NCAA Tournament history
| Year |
Champion |
Score |
Runner-up |
MVP |
Semifinal losers |
| 2001 | Notre Dame | 68-66 | Purdue | Ruth Riley, Notre Dame | Connecticut, Southwest Missouri State |
| 2000 | Connecticut | 71-52 | Tennessee | Shea Ralph, Connecticut | Penn St., Rutgers |
| 1999 | Purdue | 62-45 | Duke | Ukari Figgs, Purdue | Georgia, La. Tech |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 93-75 | La. Tech | Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee | Arkansas, North Carolina State |
| 1997 | Tennessee | 68-59 | Old Dominion | Chamique Holdsclaw, Tennessee | Notre Dame, Stanford |
| 1996 | Tennessee | 83-65 | Georgia | Michelle Marciniak, Tennesssee | Connecticut, Stanford |
| 1995 | Connecticut | 70-64 | Tennessee | Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut | Georgia, Stanford |
| 1994 | North Carolina | 60-59 | La. Tech | Charlotte Smith, North Carolina | Alabama, Purdue |
| 1993 | Texas Tech | 84-82 | Ohio State | Sheryl Swoopes, Texas Tech | Iowa, Vanderbilt |
| 1992 | Stanford | 78-62 | Western Kentucky | Molly Goodenbour, Stanford | Southwest Missouri, Virginia |
| 1991 | Tennessee | 70-67 | Virginia | Dawn Staley, Virginia | Stanford, Connecticut |
| 1990 | Stanford | 88-81 | Auburn | Jennifer Azzi, Stanford | Virginia, La. Tech |
| 1989 | Tennessee | 76-60 | Auburn | Bridgette Gordon, Tennessee | Maryland, La. Tech |
| 1988 | La. Tech | 56-54 | Auburn | Erica Westbrooks, La. Tech | Tennessee, Long Beach St. |
| 1987 | Tennessee | 67-44 | La. Tech | Tonya Edwards, Tennessee | Long Beach St., Texas |
| 1986 | Texas | 97-81 | USC | Clarissa Davis, Texas | Tennessee, Western Kentucky |
| 1985 | Old Dominion | 70-65 | Georgia | Tracy Claxton | Western Kentucky, NE Louisiana |
| 1984 | USC | 72-61 | Tennessee | Cheryl Miller, USC | Cheyney, La. Tech |
| 1983 | USC | 69-67 | La. Tech | Cheryl Miller, USC | Georgia, Old Dominion |
| 1982 | La. Tech | 76-62 | Cheyney | Janice Lawrence, La. Tech | Tennessee, Maryland |
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