournament can only happen in the finals):

  • 1987 Tennessee (beat Auburn, Long Beach State, Louisiana Tech)
  • 1988 Louisiana Tech (beat Auburn, Tennessee, Texas)
  • 2005 Baylor (beat LSU, Michigan State, North Carolina)
  • 2025 UConn (beat USC, UCLA, South Carolina)

Prior to the expansion of the tournament to 64 teams, all four #1 seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with three exceptions. Notably, the first two times this occurred were at the hands of the same school:

  • 1986 East #1 seed Virginia lost to #8 seed James Madison
  • 1991 East #1 seed Penn State lost to #8 seed James Madison
  • 1992 Midwest #1 seed Iowa lost to #8 seed Southwest Missouri State

High seeds

  • 1999 was the first time in tournament history (since the expansion to 64 teams) that all top seeds (1, 2, 3, and 4 seeds) made it to the Sweet Sixteen.

Low seeds

Teams entering the tournament unbeaten

Of the 21 teams who have entered the tournament unbeaten, 10 went on to win the National Championship.[8]

The first record here refers to the record before the first game of the NCAA tournament.

More information Year, Team ...
YearTeamRecordResultFinal record
1986Texas29–0Won the tournament, beat USC34–0
1990Louisiana Tech29–0Lost in Final Four game to Auburn32–1
1992Vermont29–0Lost in Round of 64 game to George Washington29–1
1993Vermont28–0Lost in Round of 64 game to Rutgers28–1
1995UConn29–0Won the tournament, beat Tennessee35–0
1997UConn30–0Lost in Elite Eight game to Tennessee33–1
1998Tennessee33–0Won the tournament, beat Louisiana Tech39–0
Liberty28–0Lost in Round of 64 game to Tennessee28–1
2002UConn33–0Won the tournament, beat Oklahoma39–0
2009UConn33–0Won the tournament, beat Louisville39–0
2010UConn33–0Won the tournament, beat Stanford39–0
2012Baylor34–0Won the tournament, beat Notre Dame40–0
2014Notre Dame32–0Lost in championship game to UConn37–1
UConn34–0Won the tournament, beat Notre Dame40–0
2015Princeton30–0Lost in Round of 32 game to Maryland31–1
2016UConn32–0Won the tournament, beat Syracuse38–0
2017UConn32–0Lost in Final Four game to Mississippi State36–1
2018UConn32–0Lost in Final Four game to Notre Dame36–1
2023South Carolina32–0Lost in Final Four game to Iowa36–1
2024South Carolina32–0Won the tournament, beat Iowa38–0
2026UConn34-0Plays in the Final 4 game vs. South Carolina
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Undefeated teams not in the tournament

The NCAA tournament has undergone dramatic expansion since its first edition in 1982, and only one unbeaten team has failed to qualify for the tournament—California Baptist in 2021, which was 24–0 after winning the Western Athletic Conference Tournament.[9] As, by definition, a team would have to win its conference tournament, and thus secure an automatic bid to the tournament, to be undefeated in a season, the only way a team could finish undefeated and not reach the tournament is if the team is banned from postseason play. (Other possibilities are that the team is independent, or is from a conference not yet eligible for an automatic bid.) Postseason bans can come about for one of two reasons:

  • The team is serving a postseason ban due to NCAA sanctions.
  • The team is transitioning from a lower NCAA division, during which time it is barred by NCAA rule from participation in NCAA-sponsored postseason play. This is the case for California Baptist, which began a transition from Division II in 2018 and thus could not play in the NCAA tournament until 2023. California Baptist was eligible for the WNIT because that tournament is not operated by the NCAA, unlike the men's version (or the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament introduced in 2024); the Lancers lost in the quarterfinals to eventual champion Rice.

Home state

Only one team has ever played the Final Four on its home court. Two other teams have played the Final Four in their home cities, and seven others have played the Final Four in their home states.

The only team to play on its home court was Texas in 1987, which lost its semifinal game at the now-defunct Frank Erwin Special Events Center.

Old Dominion enjoyed nearly as large an advantage in 1983 when the Final Four was played at the Norfolk Scope in its home city of Norfolk, Virginia, but also lost its semifinal. The Scope has never been the Monarchs' regular home court. ODU has always used on-campus arenas, first the ODU Fieldhouse and since 2002 Chartway Arena. The following year, USC won the national title at Pauley Pavilion, the home court of its Los Angeles archrival UCLA.

Of the other teams to play in their home states, Stanford (1992) won the national title; Notre Dame (2011) lost in the championship game; and Western Kentucky (1986), Penn State (2000), Missouri State (2001), LSU (2004), and Baylor (2010) lost in the semifinals.

