🏀 The 1986 women’s NCAA tournament
40 teams. The champion, the title game, the Final Four and how far every team in the field went.
1986 national champion
The NCAA tournament winner.
The title game
Only the final is certain in the source; the earlier pairings are not.
The Final Four
The four teams that reached the national semifinals.
How far each team went
Every team in the field, grouped by the furthest round it reached, with its seed.
Matchups are not in the source: it holds each team’s seed and furthest round, so there is no bracket to draw. “First game” means the team lost the first game it played; “Second round” means it won at least one game and was out before the Sweet 16.
Champion1 team
- 1Texas5-0
Runner-up1 team
- 1USC4-1
Final Four2 teams
- 4Tennessee3-1
- 4Western Kentucky3-1
Elite Eight4 teams
- 2Louisiana Tech2-1
- 2LSU2-1
- 2Mississippi2-1
- 2Rutgers2-1
Sweet 168 teams
- 1Georgia1-1
- 3Auburn1-1
- 3Long Beach State1-1
- 3Ohio State1-1
- 3Penn State1-1
- 4North Carolina1-1
- 4Oklahoma1-1
- 8James Madison2-1
Second round7 teams
- 7Villanova1-1
- 7Washington1-1
- 8Illinois1-1
- 8Montana1-1
- 9Missouri1-1
- 10Drake1-1
- 10Middle Tennessee State1-1
First game17 teams
- 1Virginia0-1
- 5Iowa0-1
- 5St. Joseph's0-1
- 5UNLV0-1
- 5Vanderbilt0-1
- 6Maryland0-1
- 6North Carolina State0-1
- 6Southern Illinois0-1
- 6Texas Tech0-1
- 7Kentucky0-1
- 7South Carolina0-1
- 8Arkansas0-1
- 9Ohio0-1
- 9Providence0-1
- 9Utah0-1
- 10La Salle0-1
- 10North Texas0-1
