The NCAA held its first official postseason tournament for Division I women’s college basketball in 1982. Every tournament, including that one and since, has been played with the Tennessee Lady Volunteers in it.
Stanford owns the second-longest streak for appearances in the NCAA Tournament with 36. The Cardinal missed the field in Tara VanDerveer’s first two seasons at the helm in 1986 and 1987, and then the tournament was never played again without Stanford in it. As she became the winningest coach in the history of college basketball, Stanford appeared in every Big Dance from 1988 through 2024. Along the way, she went to 13 Final Fours and won
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