Championship margins

  • Overtime games in a championship game:[10]
    • Tennessee 70, Virginia 67/OT (1991)
    • Maryland 78, Duke 75/OT (2006)
  • Smallest margin of victory in a championship game: 1 point[11]
    • North Carolina 60, Louisiana Tech 59 (1994)
    • Baylor 82, Notre Dame 81 (2019)
    • Stanford 54, Arizona 53 (2021)
  • Biggest margin of victory in a championship game: 33 points[11]
    • UConn 93, Louisville 60 (2013)
  • Margin of 10 points: Louisiana Tech (1982), Tennessee (1987 & 1989), Purdue (1999), UConn (2000, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2025), and Baylor (2012) are teams to win every game in the tournament by 10 points or more on their way to a championship. The 2016 UConn team won every game by more than 20 points.
  • Top 10 largest point differentials accumulated over the entire tournament by tournament champion. Notably, Louisiana Tech's differential is prior to the expansion of 64 teams and the addition of one more round of play.
    • 2016 UConn (+239)
    • 2010 UConn (+214)
    • 2013 UConn (+208)
    • 2015 UConn (+197)
    • 2025 UConn (+197)
    • 2000 UConn (+187)
    • 2002 UConn (+161)
    • 2019 Baylor (+159)
    • 1982 Louisiana Tech (+158)
    • 2014 UConn (+156)

Same-conference championship games

7 championship games have featured two teams from the same conference (winner listed first and bolded):

  • 1989 SEC, Tennessee and Auburn
  • 1996 SEC, Tennessee and Georgia
  • 2006 ACC, Maryland and Duke
  • 2009 Big East, UConn and Louisville
  • 2013 Big East, UConn and Louisville
  • 2017 SEC, South Carolina and Mississippi State
  • 2021 Pac-12, Stanford and Arizona

Television coverage and revenues

Broadcast rights to the NCAA women's basketball tournament are included in a larger package covering most NCAA Division I championships,[12][13] outside of men's basketball (which is held by CBS and TNT Sports),[14] and golf (which is held by Golf Channel).[15] ESPN has held exclusive rights to the tournament since 1996; beginning with an 11-year, $200 million contract renewal in 2003, ESPN would televise all 63 games in the tournament on television (increasing from 23), with games in the first and second rounds airing regionally on ESPN and ESPN2. Out-of-market games were carried via pay-per-view.[16] Coverage later expanded to include ESPN's college sports-oriented network ESPNU, and ESPN360 for streaming.[17] In 2011, ESPN renewed this agreement through the 2023–24 season, in a deal reported to be worth $500 million in total. The deal also included rights to the men's tournament outside of the United States for ESPN International.[18] In 2024, ESPN renewed the contract again through 2032 (aligned with the end of the media rights for the men's tournament), in an agreement valued at $920 million over eight years.[19]

In the first two rounds, one channel (typically ESPN or ESPN2's high-definition feed) typically aired "whiparound" coverage during each window, carrying rolling coverage of all games in progress. ESPN's standard definition channels were used to broadcast games on a regional basis, while games could also be viewed in their entirety on ESPN3 or alternate channels.[17] In 2021, ESPN adopted a broadcast arrangement similar to the men's tournament, with all games airing nationally in their entirety on either an ESPN linear channel or, for the first time, ABC. The Women's Final Four and championship remained exclusive to ESPN.[20] Beginning in 2023, the national championship game has aired on ABC.[21][22]

In data issued by the NCAA in 2021, it was stated that 15.9% of the value of the contract was allocated to the women's tournament, or approximately $6.1 million annually. In comparison, the contract for the men's tournament is valued at over $700 million annually. Amid scrutiny of inequality between the men's and women's tournaments that year, it has been suggested by critics that the structure of the NCAA's contract undervalues the media rights to the women's tournament.[23][24] Based on average viewership, Emily Caron and Eben Novy-Williams of Sportico estimated that the women's tournament could fetch at least $20 million per year if its media rights were sold separately. America East Conference commissioner Amy Huchthausen argued that the ESPN contract "provides a measure of financial certainty, but it does not provide women's basketball (or any of the other sports, for that matter) an incentive to grow".[25]

Following major media criticism of inequities between the 2021 men's and women's tournaments, the NCAA commissioned a comprehensive gender equity review of its championships by the law firm Kaplan Hecker & Fink. Among the report's findings was that U.S. television rights for the women's tournament would be worth at least $81 million annually by the time the current broadcast contract with ESPN expires in 2024 (in comparison to the $34 million value of the NCAA package as a whole).[12][13]

In an interview on NBC's Meet the Press on the day of the 2023 national championship, new NCAA president Charlie Baker implicated that the media rights to the women's basketball tournament may be sold separately in the next rights cycle, stating that "we do have an opportunity to put it out separately, and we're going to work really hard to make sure that those student-athletes, those schools, those programs get what I describe as what they should get."[26] Interest in Caitlin Clark's tournament run had led to record viewership of Iowa's Women's Final Four and championship games on ESPN and ABC, respectively.[21][27] The 2024 National Championship even peaked at 24 million viewers, being the first time in history that the women's final drew more viewership than the men.[28]

Nevertheless, the NCAA renewed its existing agreements with ESPN in January 2024 under an eight-year agreement, with ESPN paying approximately $115 million per season, and the NCAA having valued the media rights to the Division I women's basketball tournament at $65 million. The agreement also includes expanded rights for ESPN to sell sponsorships (although CBS/WBD will still administer the NCAA Corporate Champion and Partner Program sponsorships per its rights to the men's tournament), and guarantees that the national championship will air on ABC annually.[22]

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