Date | R | 主隊 v 客隊 | - |
---|---|---|---|
01/22 20:00 | - | 奧克拉荷馬州立 女子 v 俄克拉荷馬 女子 | 62-68 |
01/22 20:00 | - | 肯塔基 女子 v 奧本 女子 | 64-60 |
01/22 19:01 | - | 邁阿密 女子 v 錫拉丘茲 女子 | 48-81 |
01/22 19:00 | - | 路易斯維爾 女子 v 南佛羅裏達 女子 | 66-52 |
01/22 18:00 | - | 佛羅裏達 女子 v 佐治亞 女子 | 76-68 |
01/22 18:00 | - | 杜蘭 女子 v 康涅狄格 女子 | 56-100 |
01/22 17:30 | - | 弗吉尼亞 女子 v 匹茲堡 女子 | 54-62 |
01/22 17:00 | - | 聖母 女子 v 北卡羅來納 女子 | 77-54 |
01/20 00:00 | - | 維克森林 女子 v 北卡羅來納 女子 | 80-77 |
01/19 23:00 | - | 密歇根 女子 v 馬里蘭 女子 | 70-83 |
01/18 00:00 | - | 俄克拉荷馬 女子 v 德克薩斯州 女子 | 68-86 |
01/17 00:00 | - | 聖母 女子 v 田納西 女子 | 69-71 |
01/17 00:00 | - | 威斯康辛 女子 v 賓州州立 女子 | 46-76 |
01/17 00:00 | - | 密西西比 女子 v 密西西比州 女子 | 62-73 |
01/16 18:00 | - | 維克森林 女子 v 弗吉尼亞理工 女子 | 70-72 |
01/15 22:00 | - | 阿肯色 女子 v 阿拉巴馬 女子 | 68-50 |
01/15 20:30 | - | 俄亥俄州 女子 v 普渡 女子 | 61-56 |
01/15 20:00 | - | 杜克 女子 v 北卡羅萊納州立 女子 | 52-55 |
01/15 20:00 | - | 佐治亞 女子 v 肯塔基 女子 | 61-82 |
01/15 20:00 | - | Xavier 女子 v 德保羅 女子 | 69-85 |
01/15 19:00 | - | 貝勒 女子 v 堪薩斯 女子 | 92-43 |
01/15 18:52 | - | 戴維森 女子 v 喬治華盛頓 女子 | 62-76 |
01/15 18:30 | - | 邁阿密 女子 v 路易斯維爾 女子 | 59-63 |
01/15 18:03 | - | 德克薩斯A&M 女子 v 佛羅裏達 女子 | 67-59 |
01/15 18:00 | - | 愛荷華州立 女子 v TCU 女子 | 75-80 |
01/15 17:50 | - | 巴特勒 女子 v 馬雀特 女子 | 53-91 |
01/15 17:47 | - | 錫拉丘茲 女子 v 佐治亞理工學院 女子 | 66-75 |
01/15 17:15 | - | 達頓 女子 v 聖路易斯 女子 | 78-67 |
01/15 16:30 | - | 莫瑞州立 女子 v SIU艾德華茲維爾 女子 | 84-77 |
01/13 01:00 | - | 蒙大拿州立 女子 v 北達科他 女子 | 74-71 |
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.