NCAA Tournament

107 schools have reached the Sweet Sixteen across 44 tournaments from 1982 to 2026; UCLA won the 2026 title.

Champions

NCAA Tournament champions by year
Year	Champion	Runner-up	Lost in Final Four
2026	UCLA	South Carolina	Connecticut, Texas
2025	Connecticut	South Carolina	Texas, UCLA
2024	South Carolina	Iowa	Connecticut, NC State
2023	LSU	Iowa	South Carolina, Virginia Tech
2022	South Carolina	Connecticut	Louisville, Stanford
2021	Stanford	Arizona	Connecticut, South Carolina
2019	Baylor	Notre Dame	Connecticut, Oregon
2018	Notre Dame	Mississippi State	Connecticut, Louisville
2017	South Carolina	Mississippi State	Connecticut, Stanford
2016	Connecticut	Syracuse	Oregon State, Washington
2015	Connecticut	Notre Dame	Maryland, South Carolina
2014	Connecticut	Notre Dame	Maryland, Stanford
2013	Connecticut	Louisville	California, Notre Dame
2012	Baylor	Notre Dame	Connecticut, Stanford
2011	Texas A&M	Notre Dame	Connecticut, Stanford
2010	Connecticut	Stanford	Baylor, Oklahoma
2009	Connecticut	Louisville	Oklahoma, Stanford
2008	Tennessee	Stanford	Connecticut, LSU
2007	Tennessee	Rutgers	LSU, North Carolina
2006	Maryland	Duke	LSU, North Carolina
2005	Baylor	Michigan State	LSU, Tennessee
2004	Connecticut	Tennessee	LSU, Minnesota
2003	Connecticut	Tennessee	Duke, Texas
2002	Connecticut	Oklahoma	Duke, Tennessee
2001	Notre Dame	Purdue	Connecticut, Missouri State
2000	Connecticut	Tennessee	Penn State, Rutgers
1999	Purdue	Duke	Georgia, Louisiana Tech
1998	Tennessee	Louisiana Tech	Arkansas, NC State
1997	Tennessee	Old Dominion	Notre Dame, Stanford
1996	Tennessee	Georgia	Connecticut, Stanford
1995	Connecticut	Tennessee	Georgia, Stanford
1994	North Carolina	Louisiana Tech	Alabama, Purdue
1993	Texas Tech	Ohio State	Iowa, Vanderbilt
1992	Stanford	Western Kentucky	Missouri State, Virginia
1991	Tennessee	Virginia	Connecticut, Stanford
1990	Stanford	Auburn	Louisiana Tech, Virginia
1989	Tennessee	Auburn	Louisiana Tech, Maryland
1988	Louisiana Tech	Auburn	Long Beach State, Tennessee
1987	Tennessee	Louisiana Tech	Long Beach State, Texas
1986	Texas	USC	Tennessee, Western Kentucky
1985	Old Dominion	Georgia	Louisiana-Monroe, Western Kentucky
1984	USC	Tennessee	Cheyney, Louisiana Tech
1983	USC	Louisiana Tech	Georgia, Old Dominion
1982	Louisiana Tech	Cheyney	Maryland, Tennessee

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Sweet Sixteen appearances — 107 schools, year by year
Elite Eight appearances — 68 schools, year by year
Final Four appearances — 46 schools, year by year
Championship Game appearances — 32 schools, year by year
Years — every tournament from 1982 to 2026, round by round
Schools — tournament history for all 107 schools to reach the Sweet Sixteen