NCAA Womens Basketball Division I

National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Womens Basketball

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Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA engaged in battle with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) for sole governance of women's collegiate sports. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championship program in the same 12 (and other) sports; however, after a year of dual women's championships, the NCAA prevailed, when the AIAW disbanded.

NCAA Womens Basketball Division I Conferences

NCAA Womens Basketball Division I Conferences

An extensive listing of current NCAA Division 1 Basketball conferences, teams and contact information. Unique to the Street are past basketball conference champions listing, available from each conference page. The conferences are as follows:

America East Conference Atlantic 10 Conference Atlantic Coast Conference Atlantic Sun Conference Big 12 Conference Big East Conference Big South Conference Big Sky Conference Big Ten Conference Big West Conference Coastal Athletic Association Conference USA Horizon League Ivy League Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference

Mid-American Conference Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference Missouri Valley Conference Mountain West Conference Northeast Conference Ohio Valley Conference Patriot League Southeast Conference Southern Conference Southland Conference Southwest Athletic Conference Sun Belt Conference The Summit League West Coast Conference Western Athletic Conference

Womens Basketball Division I Previous Conferences

American South Conference American West Conference Big Eight Conference Cosmopolitan Conference East Coast Conference Great Midwest Conference Great West Conference Gulf Star Conference High Country Athletic Conference Intermountain Athletic Conference Independent Middle Eastern College Association

Metropolitan Collegiate Athletic Conference Mountain West Athletic Conference Northern Pacific Conference North Star Conference by Season Northern California Conference by Season New South Womens Athletic Conference Northwest Basketball League Oil Country Athletic Conference Pacific 12 Conference Western Collegiate Athletic Association Seaboard Conference Southwest Conference

NCAA Womens Basketball Division I Championship

NCAA Womens Basketball Division I Championship

The NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship is a single-elimination tournament held each spring, with 68 college basketball teams competing for the championship.

The NCAA Womens Basketball National Championship

AIAW Womens Basketball Division I Championship

AIAW Womens Basketball Division I Championship

The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) conducted the first national women's college basketball tournament in 1972. It was discontinued after 1982.

The AIAW Womens Basketball National Championship