Current season, competition or edition: 2024 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
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| Founded | 1982 |
| No. of teams | 64 |
| Country | NCAA Division II (U.S.) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Minnesota State (2nd) |
| TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball national champion. Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA and Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) sought for sole governance of women's collegiate athletics. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championships; however, after a year of dual women's championships at the national level, the AIAW disbanded.
The 2020 Elite Eight was due to be held at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, AL before the NCAA called off the tournament due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
The field was reduced to 48 in 2021 and returned to the normal 64 in 2022.
Minnesota State are the defending national champions.
- ^ "Championship Central". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-13.