Women's Final Four Stats (1982 to Present)
Note: I used 1985 for the men because the tournament changed in a few ways including expansion to 64 so it is a clean line. I am using 1982 for the women because that is the first tournament for the women under the NCAA banner. The women's tournament did not expand to 64 until 1994.
Bids by School
23 - Connecticut
18 - Tennessee
15 - Stanford
10 - Louisiana Tech
9 - Notre Dame
6 - LSU, South Carolina
5 - Georgia, Maryland
4 - Baylor, Duke, Louisville
3 - Auburn, Iowa, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Old Dominion, Purdue, Texas, USC, Virginia, Western Kentucky
2 - Cheyney St, Long Beach St, Mississippi St, Missouri St, North Carolina St, Rutgers
1 - Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Michigan St, Minnesota, Ohio St, Oregon, Oregon St, Penn St, Syracuse, Texas A&M, Texas Tech, UL Monroe, Vanderbilt, Virginia Tech, Washington
Major 6 Schools with 0 Final Four Bids by Future Conference Affiliation
> Major 6: ACC, B1G, Big East, PAC, SEC, XII
> I'm including the Big East but I don't believe the Big East status in women's basketball is the same as it is in men's basketball.
ACC (8/18) - Boston College, Clemson, Florida St, Georgia Tech, Miami, Pittsburgh, SMU, Wake Forest
B1G (7/18) - Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Nebraska, Northwestern, UCLA, Wisconsin
Big East (10/11) - Butler, Creighton, DePaul, Georgetown, Marquette, Providence, Seton Hall, St. John's, Villanova, Xavier
PAC (1/2) - Washington St
SEC (4/16) - Florida, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri
XII (13/16) - Arizona St, BYU, Central Florida, Cincinnati, Colorado, Houston, Iowa St, Kansas, Kansas St, Oklahoma St, TCU, Utah, West Virginia
Bids by Then-Current Conference
43 - SEC
26 - Big East*
24 - ACC
20 - PAC
11 - B1G, SBC (American South)^
9 - XII
6 - AAC*, Independent
3 - Pacific West (WCAA)^, SWC
2 - Big West (PCAA)^, MVC (Gateway)^
1 - CAA, Southland
* For this exercise, treating AAC as a separate entity and the new Big East as a continuation of the old Big East.
^ Parenthetical conference merged into the conference it follows.
Bids by Future Conference
50 - SEC
43 - ACC
23 - Big East
22 - B1G
13 - CUSA
6 - XII
4 - SBC
2 - Big West, MVC, Division II
1- PAC
Bids by Seed
95 - One
37 - Two
17 - Three
11 - Four
2 - Five, Six, Seven
1 - Eight, Nine
0 - Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen
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