Women's NCAA Championship champions list by year, All-time results, history Since 1982.
On Sunday, the 2025 women's NCAA Tournament national champion in the books.
UConn is back on top of women's basketball, winning its 12th national championship by routing defending champion South Carolina 82-59 on Sunday, ending a nine-year title drought for the team.
Azzi Fudd led the Huskies with 24 points while Sarah Strong added 24 points and 15 rebounds. Paige Bueckers had 17 points in her final game at UConn (37-3).
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The Gamecocks have an opportunity to become the first women's college basketball team to repeat as champions since UConn did so from 2013 to 2016. However, Dawn Staley and South Carolina will need to take down Paige Bueckers in her final collegiate game to do so.
Who won 2024 NCAA Women's national championship?
South Carolina won the 2024 women's national championship last season. The Gamecocks defeated Caitlin Clark and Iowa 87-75 in the championship round in Cleveland. The Gamecocks ended Clark's career by denying her a ring, the same they could do to Bueckers on Sunday.
Full List of Year-by-year women's NCAA Tournament champions 1982-2025
Here's a look at the year-by-year NCAA Tournament national champions in women's basketball. The NCAA hosted the first women's basketball championship in 1982, as a direct challenge to the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW).
UConn was the last team to repeat as a national championship, winning three straight titles between 2013 and 2016.
2025: UConn def. South Carolina, 82-59
2024: South Carolina def. Iowa, 87-75
2023: LSU def. Iowa, 102-85
2022: South Carolina def. UConn, 64-49
2021: Stanford def. Arizona, 54-53
2020: Canceled due to COVID-19
2019: Baylor def. Notre Dame, 82-81
2018: Notre Dame def. Mississippi State, 61-58
2017: South Carolina def. Mississippi State, 67-55
2016: UConn def. Syracuse, 82-51
2015: UConn def. Notre Dame, 63-53
2014: UConn def. Notre Dame, 79-58
2013: UConn def. Louisville, 93-60
2012: Baylor def. Notre Dame, 80-61
2011: Texas A&M def. Notre Dame, 76-70
2010: UConn def. Stanford, 53-47
2009: UConn def. Louisville, 76-54
2008: Tennessee def. Stanford, 64-48
2007: Tennessee def. Rutgers, 59-46
2006: Maryland def. Duke, 78-75 (OT)
2005: Baylor def. Michigan State, 84-62
2004: UConn def. Tennessee, 70-61
2003: UConn def. Tennessee, 73-68
2002: UConn def. Oklahoma, 82-70
2001: Notre Dame def. Purdue, 68-66
2000: UConn def. Tennessee, 71-52
1999: Purdue def. Duke, 62-45
1998: Tennessee def. Louisiana Tech, 93-75
1997: Tennessee def. Old Dominion, 68-59
1996: Tennessee def. Georgia, 83-65
1995: UConn def. Tennessee, 70-64
1994: UNC def. Louisiana Tech, 60-59
1993: Texas Tech def. Ohio State, 84-82
1992: Stanford def. Western Kentucky, 78-62
1991: Tennessee def. Virginia Tech, 70-67 (OT)
1990: Stanford def. Auburn, 88-81
1989: Tennessee def. Auburn, 76-60
1988: Louisiana Tech def. Auburn, 56-54
1987: Tennessee def. Louisiana Tech, 67-44
1986: Texas def. USC, 97-81
1985: Old Dominion def. Georgia, 70-65
1984: USC def. Tennessee, 72-61
1983: USC def. Louisiana Tech, 69-67
1982: Louisiana Tech def. Cheyney, 76-62
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