Sunday, March 15, 2009
| Year | Champion | Score | Runner-up | MOP | Semifinalists |
| 2008 | Tennessee | 64-48 | Stanford | Candace Parker Tennessee | Connecticut LSU |
| 2007 | Tennessee | 59-46 | Rutgers | Candace Parker Tennessee | North Carolina LSU |
| 2006 | Maryland | 78-75 (OT) | Duke | Laura Harper Maryland | North Carolina LSU |
| 2005 | Baylor | 84-62 | Michigan St. | Sophia Young Baylor | LSU Tennessee |
| 2004 | Connecticut | 70-61 | Tennessee | Diana Taurasi Connecticut | Minnesota LSU |
| 2003 | Connecticut | 73-68 | Tennessee | Diana Taurasi Connecticut | Duke Texas |
| 2002 | Connecticut | 82-70 | Oklahoma | Swin Cash Connecticut | Tennessee Duke |
| 2001 | Notre Dame | 68-66 | Purdue | Ruth Riley Notre Dame | Connecticut SMS |
| 2000 | Connecticut | 71-52 | Tennessee | Shea Ralph Connecticut | Penn State Rutgers |
| 1999 | Purdue | 62-45 | Duke | Ukari Figgs Purdue | Georgia La. Tech |
| 1998 | Tennessee | 93-75 | La. Tech | Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee | Arkansas N.C. State |
| 1997 | Tennessee | 68-59 | Old Dominion | Chamique Holdsclaw Tennessee | Notre Dame Stanford |
| 1996 | Tennessee | 83-65 | Georgia | Michelle Marciniak Tennesssee | Connecticut Stanford |
| 1995 | Connecticut | 70-64 | Tennessee | Rebecca Lobo Connecticut | Georgia Stanford |
| 1994 | North Carolina | 60-59 | La. Tech | Charlotte Smith North Carolina | Alabama Purdue |
| 1993 | Texas Tech | 84-82 | Ohio State | Sheryl Swoopes Texas Tech | Iowa Vanderbilt |
| 1992 | Stanford | 78-62 | W. Kentucky | Molly Goodenbour Stanford | SW Missouri Virginia |
| 1991 | Tennessee | 70-67 | Virginia | Dawn Staley Virginia | Stanford Connecticut |
| 1990 | Stanford | 88-81 | Auburn | Jennifer Azzi Stanford | Virginia La. Tech |
| 1989 | Tennessee | 76-60 | Auburn | Bridgette Gordon Tennessee | Maryland La. Tech |
| 1988 | La. Tech | 56-54 | Auburn | Erica Westbrooks La. Tech | Tennessee Long Beach St. |
| 1987 | Tennessee | 67-44 | La. Tech | Tonya Edwards Tennessee | Long Beach St. Texas |
| 1986 | Texas | 97-81 | USC | Clarissa Davis Texas | Tennessee W. Kentucky |
| 1985 | Old Dominion | 70-65 | Georgia | Tracy Claxton Old Dominion | W. Kentucky NE Louisiana |
| 1984 | USC | 72-61 | Tennessee | Cheryl Miller USC | Cheyney La. Tech |
| 1983 | USC | 69-67 | La. Tech | Cheryl Miller USC | Georgia Old Dominion |
| 1982 | La. Tech | 76-62 | Cheyney | Janice Lawrence La. Tech | Tennessee Maryland |
