The 10 teams in the women’s Sweet 16 trying to win their first NCAA championship
As women’s basketball continues booming — in both audience and investment — more college programs are relevant. Perennial contenders like UConn and South Carolina still loom large this year, but there are also some well-qualified teams in the mix for a first NCAA championship. Ahead of Sweet 16 action, we’re identifying those that have yet to cut down the nets.
Programs are sorted by the deepest runs in the NCAA Tournament, then number of appearances in that round, then alphabetically. Maybe one of these teams will finally get crowned this year. It all depends on how the ball bounces.
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UCLA Bruins Deepest run: Final Four, once (2025); AIAW national championship (1978) We’re slotting UCLA at the top for two reasons. The Bruins do have a national championship, just not in the NCAA era. They won the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women title back in 1978.
They even hosted the final game, so Pauley Pavilion was able to celebrate en masse. It sounded like an absolute scene . Secondly, UCLA is the for-sure front-runner when it comes to teams that could compete for their first championship this year.
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