NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Champions

See a complete list of NCAA Women’s Division I Basketball Champions. The 2019 Championship game was played by Baylor and Notre Dame. Baylor won the championship game 67-55 to earn their third national title.

Fast Facts:

• The NCAA Women’s Basketball Championships played its first season in 1981–82.

• The two teams with the most NCAA Women’s titles are Connecticut (11) and Tennessee (8).NCAA Women’s Basketball Division I Champions:
  

  Year	Champion (record)	Coach	Score	Runner-up	Location
  2019	Baylor (37-1)	Kim Mulkey	82-81	Notre Dame	Tampa, Fla.
  2018	Notre Dame (34-3)	Muffet McGraw	61-58	Mississippi State	Columbus, Ohio
  2017	South Carolina (33-4)	Dawn Staley	67-55	Mississippi State	Dallas, Texas
  2016	Connecticut (38-0)	Geno Auriemma	82-51	Syracuse	Indianapolis, Ind.
  2015	Connecticut (38-1)	Geno Auriemma	63-53	Notre Dame	Tampa, Fla.
  2014	Connecticut (40-0)	Geno Auriemma	79-58	Notre Dame	Nashville, Tenn.
  2013	Connecticut (35-4)	Geno Auriemma	93-60	Louisville	New Orleans, La.
  2012	Baylor (40-0)	Kim Mulkey	80-61	Notre Dame	Denver, Colo.
  2011	Texas A&M (33-5)	Gary Blair	76-70	Notre Dame	Indianapolis, Ind.
  2010	Connecticut (39-0)	Geno Auriemma	53-47	Stanford	San Antonio, Texas
  2009	Connecticut (39-0)	Geno Auriemma	76-54	Louisville	St. Louis, Mo.
  2008	Tennessee (36-2)	Pat Summitt	64-48	Stanford	Tampa, Fla.
  2007	Tennessee (34-3)	Pat Summitt	59-46	Rutgers	Cleveland, Ohio
  2006	Maryland (34-4)	Brenda Frese	78-75 (OT)	Duke	Boston, Mass.
  2005	Baylor (33-3)	Kim Mulkey	84-62	Michigan State	Indianapolis, Ind.
  2004	Connecticut (31-4)	Geno Auriemma	70-61	Tennessee	New Orleans, La.
  2003	Connecticut (37-1)	Geno Auriemma	73-68	Tennessee	Atlanta, Ga.
  2002	Connecticut (39-0)	Geno Auriemma	82-70	Oklahoma	San Antonio, Texas
  2001	Notre Dame (34-2)	Muffet McGraw	68-66	Purdue	St. Louis, Mo.
  2000	Connecticut (36-1)	Geno Auriemma	71-52	Tennessee	Philadelphia, Pa.
  1999	Purdue (34-1)	Carolyn Peck	62-45	Duke	San Jose, Calif.
  1998	Tennessee (39-0)	Pat Summitt	93-75	Louisiana Tech	Kansas City, Mo.
  1997	Tennessee (29-10)	Pat Summitt	68-59	Old Dominion	Cincinnati, Ohio
  1996	Tennessee (32-4)	Pat Summitt	83-65	Georgia	Charlotte, N.C.
  1995	Connecticut (35-0)	Geno Auriemma	70-64	Tennessee	Minneapolis, Minn.
  1994	North Carolina (33-2)	Sylvia Hatchell	60-59	Louisiana Tech	Richmond, Va.
  1993	Texas Tech (31-3)	Marsha Sharp	84-82	Ohio State	Atlanta, Ga.
  1992	Stanford (30-3)	Tara VanDerveer	78-62	Western Kentucky	Los Angeles, Calif.
  1991	Tennessee (30-5)	Pat Summitt	70-67 (OT)	Virginia	New Orleans, La.
  1990	Stanford (32-1)	Tara VanDerveer	88-81	Auburn	Knoxville, Tenn.
  1989	Tennessee (35-2)	Pat Summitt	76-60	Auburn	Tacoma, Wash.
  1988	Louisiana Tech (32-2)	Leon Barmore	56-54	Auburn	Tacoma, Wash.
  1987	Tennessee (28-6)	Pat Summitt	67-44	Louisiana Tech	Austin, Texas
  1986	Texas (34-0)	Jody Conradt	97-81	Southern California	Lexington, Ky.
  1985	Old Dominion (31-3)	Marianne Stanley	70-65	Georgia	Austin, Texas
  1984	Southern California (29-4)	Linda Sharp	72-61	Tennessee	Los Angeles, Calif.
  1983	Southern California (31-2)	Linda Sharp	69-67	Louisiana Tech	Norfolk, Va.
  1982	Louisiana Tech (35-1)	Sonja Hogg	76-62	Cheyney	Norfolk, Va.