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Louisiana Tech women's basketball team. While the 1982 tournament was the first tournament under the NCAA, many of the participating teams had a long history of tournament experience. The Louisiana Tech team made it to the Final Four of the 1979, 1980 and 1981 AIAW Tournaments, winning the National Championship with a perfect 34–0 record in 1981.
The 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.It determined the champion of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the Iowa Hawkeyes from the Big Ten Conference and the South Carolina Gamecocks from the Southeastern Conference.
The game was played on March 28, 1982, at the Norfolk Scope in Norfolk, Virginia. No. 1 Louisiana Tech defeated No. 2 Cheyney State 76–62 to capture the inaugural NCAA national championship. [1] To date, Cheyney State is the only HBCU to reach the NCAA women's Final Four and play for an NCAA championship. [2] [3]
In 1982 Louisiana Tech won the first edition of the NCAA women's basketball tournament with a 76-62 victory over Cheyney University in the final
Years won: 1982, 1988 NCAA tournament seed this year: NA. 5T. Notre Dame. Number of NCAA titles: 2 Years won:2001, 2018 NCAA tournament seed this year: No. 2 in Albany 1 Region (vs. No. 15 Kent ...
Here are some of the records set in the NCAA women's basketball tournament since it began in 1982. NCAA tournament records: Who has won the most championships, made the most Final Fours and more ...
A total of 68 teams participated in the 2024 tournament, consisting of the 32 conference champions, and 36 "at-large" bids that were determined by the NCAA Selection Committee. The last four at-large teams and teams seeded 65 through 68 overall competed in First Four games, whose winners advanced to the 64-team first round.
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 ...