1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

1986 NCAA Division I
women's basketball tournament
Teams	40
Finals site	Rupp Arena; Lexington, Kentucky
Champions	Texas (1st title, 1st title game,; 1st Final Four)
Runner-up	USC (3rd title game,; 3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Western Kentucky (2nd Final Four); Tennessee (3rd Final Four);
Winning coach	Jody Conradt (1st title)
MOP	Clarissa Davis (Texas)
NCAA Division I women's tournaments
«1985	1987»

The 1986 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 12 and ended on March 30. The tournament expanded to 40 teams from 32. The Final Four consisted of Texas, Tennessee, Western Kentucky, and USC, with Texas defeating Southern California, 97-81 in the championship game.^[1] Texas's Clarissa Davis was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.^[2] With their championship win, Texas completed the first undefeated season (34-0) since the NCAA began sponsoring women's basketball in 1982.

ESPN expanded their coverage to show all four Regional finals and the National semifinals. CBS continued to broadcast the Championship game.^[3]

^ Gregory Cooper. "1986 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
^ "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2007.
^ Cite error: The named reference FF Record book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[1] Gregory Cooper. "1986 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on October 20, 2009. Retrieved March 30, 2007.

[2] "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". Archived from the original on January 25, 2008. Retrieved March 30, 2007.

[FF_Record_book-3] Cite error: The named reference FF Record book was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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