🏀 The 1987 women’s NCAA tournament
40 teams. The champion, the title game, the Final Four and how far every team in the field went.
1987 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
- 2Tennessee5-0
Runner-up1 team
- 1Louisiana Tech4-1
Final Four2 teams
- 1Long Beach State3-1
- 1Texas3-1
Elite Eight4 teams
- 1Auburn2-1
- 2Ohio State2-1
- 2Rutgers2-1
- 3Iowa2-1
Sweet 168 teams
- 2Georgia1-1
- 3North Carolina State1-1
- 3USC1-1
- 3Virginia1-1
- 4James Madison1-1
- 4Mississippi1-1
- 5Old Dominion1-1
- 5Southern Illinois1-1
Second round8 teams
- 7Duke1-1
- 7Kansas1-1
- 7Oregon1-1
- 7Tennessee Tech1-1
- 8Illinois1-1
- 8Washington1-1
- 9Northwestern1-1
- 9St. Joseph's1-1
First game16 teams
- 4LSU0-1
- 4North Carolina0-1
- 5Penn State0-1
- 5Vanderbilt0-1
- 6Memphis0-1
- 6New Orleans0-1
- 6Villanova0-1
- 6Western Kentucky0-1
- 8Kansas State0-1
- 8South Alabama0-1
- 9Bowling Green0-1
- 9New Mexico State0-1
- 10Eastern Washington0-1
- 10Manhattan0-1
- 10Northwestern State0-1
- 10Southern Mississippi0-1
