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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.
Unlike the men's tournament that uses directions for names, the current names of the NCAA tournament regions are the name of the city that is to host said region. The winners of the four regions are awarded an NCAA Regional Championship Trophy and advance in the Division I women's basketball tournament to play in the Final Four.
The Albany 2 regional final between Iowa and LSU, a rematch of the previous year's national championship game drew the largest audience ever for a women's college basketball game as well as the most watched college basketball game in the 45-year history of ESPN. [4]
In 1982 Louisiana Tech won the first edition of the NCAA women's basketball tournament with a 76-62 victory over Cheyney University in the final
The 1993 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 17 and ended on April 4. The tournament featured 48 teams. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Ohio State , Iowa , Vanderbilt , and Texas Tech , with Texas Tech defeating Ohio State 84–82 to win its first NCAA title. [ 1 ]
The 1982 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was the first Women's Basketball Tournament held under the auspices of the NCAA. From 1972 to 1982, there were national tournaments for Division I schools held under the auspices of the AIAW. The inaugural NCAA Tournament included 32 teams.
South Carolina’s Kamilla Cardoso (10) gets the ball over NC State’s Saniya Rivers (22) to start the Final Four game at Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio on Friday April 5, 2024.
The 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 13 and ended on March 31. The tournament featured 48 teams. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four event was hosted by the University of New Orleans , and held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans. [ 1 ]