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| Season | 2015–16 | ||||
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
| Finals site | Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | UConn Huskies (11th title, 11th title game, 17th Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Syracuse Orange (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
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| Winning coach | Geno Auriemma (11th title) | ||||
| MOP | Breanna Stewart (UConn) | ||||
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The 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was played between March and April 2016, with the Final Four played April 3 & 5. The regional locations were four neutral sites: Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dallas, Lexington, Kentucky, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota.[1] The Final Four was played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.[2] UConn won their fourth consecutive national championship, defeating Syracuse 82–51.
This was the last Women's Final Four to be played on the then Sunday/Tuesday schedule. Starting in 2017, the Final Four was changed to a Friday/Sunday schedule, which it used from its inception in 1982 through 1990, then again from 1996 through 2002.[3] Tennessee continued its record streak of making every NCAA women's basketball tournament at 35 consecutive appearances. UConn also continued its record streak of nine consecutive Final Four appearances.
As of the 2023 tournament, this is the only one where all four Final Four teams were coached by men.
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