The NCAA tournament for women’s college basketball recently celebrated its 40th anniversary. The first tournament was held in 1982 as Louisiana Tech won the national championship in Norfolk, Virginia.
More than four decades years later, there are still countless programs searching for a first national title. In this year’s Final Four in Dallas, South Carolina is the only former champion, having won in 2017 and 2022. Virginia Tech is in the Final Four for the first time, LSU is back for the first time since 2008, and Iowa is in the national semifinals for the first time in three decades.
