Championship History

Year Champion (Record) Coach Score Runner-Up Site Title game replay
2024 South Carolina (38-0) Dawn Staley 87-75 Iowa Cleveland, Ohio
2023 LSU (34-2) Kim Mulkey 102-85 Iowa Dallas, Texas
2022 South Carolina (35-2) Dawn Staley 64-49 UConn Minneapolis, Minn.
2021 Stanford (31-2) Tara VanDerveer 54-53 Arizona San Antonio, Texas
2020 Canceled due to Covid-19 -- -- -- --  
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.