Date | R | 主隊 v 客隊 | - |
---|---|---|---|
12/18 13:29 | - | 弗吉尼亞理工 女子 v 奧本 女子 | 92-87 |
12/18 13:29 | - | 斯坦福 女子 v 田納西 女子 | 51-59 |
12/18 13:29 | - | UCLA 女子 v 南卡羅萊納 女子 | 57-66 |
12/16 02:06 | - | 德保羅 女子 v 天普 女子 | 74-84 |
12/15 18:00 | - | 溫斯諾普 女子 v 貝勒 女子 | 32-140 |
12/14 00:00 | - | 西東 女子 v Rutgers 女子 | 45-53 |
12/11 20:12 | - | 明尼蘇達 女子 v 南卡羅萊納 女子 | 58-98 |
12/11 20:04 | - | 塔爾薩 女子 v 俄克拉荷馬 女子 | 68-85 |
12/11 19:10 | - | 馬雀特 女子 v 威斯康辛 女子 | 81-75 |
12/11 19:07 | - | 新墨西哥州立 女子 v 北亞利桑那 女子 | 79-68 |
12/11 19:02 | - | 康涅狄格 女子 v 堪薩斯州立 女子 | 75-58 |
12/11 18:03 | - | 亞利桑那州立 女子 v 肯塔基 女子 | 73-71 |
12/08 00:00 | - | 康涅狄格 女子 v 聖母 女子 | 72-61 |
12/04 21:00 | - | 加利福尼亞 女子 v 內布拉斯加 女子 | 86-65 |
12/04 21:00 | - | 德克薩斯州 女子 v 康涅狄格 女子 | 54-72 |
12/04 20:00 | - | 亞利桑那 女子 v 新墨西哥州立 女子 | 74-63 |
12/04 20:00 | - | 奧羅爾羅伯茨 女子 v 俄克拉荷馬 女子 | 74-67 |
12/04 19:00 | - | UMBC 女子 v 馬里蘭 女子 | 42-92 |
12/04 19:00 | - | 貝勒 女子 v 田納西 女子 | 88-66 |
12/04 16:54 | - | 堪薩斯 女子 v 阿拉巴馬 女子 | 65-71 |
12/02 00:00 | - | 南卡羅萊納 女子 v 德克薩斯州 女子 | 76-67 |
12/02 00:00 | - | 邁阿密 女子 v 俄亥俄州 女子 | 94-89 |
12/02 00:00 | - | 俄克拉荷馬 女子 v 肯塔基 女子 | 68-82 |
12/02 00:00 | - | 德保羅 女子 v 康涅狄格 女子 | 46-91 |
12/01 18:00 | - | 加州州立北嶺 女子 v 北亞利桑那 女子 | 83-79 |
11/30 17:50 | - | 巴特勒 女子 v TCU 女子 | 47-73 |
11/27 20:00 | - | 科羅拉多州立 女子 v 俄克拉荷馬 女子 | 55-70 |
11/27 18:00 | - | 路易斯維爾 女子 v 南卡羅萊納 女子 | 59-83 |
11/22 23:46 | - | 達頓 女子 v 康涅狄格 女子 | 65-98 |
11/20 23:00 | - | 德克薩斯州 女子 v 密西西比州 女子 | 68-79 |
The NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, sometimes referred to as Women's March Madness, 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.
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.
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. 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 11 national titles, the UConn Huskies hold the record for the most NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championships, which included four straight championships from 2013 through 2016. The team had also made the semi-finals for 14 consecutive tournaments.