2018 NCAA WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR® RECORDS BOOK THE NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION P.O. Box 6222 Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6222 317-917-6222 ncaa.org October 2017 Researched, Compiled and Designed By: Rick Nixon, Associate Director of Championships and Alliances, Media Coordination and Statistics Additional research provided by Lauren Battista, Kelsey Cermak, Scott Deitch, Janelle Gearries, Michelle Forkner, Kelsey Harris, Sam Hovland, Liz Homrig, Zach Jones, Gabrielle Nottage, Stephen Philbrick, Scottie Rodgers, Jim Sukup, Tim Wellman and Eric Wieberg. Photography By: NCAA Photos — Rich Clarkson, Trevor Brown Jr., Jay Clendenin, Jim Gund, Matt Marriott, Ryan McKee, Stephen Nowland and Jamie Schwaberow. Other contributors, when known, are indicated. Production: Michelle Forkner, Assistant Director of Championships and Alliances, Media Coordination and Statistics. NCAA, NCAA logo and National Collegiate Athletic Association are registered marks of the Association and use in any manner is prohibited unless prior approval is obtained from the Association. Cover: Championship celebration photo from the 2017 Women’s Final Four in Dallas. Copyright, 2017-18, by the National Collegiate Athletic Association. Printed in the United States of America. CONTENTS The Women’s Final Four 5 The Preliminary Rounds 40 The Tournament 71 The Coaches 128 Pre-NCAA Statistical Leaders and AIAW Results 160 Attendance and Sites 169 The Tournament Field 191 Tournament Brackets 242 Candace Parker led Tennessee to the 2007 and 2008 national championships. THE WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR Women’s Final Four Results 6 Women’s Final Four Game Records 8 Championship Game Records 15 National Semifinal Game Records 19 Women’s Final Four Two Game Records 24 Women’s Final Four Cumulative Records 28 Division I Women’s Basketball Championship Sport Committee All-Time Roster 38 Brittney Griner of Baylor scored 26 points and had 13 rebounds in the 2012 national championship game. WOMEN’S FINAL FOUR RESULTS Year Champion Runner-Up Semifinalist Championship (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) Game Score Conference Conference Conference (Coach) (Coach) (Coach) Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost 1982 Louisiana Tech (1) Cheyney (2) Maryland (2) Tennessee (2) 76-62 Independent Independent Atlantic Coast Southeastern (Sonja Hogg) (Vivian Stringer) (Chris Weller) (Pat Summitt) 35-1 29-3 22-10 25-7 1983 Southern California (1) Louisiana Tech (1) Georgia (2) Old Dominion (2) 69-67 Western Collegiate Independent Southeastern Sun Belt (Linda Sharp) (Leon Barmore & (Andy Landers) (Marianne Stanley) 31-2 Sonja Hogg) 27-7 29-6 31-2 1984 Southern California (1) Tennessee (3) Cheyney (3) Louisiana Tech (1) 72-61 Western Collegiate Southeastern Independent Independent (Linda Sharp) (Pat Summitt) (Winthrop McGriff) (Leon Barmore & 29-4 23-10 25-5 Sonja Hogg) 30-3 1985 Old Dominion (1) Georgia (2) La.