Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament : Best Finish Per Seed

  Best finish of #16 seed:
    Round of 32 - 1
      1998 - Harvard

Best finish of #15 seed: Round of 64 - 116 2023 - Vermont 2023 - Southeastern Louisiana 2023 - Holy Cross 2023 - Gardner-Webb 2022 - Mercer 2022 - Fairfield 2022 - Hawaii 2022 - Illinois State 2021 - Troy 2021 - Jackson State 2021 - Mount St. Mary's 2021 - Marist 2019 - Towson 2019 - California-Davis 2019 - Portland State 2019 - Mercer 2018 - Grambling 2018 - Maine 2018 - Seattle 2018 - North Carolina A&T 2017 - Long Beach State 2017 - New Mexico State 2017 - Troy 2017 - Hampton 2016 - Iona 2016 - New Mexico State 2016 - Troy 2016 - Alabama State 2015 - Alabama State 2015 - Northwestern State 2015 - Boise State 2015 - Tennessee State 2014 - Albany 2014 - Western Kentucky 2014 - South Dakota 2014 - Winthrop 2013 - Navy 2013 - Hampton 2013 - Fresno State 2013 - Oral Roberts 2012 - Samford 2012 - McNeese State 2012 - Tennessee-Martin 2012 - Navy 2011 - Tennessee-Martin 2011 - McNeese State 2011 - Utah 2011 - South Dakota State 2010 - Portland State 2010 - Hampton 2010 - Cleveland State 2010 - St. Francis (PA) 2009 - Lehigh 2009 - Texas-San Antonio 2009 - California-Santa Barbara 2009 - Evansville 2008 - Texas-San Antonio 2008 - Jackson State 2008 - Cleveland State 2008 - Robert Morris 2007 - Delaware State 2007 - Idaho State 2007 - Harvard 2007 - Oral Roberts 2006 - Pepperdine 2006 - Coppin State 2006 - Sacred Heart 2006 - Army 2005 - Santa Clara 2005 - Holy Cross 2005 - Illinois State 2005 - Canisius 2004 - St. Francis (PA) 2004 - Lipscomb 2004 - Valparaiso 2004 - Pennsylvania 2003 - Hampton 2003 - Valparaiso 2003 - Missouri State 2003 - St. Francis (PA) 2002 - Bucknell 2002 - Weber State 2002 - Georgia State 2002 - Austin Peay 2001 - Liberty 2001 - Howard 2001 - Oral Roberts 2001 - Pennsylvania 2000 - Holy Cross 2000 - San Diego 2000 - Youngstown State 2000 - Campbell 1999 - California State Northridge 1999 - Stephen F. Austin 1999 - Florida A&M 1999 - Tennessee Tech 1998 - North Carolina-Greensboro 1998 - Fairfield 1998 - Middle Tennessee State 1998 - Howard 1997 - St. Peter's 1997 - Eastern Kentucky 1997 - St. Francis (PA) 1997 - Marshall 1996 - Butler 1996 - Holy Cross 1996 - St. Francis (PA) 1996 - Youngstown State 1995 - Jackson State 1995 - Tulane 1995 - California-Irvine 1995 - Furman 1994 - Grambling 1994 - Wisconsin-Green Bay 1994 - Missouri 1994 - Portland
Best finish of #14 seed: Round of 64 - 116 2023 - James Madison 2023 - Iona 2023 - Southern Utah 2023 - Hawaii 2022 - North Carolina-Charlotte 2022 - Jackson State 2022 - American 2022 - Texas-Arlington 2021 - Stony Brook 2021 - Middle Tennessee State 2021 - Wyoming 2021 - Drexel 2019 - Radford 2019 - New Mexico State 2019 - Fordham 2019 - Maine 2018 - Liberty 2018 - American 2018 - George Washington 2018 - Arkansas-Little Rock 2017 - Western Illinois 2017 - Central Arkansas 2017 - Montana State 2017 - Bucknell 2016 - North Carolina-Asheville 2016 - Buffalo 2016 - Central Arkansas 2016 - Hawaii 2015 - Ohio 2015 - American 2015 - South Dakota State 2015 - Brigham Young 2014 - Idaho 2014 - Wright State 2014 - Wichita State 2014 - North Dakota 2013 - Albany 2013 - Wichita State 2013 - California