UCONN Women's Basketball is uniquely elite

[Bedford fan]

Here are the NCAA Women's Basketball teams with the most Final Four appearances in the last ten tournaments (2015-2025):
* Connecticut (UConn): 7 appearances (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)
* South Carolina: 5 appearances (2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
* Notre Dame: 4 appearances (2015, 2018, 2019)
* Baylor: 2 appearances (2019)
* Iowa: 2 appearances (2023, 2024)
* Louisville: 2 appearances (2022, 2023)
* Mississippi State: 2 appearances (2017, 2018)
* Stanford: 2 appearances (2021, 2022)
* LSU: 1 appearance (2023)
* Syracuse: 1 appearance (2016)
* Arizona: 1 appearance (2021)
* Virginia Tech: 1 appearance

 

[psconn]

I've been painting so maybe it's the fumes, but shouldn't there be a total of 40 appearences listed? There's 30 on the list by my count.

 

[iri10]

UConn's appearances in that period are 9, not 7 (2024 missing from the list, plus you missed one on the count ). South Carolina's appearances are 7 as your tally confirms, not 5. Notre Dame is 3 rather than 4. Baylor 1. Stanford 3 (also 2017).

There's a scattering of one-appearance teams missing and I don't feel like going through them. But Texas and UCLA from this year, for example.

 

[Bedford fan]

Here are the NCAA Women's Basketball teams with the most Final Four appearances in the last ten tournaments (2015-2025):
* Connecticut (UConn): 7 appearances (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)
* South Carolina: 5 appearances (2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
* Notre Dame: 4 appearances (2015, 2018, 2019)
* Baylor: 2 appearances (2019)
* Iowa: 2 appearances (2023, 2024)
* Louisville: 2 appearances (2022, 2023)
* Mississippi State: 2 appearances (2017, 2018)
* Stanford: 2 appearances (2021, 2022)
* LSU: 1 appearance (2023)
* Syracuse: 1 appearance (2016)
* Arizona: 1 appearance (2021)
* Virginia Tech: 1 appearance

 

[Bone Dog]

* Connecticut (UConn): 7 appearances (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)

Didn't 2024 count?

 

[Bedford fan]

Of course I will; it's on SC's column. It's a great program, too, but the last ten years have been UCONN's.

 

[huskeynut]

Bottom line, UConn has 12 national Championships. Next is Tennessee with 8.
Baylor, Stanford & South Carolina with 3
ND, Southern Cal and La Tech with 2.

FF appearances:
UConn 24
Tennesse 18
Stanford 15
ND 9
La Tech 9
South Carolina 7

 

[Bone Dog]

Of course I will; it's on SC's column. It's a great program, too, but the last ten years have been UCONN's.

??? UConn's 2024 final four appearance is on SC's column?

 

[SCHuskiedad]

??? UConn's 2024 final four appearance is on SC's column?

I love the list and the effort to put it together, but I don’t get it either…

 

[Blakeon18]

What I find way amazing is that LadyVol Herself has not made a final four
since 2008. IMO...they have had the talent to do so every year. Their name
has attracted talent...performance has held them back. I suspect LadyVol
fans would have a better sense of why. If you had made a bet in November of 2008
that their seasons would end with zero final fours thru the 2024-2025 campaign you would
have made very serious bucks if your bet had been just plain serious bucks

I do think their new coach is a step in the right direction...my guess is that the season
of 2025-2026 will find them in the mix to advance to the final four with a realistic
chance to beat a tough final 8 opponent.

 

[Bedford fan]

I love the list and the effort to put it together, but I don’t get it either…

It's straight from Gemini AI, I should have reviewed it but that LLM, large language model is is usually reliable. I'm going to

 

[Bedford fan]

I love the list and the effort to put it together, but I don’t get it either…

This is accurate, compiled by CLAUDE.