-Monroe (2) Western Ky. (4) 70-65 Sun Belt Southeastern Southland Sun Belt (Marianne Stanley) (Andy Landers) (Linda Harper) (Paul Sanderford) 31-3 29-5 30-2 28-6 1986 Texas (1) Southern California (1) Tennessee (4) Western Ky. (4) 97-81 Southwest Pacific West Southeastern Sun Belt (Jody Conradt) (Linda Sharp) (Pat Summitt) (Paul Sanderford) 34-0 31-5 24-10 32-4 1987 Tennessee (2) Louisiana Tech (1) Long Beach St. (1) Texas (1) 67-44 Southeastern Independent Big West Southwest (Pat Summitt) (Leon Barmore) (Joan Bonvicini) (Jody Conradt) 28-6 30-3 33-3 31-2 1988 Louisiana Tech (2) Auburn (1) Long Beach St. (2) Tennessee (1) 56-54 American South Southeastern Big West Southeastern (Leon Barmore) (Joe Ciampi) (Joan Bonvicini) (Pat Summitt) 32-2 32-3 28-6 31-3 1989 Tennessee (1) Auburn (1) Louisiana Tech (1) Maryland (1) 76-60 Southeastern Southeastern American South Atlantic Coast (Pat Summitt) (Joe Ciampi) (Leon Barmore) (Chris Weller) 35-2 32-2 32-4 29-3 1990 Stanford (1) Auburn (2) Louisiana Tech (1) Virginia (2) 88-81 Pacific-10 Southeastern American South Atlantic Coast (Tara VanDerveer) (Joe Ciampi) (Leon Barmore) (Debbie Ryan) 32-1 28-7 32-1 29-6 1991 Tennessee (1) Virginia (1) UConn (3) Stanford (2) 70-67 (OT) Southeastern Atlantic Coast Big East Pacific-10 (Pat Summitt) (Debbie Ryan) (Geno Auriemma) (Tara VanDerveer) 30-5 31-3 29-5 26-6 1992 Stanford (1) Western Ky. (4) Missouri St. (8) Virginia (1) 78-62 Pacific-10 Sun Belt Missouri Valley Atlantic Coast (Tara VanDerveer) (Paul Sanderford) (Cheryl Burnett) (Debbie Ryan) 30-3 27-8 31-3 32-2 1993 Texas Tech (2) Ohio St. (1) Iowa (2) Vanderbilt (1) 84-82 Southwest Big Ten Big Ten Southeastern (Marsha Sharp) (Nancy Darsch) (Vivian Stringer) (Jim Foster) 31-3 28-4 27-4 30-3 1994 North Carolina (3) Louisiana Tech (4) Alabama (6) Purdue (1) 60-59 Atlantic Coast Sun Belt Southeastern Big Ten (Sylvia Hatchell) (Leon Barmore) (Rick Moody) (Lin Dunn) 33-2 31-4 26-7 29-5 1995 UConn (1) Tennessee (1) Georgia (3) Stanford (2) 70-64 Big East Southeastern Southeastern Pacific-10 (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Andy Landers) (Tara VanDerveer) 35-0 34-3 28-5 30-3 1996 Tennessee (1) Georgia (2) UConn (1) Stanford (1) 83-65 Southeastern Southeastern Big East Pacific-10 (Pat Summitt) (Andy Landers) (Geno Auriemma) (Amy Tucker & 32-4 28-5 34-4 Marianne Stanley) 29-3 Women’s Final Four Results 6 Year Champion Runner-Up Semifinalist Championship (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) Game Score Conference Conference Conference (Coach) (Coach) (Coach) Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost 1997 Tennessee (3) Old Dominion (1) Notre Dame (6) Stanford (1) 68-59 Southeastern Colonial Big East Pacific-10 (Pat Summitt) (Wendy Larry) (Muffet McGraw) (Tara VanDerveer) 29-10 34-2 31-7 34-2 1998 Tennessee (1) Louisiana Tech (3) Arkansas (9) NC State (4) 93-75 Southeastern Sun Belt Southeastern Atlantic Coast (Pat Summitt) (Leon Barmore) (Gary Blair) (Kay Yow) 39-0 31-4 22-11 25-7 1999 Purdue (1) Duke (3) Georgia (3) Louisiana Tech (1) 62-45 Big Ten Atlantic Coast Southeastern Sun Belt (Carolyn Peck) (Gail Goestenkors) (Andy Landers) (Leon Barmore) 34-1 29-7 27-7 30-3 2000 UConn (1) Tennessee (1) Penn St. (2) Rutgers (2) 71-52 Big East Southeastern Big Ten Big East (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Rene Portland) (Vivian Stringer) 