Date | R | 主隊 v 客隊 | - |
---|---|---|---|
03/11 23:10 | 3 | 馬裏蘭洛約拉 女子 v 裏海 女子 | 58-51 |
03/11 23:00 | 3 | 北德克薩斯 女子 v Rice 女子 | 59-61 |
03/11 23:00 | 1 | [94] 喬治城 女子 v 康涅狄格 女子 [18] | 42-78 |
03/11 23:00 | 3 | [243] 巴克內爾 女子 v 聖十字 女子 [137] | 56-61 |
03/11 23:00 | 2 | 阿爾巴尼 女子 v 佛蒙特 女子 | 46-50 |
03/11 23:00 | 3 | 萊莫恩 女子 v 史東希爾 女子 | 79-59 |
03/11 23:00 | 3 | 聖心大學 女子 v Saint Francis PA 女子 | 78-48 |
03/11 23:00 | 3 | Merrimack - 女子 v Central Connecticut State 女子 | 76-51 |
03/11 23:00 | 3 | 非爾來迪金森 女子 v LIU布魯克林 女子 | 71-59 |
03/11 22:10 | 3 | 波士頓大學 女子 v Army 女子 | 64-62 |
03/11 22:00 | 3 | [219] Navy 女子 v 卡爾蓋特 女子 [135] | 64-69 |
03/11 22:00 | 2 | 緬因 女子 v Binghamton 女子 | 64-58 |
03/11 21:30 | 2 | 辛達卡拉 女子 v 波蘭 女子 | 61-63 |
03/11 21:30 | 3 | [85] 科羅拉多州 女子 v 內華達 女子 [172] | 65-54 |
03/11 21:00 | 2 | [33] 堪薩斯州立 女子 v 德克薩斯州 女子 [5] | 64-71 |
03/11 20:30 | 3 | 蒙塔納 女子 v 愛達荷汪達爾人 女子 | 73-61 |
03/11 20:00 | 2 | 北達科他州立 女子 v 奧羅爾羅伯茨 女子 | 75-66 |
03/11 19:00 | 3 | 德克薩斯聖安東尼奧 女子 v 南佛羅裏達 女子 | 58-56 |
03/11 19:00 | 3 | [214] 弗雷斯諾州 女子 v 內華達拉斯維加斯 女子 [4] | 35-83 |
03/11 19:00 | 2 | [157] 太平洋 女子 v 岡薩加 女子 [2] | 61-72 |
03/11 18:30 | 2 | [102] 愛荷華州立 女子 v 俄克拉荷馬 女子 [60] | 85-68 |
03/11 18:30 | 122 | [226] 尼科爾斯州 女子 v 新奧爾良 女子 [263] | 73-66 |
03/11 18:30 | 2 | 威斯康星綠灣 女子 v 普渡韋恩堡 女子 | 64-55 |
03/11 18:00 | 1 | 馬歇爾 女子 v 詹姆斯麥迪遜 女子 | 95-92 |
03/11 18:00 | 3 | Montana State 女子 v 北科羅拉多 女子 | 47-44 |
03/11 17:30 | 2 | 南達科他州立 女子 v 南達科他 女子 | 76-63 |
03/11 17:00 | 3 | 塔爾薩 女子 v 東卡羅來納 女子 | 71-75 |
03/11 16:00 | 122 | [255] 西北州立 女子 v 德克薩斯農工康莫斯 女子 [212] | 57-65 |
03/11 16:00 | 2 | [146] 萊特州立 女子 v 克里夫蘭州立 女子 [6] | 50-83 |
03/11 02:00 | 122 | [338] 猶他州 女子 v 博伊西州 女子 [105] | 49-85 |
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.