NCAA Women's Basketball

WNBA ushered the next level in women’s basketball. Every girl is dedicated to the development of the sport. The NCAA women's basketball history began in 1982 with only 32 teams participating in the women’s NCAA basketball. The 1982 NCAA womens basketball championship featured Louisiana Tech against Cheyney State. Louisiana became the first NCAA women's basketball champion with the score of 76-62 against Cheyney.

From then on, the NCAA women's basketball tournament was slowly being changed to have the same format like the men’s basketball. Since 1994, the NCAA women's basketball brackets followed the men’s tournament with the individual winners of the conference going through automatically. The remaining teams who will be one of the 33 teams to be part of NCAA women’s basketball bracket will be chosen by the committee formed by the NCAA. The committee bases its selection like that of men’s basketball (RPI, win-loss records, etc.). NCAA women's basketball, in this way, is now competitive as ever.

The NCAA women’s basketball tournament is held almost the same time as the men’s basketball every March. NCAA women basketball is also a single elimination match. The NCAA women's basketball championship game is held Tuesday, following the men’s championship which happens every year on a Monday. This schedule and format is also being followed by the NCAA’s Division II women’s basketball, and also with Division III.

With regards to NCAA women’s basketball selection of the seeded teams, the current status is the same with the men’s basketball. However, before 1996, only the top teams in the division are being seeded in comparison with other teams nationally. The rest will be seeded in comparison with their own regional teams. After 1996, the seeding of teams is now like those of men’s basketball since the previous system of were proved unfruitful to the NCAA women’s college basketball.

Currently, the NCAA women’s basketball picture is way clearer compared to those previous years. With the existence of WNBA, and a strong response of the 2003 coverage, the NCAA women’s basketball has become one of the exciting tournaments in college sports.

If you want to get a glimpse of the future of the women’s basketball in the USA, NCAA women’s basketball is your tournament. The fierce competition coupled with strong school spirit has these players show their best in every game. With a single elimination tournament type, mistakes are not acceptable and the team will greatly make it up for what ever it is. The result in all of these is a great NCAA women’s basketball tournament.