36-1 33-4 30-5 26-8 2001 Notre Dame (1) Purdue (3) UConn (1) Missouri St. (5) 68-66 Big East Big Ten Big East Missouri Valley (Muffet McGraw) (Kristy Curry) (Geno Auriemma) (Cheryl Burnett) 34-2 31-7 32-3 29-6 2002 UConn (1) Oklahoma (1) Duke (1) Tennessee (2) 82-70 Big East Big 12 Atlantic Coast Southeastern (Geno Auriemma) (Sherri Coale) (Gail Goestenkors) (Pat Summitt) 39-0 32-4 31-4 29-5 2003 UConn (1) Tennessee (1) Duke (1) Texas (2) 73-68 Big East Southeastern Atlantic Coast Big 12 (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Gail Goestenkors) (Jody Conradt) 37-1 33-5 35-2 29-6 2004 UConn (2) Tennessee (1) LSU (4) Minnesota (7) 70-61 Big East Southeastern Southeastern Big Ten (Geno Auriemma) (Pat Summitt) (Sue Gunter) (Pam Borton) 31-4 31-4 27-8 25-9 2005 Baylor (2) Michigan St. (1) LSU (1) Tennessee (1) 84-62 Big 12 Big Ten Southeastern Southeastern (Kim Mulkey) (Joanne P. McCallie) (Pokey Chatman) (Pat Summitt) 33-3 33-4 33-3 30-5 2006 Maryland (2) Duke (1) LSU (1) North Carolina (1) 78-75 (OT) Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast Southeastern Atlantic Coast (Brenda Frese) (Gail Goestenkors) (Pokey Chatman) (Sylvia Hatchell) 34-4 31-4 31-4 33-2 2007 Tennessee (1) Rutgers (4) LSU (3) North Carolina (1) 59-46 Southeastern Big East Southeastern Atlantic Coast (Pat Summitt) (Vivian Stringer) (Bob Starkey) (Sylvia Hatchell) 34-3 27-9 30-8 34-4 2008 Tennessee (1) Stanford (2) UConn (1) LSU (2) 64-48 Southeastern Pacific-10 Big East Southeastern (Pat Summitt) (Tara VanDerveer) (Geno Auriemma) (Van Chancellor) 36-2 35-4 36-2 31-6 2009 UConn (1) Louisville (3) Stanford (2) Oklahoma (1) 76-54 Big East Big East Pacific-10 Big 12 (Geno Auriemma) (Jeff Walz) (Tara VanDerveer) (Sherri Coale) 39-0 34-5 33-5 32-5 2010 UConn (1) Stanford (1) Baylor (4) Oklahoma (3) 53-47 Big East Pacific-10 Big 12 Big 12 (Geno Auriemma) (Tara VanDerveer) (Kim Mulkey) (Sherri Coale) 39-0 36-2 27-10 27-11 2011 Texas A&M (2) Notre Dame (2) UConn (1) Stanford (1) 76-70 Big 12 Big East Big East Pacific-10 (Gary Blair) (Muffet McGraw) (Geno Auriemma) (Tara VanDerveer) 33-5 31-8 36-2 33-3 2012 Baylor (1) Notre Dame (1) UConn (1) Stanford (1) 80-61 Big 12 Big East Big East Pac-12 (Kim Mulkey) (Muffet McGraw) (Geno Auriemma) (Tara VanDerveer) 40-0 35-4 33-5 34-2 2013 UConn (1) Louisville (5) California (2) Notre Dame (1) 93-60 Big East Big East Pac-12 Big East (Geno Auriemma) (Jeff Walz) (Lindsay Gottlieb) (Muffet McGraw) 35-4 29-9 32-4 35-2 Women’s Final Four Results 7 Year Champion Runner-Up Semifinalist Championship (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) (Tournament Seed) Game Score Conference Conference Conference (Coach) (Coach) (Coach) Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost Final Won-Lost 2014 UConn (1) Notre Dame (1) Maryland (4) Stanford (2) 79-58 American Athletic Atlantic Coast Atlantic Coast Pac-12 (Geno Auriemma) (Muffet McGraw) (Brenda Frese) (Tara VanDerveer) 40-0 37-1 28-7 33-4 2015 UConn (1) Notre Dame (1) Maryland (1) South Carolina (1) 63-53 American Athletic Atlantic Coast Big Ten Southeastern (Geno Auriemma) (Muffet McGraw) (Brenda Frese) (Dawn Staley) 38-1 36-3 34-3 34-3 2016 UConn (1) Syracuse (4) Oregon St.