日期 | R | 主队 v 客队 | - |
---|---|---|---|
03/09 23:30 | 3 | 波兰 女子 v 洛约拉马利蒙特 女子 | 78-51 |
03/09 23:30 | 3 | [114] 堪萨斯 女子 v 德克萨斯州 女子 [5] | 60-76 |
03/09 23:00 | 3 | 佛罗里达海湾 女子 v 杰克逊维尔 女子 | 76-69 |
03/09 23:00 | 3 | 史丹森 女子 v 奥斯丁佩伊 女子 | 45-49 |
03/09 23:00 | 2 | 高点 女子 v 长老会 女子 | 50-59 |
03/09 22:00 | 122 | 大西洋佛罗里达 女子 v 威奇托州 女子 | 50-64 |
03/09 22:00 | 3 | 利普斯科姆勃 女子 v 东肯塔基 女子 | 68-99 |
03/09 22:00 | - | 伊利诺伊州 女子 v 贝尔蒙特 女子 | 69-72 |
03/09 22:00 | - | 加州贝克斯菲尔德 女子 v 夏威夷 女子 | 48-85 |
03/09 22:00 | - | 加州州立理工 女子 v 加州大学圣地亚哥分校 女子 | 59-52 |
03/09 22:00 | - | 加州大学欧文 女子 v 加州富尔顿 女子 | 69-53 |
03/09 21:30 | 2 | [117] 密歇根 女子 v 爱荷华 女子 [8] | 68-95 |
03/09 21:30 | 2 | [121] 田纳西 女子 v 南卡罗莱纳 女子 [1] | 73-74 |
03/09 21:30 | 122 | 爱达荷州立 女子 v Sacramento State 女子 | 55-73 |
03/09 21:00 | 3 | 南达科他州立 女子 v 内布拉斯加奥马哈 女子 | 66-53 |
03/09 21:00 | 3 | 旧金山 女子 v 太平洋 女子 | 71-76 |
03/09 21:00 | - | 犹他科技 女子 v 斯蒂芬奥斯汀 女子 | 69-61 |
03/09 21:00 | - | 南犹他大学 女子 v 德克萨斯里奥格兰德河谷大学 女子 | 65-52 |
03/09 21:00 | - | [210] 阿比利基督大学 女子 v 犹他谷 女子 [271] | 81-50 |
03/09 21:00 | - | 西雅图 女子 v Tarleton State 女子 | 57-62 |
03/09 21:00 | - | [244] 布雷莱非农工 女子 v 德州南方 女子 [325] | 70-83 |
03/09 21:00 | - | 大峡谷 女子 v 加利福尼亚浸会 女子 | 81-85 |
03/09 21:00 | - | 加州戴维斯 女子 v 长滩州女子 | 70-58 |
03/09 21:00 | - | 汉普顿 女子 v 坎贝尔 女子 | 61-70 |
03/09 20:00 | 1 | 南印地安那 女子 v 马丁田纳西 女子 | 81-53 |
03/09 20:00 | - | 布朗 女子 v 耶鲁 女子 | 76-57 |
03/09 20:00 | - | 阿拉巴马A&M 女子 v 南方 女子 | 50-59 |
03/09 20:00 | - | 阿拉巴马州立 女子 v 格兰布林州立 女子 | 47-52 |
03/09 20:00 | - | 蒙茅斯 女子 v UNC 威明顿女子 | 65-53 |
03/09 20:00 | - | 杰克逊维尔州 女子 v 萨姆休斯顿州立 女子 | 74-70 |
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.