Polytechnic 2013 - Stetson 2012 - Creighton 2012 - Arkansas-Little Rock 2012 - Albany 2012 - Idaho State 2011 - Navy 2011 - Montana 2011 - Samford 2011 - Gardner-Webb 2010 - Louisiana Tech 2010 - South Dakota State 2010 - East Tennessee State 2010 - Lamar 2009 - Central Florida 2009 - Liberty 2009 - Sacred Heart 2009 - North Carolina A&T 2008 - Murray State 2008 - East Tennessee State 2008 - Fresno State 2008 - San Diego 2007 - California-Riverside 2007 - North Carolina-Asheville 2007 - Southeast Missouri State 2007 - Belmont 2006 - Southeast Missouri State 2006 - Marist 2006 - Northern Arizona 2006 - Dartmouth 2005 - Dartmouth 2005 - Hartford 2005 - St. Francis (PA) 2005 - Oral Roberts 2004 - Liberty 2004 - Marist 2004 - Eastern Michigan 2004 - Wisconsin-Green Bay 2003 - Western Michigan 2003 - Harvard 2003 - Manhattan 2003 - Austin Peay 2002 - Liberty 2002 - Southern 2002 - Temple 2002 - Kent State 2001 - Georgia State 2001 - Idaho State 2001 - Holy Cross 2001 - California-Santa Barbara 2000 - St. Peter's 2000 - Tennessee Tech 2000 - St. Francis (PA) 2000 - Liberty 1999 - Wisconsin-Green Bay 1999 - Dartmouth 1999 - Liberty 1999 - Holy Cross 1998 - Holy Cross 1998 - Santa Clara 1998 - Montana 1998 - Wisconsin-Green Bay 1997 - Florida International 1997 - Detroit Mercy 1997 - Texas State 1997 - Grambling 1996 - Harvard 1996 - Manhattan 1996 - Austin Peay 1996 - Tulane 1995 - Indiana 1995 - Ohio 1995 - Western Illinois 1995 - Dartmouth 1994 - Georgia Southern 1994 - Marquette 1994 - Mount St. Mary's 1994 - Loyola (MD)
Best finish of #13 seed: Round of 16 - 3 2007 - Marist 2005 - Liberty 1994 - Texas A&M
Best finish of #12 seed: Round of 16 - 4 2017 - Quinnipiac 2014 - Brigham Young 2013 - Kansas 1996 - San Francisco
Best finish of #11 seed: Quarterfinals - 1 2011 - Gonzaga
Best finish of #10 seed: Quarterfinals - 3 2022 - Creighton 2017 - Oregon 1991 - Lamar
Best finish of #9 seed: Semi-finals - 1 1998 - Arkansas
Best finish of #8 seed: Semi-finals - 1 1992 - Missouri State
Best finish of #7 seed: Semi-finals - 2 2016 - Washington 2004 - Minnesota
Best finish of #6 seed: Semi-finals - 2 1997 - Notre Dame 1994 - Alabama
Best finish of #5 seed: Finals - 1 2013 - Louisville
Best finish of #4 seed: Finals - 4 2016 - Syracuse 2007 - Rutgers 1994 - Louisiana Tech 1992 - Western Kentucky
Best finish of #3 seed: CHAMPS - 3 2023 - Louisiana State 1997 - Tennessee 1994 - North Carolina
Best finish of #2 seed: CHAMPS - 7 2011 - Texas A&M 2006 - Maryland 2005 - Baylor 2004 - Connecticut 1993 - Texas Tech 1988 - Louisiana Tech 1987 - Tennessee
Best finish of #1 seed: CHAMPS - 31 2022 - South Carolina 2021 - Stanford 2019 - Baylor 2018 - Notre Dame 2017 - South Carolina 2016 - Connecticut 2015 - Connecticut 2014 - Connecticut 2013 - Connecticut 2012 - Baylor 2010 - Connecticut 2009 - Connecticut 2008 - Tennessee 2007 - Tennessee 2003 - Connecticut 2002 - Connecticut 2001 - Notre Dame 2000 - Connecticut 1999 - Purdue 1998 - Tennessee 1996 - Tennessee 1995 - Connecticut 1992 - Stanford 1991 - Tennessee 1990 - Stanford 1989 - Tennessee 1986 - Texas 1985 - Old Dominion 1984 - Southern California 1983 - Southern California 1982 - Louisiana Tech
Last updated: April 10, 2023
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