2015 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
| 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament |
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2015 Women's Final Four logo
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| Season | 2014–15 | ||||
| Teams | 64 | ||||
| Finals site |
Amalie Arena Tampa, Florida |
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| Champions | Connecticut (10th title, 10th title game, 16th Final Four) |
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| Runner-up | Notre Dame (5th title game, 7th Final Four) |
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| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Geno Auriemma (10th title) | ||||
| MOP | Breanna Stewart Connecticut | ||||
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The 2015 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament was played between March and April 2015, with the Final Four played April 5 & 7. The regional locations, after a one-year experiment allowing tournament teams to host, returned to four neutral sites: Oklahoma City, Spokane, Greensboro and Albany. The subregionals were played 20–23 March, while the regionals were played 27–30 March. This represents a change; in the past, the rounds were played starting on a Saturday and ending on a Tuesday. In 2015, the opening rounds and regionals (but not the Final Four) were played starting on a Friday and ending on a Monday. The Final Four was played at the Amalie Arena in Tampa, Florida. This was the second time that Tampa had hosted a Women's Final Four Basketball tournament; the prior time was in 2008.
The subregionals were played from 20–23 March 2015.
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 2015 tournament:
First and Second Rounds
Regional Semifinals and Finals (Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight)
National Semifinals and Championship (Final Four and Championship)
The basis for the subregionals returned to the approach used between 1982 and 2002; the top sixteen teams, as chosen in the bracket selection process, hosted the first two rounds on campus.
Pending any changes to the current format, a total of 64 teams entered the 2015 tournament. 31 of the 32 automatic bids teams were given to the program that wins their conference tournament. The remaining automatic bid went to the Ivy League regular season champion since they do not hold a conference tournament. The remaining 32 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.
The Selection Committee also seeded the entire field from 1 to 64.
The following teams automatically qualified for the 2015 NCAA field by virtue of winning their conference's tournament (except for the Ivy League, whose regular-season champion received the automatic bid).
* – Denotes overtime period
Unless otherwise noted, all times listed are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04).
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