Based on the data from the past ten NCAA Women's Basketball tournaments (excluding 2020 which was canceled due to COVID-19), here are the teams ranked by number of Final Four appearances:

1. UConn: 8 appearances (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)
- Championships: 2 (2016, 2025)
- Runner-up: 1 (2022)

2. South Carolina: 7 appearances (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Championships: 3 (2017, 2022, 2024)
- Runner-up: 1 (2025)

3. Stanford: 3 appearances (2017, 2021, 2022)
- Championships: 1 (2021)

4. Notre Dame: 2 appearances (2018, 2019)
- Championships: 1 (2018)
- Runner-up: 1 (2019)

5. Mississippi State: 2 appearances (2017, 2018)
- Runner-up: 2 (2017, 2018)

6. Louisville: 2 appearances (2018, 2022)

7. Iowa: 2 appearances (2023, 2024)
- Runner-up: 2 (2023, 2024)

8. UCLA: 1 appearance (2025)

9. Texas: 1 appearance (2025)

10. Syracuse: 1 appearance (2016)
- Runner-up: 1 (2016)

11. Oregon State: 1 appearance (2016)

12. Washington: 1 appearance (2016)

13. Oregon: 1 appearance (2019)

14. Baylor: 1 appearance (2019)
- Championships: 1 (2019)

15. Arizona: 1 appearance (2021)
- Runner-up: 1 (2021)

16. LSU: 1 appearance (2023)
- Championships: 1 (2023)

17. Virginia Tech: 1 appearance (2023)

18. NC State: 1 appearance (2024)

 

[cometjo]

The really amazing thing is that the last ten years includes the period after 2016 that is widely thought of as a "slump" for UConn.

 

[DemonDeac22]

This is accurate, compiled by CLAUDE.

Based on the data from the past ten NCAA Women's Basketball tournaments (excluding 2020 which was canceled due to COVID-19), here are the teams ranked by number of Final Four appearances:

1. UConn: 8 appearances (2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025)
- Championships: 2 (2016, 2025)
- Runner-up: 1 (2022)

2. South Carolina: 7 appearances (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
- Championships: 3 (2017, 2022, 2024)
- Runner-up: 1 (2025)

3. Stanford: 3 appearances (2017, 2021, 2022)
- Championships: 1 (2021)

4. Notre Dame: 2 appearances (2018, 2019)
- Championships: 1 (2018)
- Runner-up: 1 (2019)

5. Mississippi State: 2 appearances (2017, 2018)
- Runner-up: 2 (2017, 2018)

6. Louisville: 2 appearances (2018, 2022)

7. Iowa: 2 appearances (2023, 2024)
- Runner-up: 2 (2023, 2024)

8. UCLA: 1 appearance (2025)

9. Texas: 1 appearance (2025)

10. Syracuse: 1 appearance (2016)
- Runner-up: 1 (2016)

11. Oregon State: 1 appearance (2016)

12. Washington: 1 appearance (2016)

13. Oregon: 1 appearance (2019)

14. Baylor: 1 appearance (2019)
- Championships: 1 (2019)

15. Arizona: 1 appearance (2021)
- Runner-up: 1 (2021)

16. LSU: 1 appearance (2023)
- Championships: 1 (2023)

17. Virginia Tech: 1 appearance (2023)

18. NC State: 1 appearance (2024)

I’m sorry to say this but your count is still off. Including 2016 there were only nine, not 10, NCAA championships since they did not play in 2020. So UConn was 8 of 9.

You also miscounted South Carolina - they were in 6 of 9, not 7.

 

[visitingcock]

A lower level streak.

??? UConn's 2024 final four appearance is on SC's column?

they both made the FF in 2024. It’s not an “either or,”

At the present time, UConn has 32 straight Sweet 16 appearances and the streak is ongoing. Scar has the second longest active streak at 11. Nobody else is close to a ten straight active streak at this time. ( but Vic has 10 straight at two schools)

It is somewhat surprising how few programs have achieved 10 straight Sweet 16s. LaTech, Tenn, Stanford, Notre Dame and Baylor.

I’m sorry to say this but your count is still off. Including 2016 there were only nine, not 10, NCAA championships since they did not play in 2020. So UConn was 8 of 9.

You also miscounted South Carolina - they were in 6 of 9, not 7.

You are counting only the last nine tournaments. You need to reach back one more year. Everybody else is counting ten Tournaments (not years) - leaving 2020 out completely.

