Women's NCAA Basketball Tournament : Best finish per seed


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

  Best finish of #15 seed:
    No games won

  Best finish of #14 seed:
    Round of 32 - 1 time.
      2002 - Temple

  Best finish of #13 seed:
    Sweet 16 - 3 times.
      2007 - Marist
      2005 - Liberty
      1994 - Texas A&M

  Best finish of #12 seed:
    Sweet 16 - 4 times.
      2017 - Quinnipiac
      2014 - BYU
      2013 - Kansas
      1996 - San Francisco

  Best finish of #11 seed:
    Elite Eight - 1 time.
      2011 - Gonzaga

  Best finish of #10 seed:
    Elite Eight - 2 times.
      2017 - Oregon
      1991 - Lamar

  Best finish of #9  seed:
    Final Four - 1 time.
      1998 - Arkansas

  Best finish of #8  seed:
    Final Four - 1 time.
      1992 - Southwest Missouri State

  Best finish of #7  seed:
    Final Four - 2 times.
      2016 - Washington
      2004 - Minnesota

  Best finish of #6  seed:
    Final Four - 2 times.
      1997 - Notre Dame
      1994 - Alabama

  Best finish of #5  seed:
    Finals - 1 time.
      2013 - Louisville

  Best finish of #4  seed:
    Finals - 5 times.
      2016 - Syracuse
      2007 - Rutgers
      1994 - Louisiana Tech
      1992 - Western Kentucky
      1985 - Western Kentucky

  Best finish of #3  seed:
    CHAMPS - 2 times.
      1997 - Tennessee
      1994 - North Carolina

  Best finish of #2  seed:
    CHAMPS - 7 times.
      2011 - Texas A&M
      2006 - Maryland
      2005 - Baylor
      2004 - Connecticut
      1993 - Texas Tech
      1988 - Louisiana Tech
      1987 - Tennessee

  Best finish of #1  seed:
    CHAMPS - 30 times.
      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