NCAA Womens Basketball Tournament Tickets

This tournament is also part of what is collectively known as March Madness or the Big Dance. This time of year is characterized by fervent public and media frenzy over college sports.

A General Overview of the Tournament

The Division I Basketball Championship has been held annually since it was inaugurated in the 1981-82 season. Prior to this tournament, there was the AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament, an annual tournament held for a decade before the NCAA took over.

Since 2003, there has been a marked increase in the amount of interest and coverage of the Women's Division I Championship, resulting in the championship game of the tournament being moved to Tuesday, directly after the men’s championship game, which is held on Monday.

As of 2017, the women’s championship game will be the penultimate game of the college basketball season.

The Format of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament

The tournament goes on throughout March, while the championship game is held in April. There are a total of 64 teams that qualify to play in the tournament; half of them, or 32 teams, earn a spot by securing automatic bids after winning their respective conference tournaments, while the remaining 32 teams are chosen by the NCAA Selection Committee and are given "at-large" bids. The entirety of the tournament is divided into four regional tournaments, in each of which each team is seeded from 1 to 16 by the committee in order to make each of the four regions begin on a relatively equal footing. Seeding is carried out to determine which team will face which; typically, the top-seeded team in each region plays against the number 16 team, the #2 team plays against the #15 team, and so on. Tournament seeding is based on a variety of factors, including Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) data, team rankings, and win-loss records. The tournament is played in a single-elimination format, meaning that once a team loses, they are eliminated from the tournament.

The Brackets

The NCAA Division I Basketball Championship is played in brackets. The 64 teams are divided into four regional groups who will play separate tournaments in order to make it to the championship round. Beginning around the third week of March, the first round, or round of 64, is played. This is where the seeding comes into play; a team's number determines who they will be playing in this round.

There are initially eight games held in each of the regional groups. Since this is a single-elimination tournament, there will be eight teams from each region that make it through to the next round. The second round is typically held in the fourth week of March and is called the round of 32. There are four brackets per region in this round.

The four teams who win this round in each region go on to play in the regional semifinals, or the 'Sweet 16'. This is followed by the 'Elite 8' or regional finals in the last week of March.

Top Teams of the NCAA Women’s Basketball Division

Over the years, some teams have consistently proven to be a force to be reckoned with in NCAA Women's Basketball. Since 1982, when the first tournament officially kicked off, there have been 16 winners of the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament. These winning teams have included Louisiana Tech, Connecticut, USC, Texas, Tennessee, Purdue, and Baylor. Connecticut has had the most wins, with nine NCAA Women's Basketball Championships to their name. If you're interested in attending the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament, get your tickets today.