2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game
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| Date | April 5, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Venue | Bankers Life Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana | ||||||||||||||||||
| MVP | Breanna Stewart, Connecticut | ||||||||||||||||||
| Favorite | Connecticut by 26 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Referees | Dee Kantner, Lisa Jones, Beverly Roberts | ||||||||||||||||||
| Attendance | 14,514 | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Network | ESPN | ||||||||||||||||||
| Announcers | Beth Mowins (play-by-play) Doris Burke (color) Holly Rowe (sideline) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nielsen Ratings | 0.7 (2.972 million) | ||||||||||||||||||
The 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball championship game was the final game of the 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, played to determine the national champion for the 2015–16 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Connecticut Huskies (UConn) defeated the Syracuse Orange to win their fourth consecutive championship. Breanna Stewart was voted Most Outstanding Player for the fourth straight time. Head coach Geno Auriemma surpassed John Wooden's record winning 11 NCAA national championships.
This was the first Division I women's championship game to be played in quarters instead of halves, following an NCAA rule change for women's basketball only that took effect in the 2015–16 season.