Date | R | 主隊 v 客隊 | - |
---|---|---|---|
03/14 21:30 | 3 | 斯蒂芬奧斯汀 女子 v Tarleton State 女子 | 70-58 |
03/14 21:00 | 1 | [62] 德州農工柯柏斯克裏斯提 女子 v 拉瑪爾 女子 [35] | 68-61 |
03/14 21:00 | 124 | [256] 特拉華 女子 v 德雷塞爾 女子 [182] | 55-58 |
03/14 19:30 | 122 | 伊利諾伊州 女子 v 伊凡斯維爾 女子 | 85-64 |
03/14 19:30 | 3 | 曼哈頓女子 v 卡尼蘇斯 女子 | 55-58 |
03/14 19:00 | 3 | UT Arlington 女子 v 猶他科技 女子 | 72-57 |
03/14 19:00 | 124 | [228] 長灘州女子 v 加州河邊 女子 [121] | 83-75 |
03/14 19:00 | 3 | [238] 新墨西哥州 女子 v 佛羅裏達國際 女子 [80] | 63-58 |
03/14 18:30 | 124 | 威廉瑪麗 女子 v 霍夫斯特拉 女子 | 53-57 |
03/14 18:00 | 3 | [300] 特拉華州 女子 v NC 中部女子 [188] | 56-66 |
03/14 17:00 | 3 | Mount St. Mary's 女子 v 錫耶納 女子 | 57-80 |
03/14 17:00 | 122 | [288] 印第安納州 女子 v 南伊利諾伊 女子 [268] | 66-54 |
03/14 16:30 | 3 | 路易絲安那理工 女子 v 傑克遜維爾州 女子 | 60-54 |
03/14 16:00 | 3 | 南方 女子 v 艾爾康州立 女子 | 52-59 |
03/14 16:00 | 124 | [277] 依隆 女子 v 坎貝爾 女子 [152] | 52-67 |
03/14 16:00 | 3 | [176] 馬裏蘭大學東岸 女子 v 科平州女子 [247] | 55-61 |
03/14 02:30 | 1 | [104] 聖地亞哥州 女子 v 內華達拉斯維加斯 女子 [4] | 49-66 |
03/13 23:00 | 1 | [179] Rice 女子 v 東卡羅來納 女子 [151] | 61-41 |
03/13 22:30 | 3 | [248] 布雷萊非農工 女子 v 傑克遜州 女子 [45] | 58-67 |
03/13 22:20 | 3 | [193] 北伊利諾 女子 v 肯特州立 女子 [101] | 60-63 |
03/13 21:30 | 122 | 阿比利基督大學 女子 v Tarleton State 女子 | 41-54 |
03/13 21:30 | 122 | [228] 長灘州女子 v 加利福尼亞大學聖巴巴拉分校 女子 [161] | 90-75 |
03/13 21:00 | 1 | [51] 北亞利桑那 女子 v 東華盛頓 女子 [19] | 64-73 |
03/13 21:00 | 122 | [340] UNC威明頓女子 v 東北 女子 [267] | 60-66 |
03/13 20:00 | 3 | [253] 俄亥俄 女子 v 鮑爾州立 女子 [7] | 53-77 |
03/13 19:30 | 3 | [242] 昆尼皮雅克 女子 v 尼亞加拉 女子 [122] | 55-70 |
03/13 19:00 | 122 | UT Arlington 女子 v 南猶他大學 女子 | 67-53 |
03/13 19:00 | 122 | 加州戴維斯 女子 v 加州富爾頓 女子 | 81-56 |
03/13 19:00 | 3 | [198] 西肯塔基 女子 v 自由 女子 [169] | 59-62 |
03/13 18:30 | 2 | 德州農工柯柏斯克裏斯提 女子 v 東南路易斯安那 女子 | 60-59 |
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.