March is almost here and it's sure to be tough.
Last year's national championship game ended in a tie between Angel Reese vs. LSU Tigers and Caitlin Clark vs. Iowa Hawkeyes. A record 9.9 million viewers, It was the most-watched game in NCAA women's basketball history.
Last year, the seventh-ranked Tigers defeated the sixth-ranked Hawkeyes, but will a rematch between Reese and Clark, who broke the NCAA women's all-time scoring record and is closing in on Pete Maravich's record, happen?
It would be a different story if South Carolina had a say. As the women's college basketball season draws to a close, the No. 1 Siamcocks remain undefeated. The top five in the USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll are No. 2 Ohio State, No. 3 Texas, No. 4 Virginia Tech and No. 5 Stanford.
Here's what you need to know about the 2024 March Madness women's basketball tournament.
opinion: Caitlin Clark outperforms men in women's NCAA tournament in March
When will the 2024 March Madness Women's Basketball Tournament be held?
The women's basketball tournament will be held from March 20 to April 7, with Selection Sunday scheduled to be held three days before the end of the women's tournament. Here's the full schedule:
always east
- Sunday selection: March 17 (8:30 p.m. ET on ESPN)
- First four: March 20th-21st
- First round: March 22nd-23rd
- Round 2: March 24th-25th
- Suite 16: March 29th-30th
- Elite Eight: March 31st – April 1st
- Last 4: April 5 (7:30 p.m. ET/9 p.m. ET on ESPN)
- NCAA Championship Game: April 7 (3 p.m. ET on ABC)
When is the Final Four?
The Women's Final Four will be held on Friday, April 5th at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse, home of the Cleveland Cavaliers. The national semifinal games will be played at 7:30pm and 9pm ET and will be broadcast nationally. On ESPN.
When is the national championship game?
The women's title game will be held on Sunday, April 7th at 3pm ET at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse and will be broadcast live on ABC.
Who won March Madness in 2023?
Angel Reese led the LSU Tigers to the program's first national championship with a 102-85 victory over Caitlin Clark and the Iowa Hawkeyes in the title game. With the win, LSU head coach Kim Mulkey becomes the first coach to lead two schools to a national championship in the women's game, after winning three at Baylor University.
LSU is aiming to become the first team to win back-to-back championships since the Connecticut Huskies, who won four straight from 2013 to 2016.
2024 March Madness Championship Odds
According to BetMGM, Shamcock is the favorite to lift the trophy.
- south carolina (+110)
- iowa (+650)
- LSU (+700)
- connecticut (+1800)
- stanford (+1800)
- Ohio (+2000)
March Madness Champions by Year
Here are all the national champions and their records since the March Madness women's basketball tournament began in 1982.
- 2023: LSU (34-2)
- 2022: South Carolina (35-2)
- 2021: Stanford (31-2)
- 2020:The tournament has been canceled due to the new coronavirus
- 2019: Baylor (37-1)
- 2018: Notre Dame (34-3)
- 2017: South Carolina (33-4)
- 2016: Connecticut (38-0)
- 2015: Connecticut (38-1)
- 2014: Connecticut (40-0)
- 2013: Connecticut (35-4)
- year 2012: Baylor (40-0)
- 2011: Texas A&M (33-5)
- 2010: Connecticut (39-0)
- 2009: Connecticut (39-0)
- 2008: Tennessee (36-2)
- 2007: Tennessee (34-3)
- 2006: Maryland (34-4)
- Year 2005: Baylor (33-3)
- 2004: Connecticut (31-4)
- 2003: Connecticut (37-1)
- 2002: Connecticut (39-0)
- 2001: Notre Dame Cathedral (34-2)
- the year of 2000: Connecticut (36-1)
- 1999: Purdue (34-1)
- 1998: Tennessee (39-0)
- 1997: Tennessee (29-10)
- 1996: Tennessee (32-4)
- 1995: Connecticut (35-0)
- 1994: North Carolina (33-2)
- 1993: Texas Tech (31-3)
- 1992: Stanford (30-3)
- 1991: Tennessee (30-5)
- 1990: Stanford (32-1)
- 1989: Tennessee (35-2)
- 1988: Louisiana Tech (32-2)
- 1987: Tennessee (28-6)
- 1986: Texas (34-0)
- 1985: Old Dominion (31-3)
- 1984: Southern California (29-4)
- 1983: Southern California (31-2)
- 1982: Louisiana Tech (35-1)
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