UConn has 9 of last 10 Tournaments played (missing 2023 only.)
SCar has 7 of last 10 Tournaments played.

 

[Cuango]

My head hurts!

 

[Lafayette]

I get the last decade time period for recency, but let's just go with 12 Nattys is the most by any program, men's or women's in Div 1 college basketball.

* All 12 from the 64 or more team championship format

Note that on the men's side - UCLA's run harkened back to 22-25 teams in their tourneys. Less competition and less games.

 

[Bedford fan]

I’m sorry to say this but your count is still off. Including 2016 there were only nine, not 10, NCAA championships since they did not play in 2020. So UConn was 8 of 9.

You also miscounted South Carolina - they were in 6 of 9, not 7.

I didn't do the count, this is AI and I can't understand why the count is off, God know, it does more complicated tabulations.

 

[BBallF]

What I find way amazing is that LadyVol Herself has not made a final four
since 2008. IMO...they have had the talent to do so every year. Their name
has attracted talent...performance has held them back. I suspect LadyVol
fans would have a better sense of why. If you had made a bet in November of 2008
that their seasons would end with zero final fours thru the 2024-2025 campaign you would
have made very serious bucks if your bet had been just plain serious bucks

I do think their new coach is a step in the right direction...my guess is that the season
of 2025-2026 will find them in the mix to advance to the final four with a realistic
chance to beat a tough final 8 opponent.

Watch them in 2025-2026. Great recruiting class. They are playing Louisville at the Barclays Center on December 20th. UCONN is playing Iowa. I will be there and provide a full scouting report.

 

[BBallF]

By recruiting class I include the transfer portal.

 

[Boreifs]

This thread is uniquely flawed.

 

[JellyBean]

Pretty impressive run.

 

[iri10]

This thread is uniquely flawed.

If you've ever seen AI images, they often get the visually complex forms right, but mess up stuff like fingers and text. Same idea here.

 

[The CDR-Ret]

I didn't do the count, this is AI and I can't understand why the count is off, God know, it does more complicated tabulations.

Proving (again) AI is garbage (said with an outrageous French accent, such as the Knights in Monty Python's "Grail") with #'s, or the original programmers were really garbage (same accent) with numbers, as the AI is supposed to learn as it goes.

Bottom line, UConn does not have a true rival in history since Geno, CD & Company earned their spot in the FF in 1991.

Long live the King & Queen of NCAA Division I Women's Basketball!!!

Go Huskies!!!

 

[hussybulldog]

Here are the NCAA Women's Basketball teams with the most Final Four appearances in the last ten tournaments (2015-2025):
* Connecticut (UConn): 7 appearances (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2025)
* South Carolina: 5 appearances (2015, 2017, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
* Notre Dame: 4 appearances (2015, 2018, 2019)
* Baylor: 2 appearances (2019)
* Iowa: 2 appearances (2023, 2024)
* Louisville: 2 appearances (2022, 2023)
* Mississippi State: 2 appearances (2017, 2018)
* Stanford: 2 appearances (2021, 2022)
* LSU: 1 appearance (2023)
* Syracuse: 1 appearance (2016)
* Arizona: 1 appearance (2021)
* Virginia

I didn't do the count, this is AI and I can't understand why the count is off, God know, it does more complicated tabulations.

At least get the UConn’s count right … don’t blame AI … it’s counted against you if you post it .

 

[The CDR-Ret]

Looking at Geno's and CD's success a different way (when one is so good, one can only compete against oneself) ==>

1st 8 years vs. the last 32 years:
Wins-losses: 162-78 (67.50%) vs. 1088-87 (92.60%) with 6 undefeated seasons (more than all other Division I women's teams combined since onset of the NCAA tournament);
Conference wins-losses: 88-43 (67.18%) vs. 520-21 (96.12%) with 19 undefeated conference records including 8 in a row;
Sweet Sixteens: 1 vs. 31 straight & counting (no NCAA tourney in 2020, so 31 for 31);
Final fours: 1 vs. 23 (includes a run of 14 straight);
National Championships: 0 vs. 12.

Could explain why so many UConn alum end up on the USA Women's National Team.
Particularly in the last 32 years!

Go Huskies!!!