<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> NCAA Division I Women's Tournaments </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> "2015 </Td> <Td> 2017" </Td> </Tr> <P> The 2016 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament was played between March and April 2016, with the Final Four played April 3 & 5 . The regional locations were four neutral sites: Bridgeport, Connecticut, Dallas, Lexington, Kentucky, and Sioux Falls, South Dakota . The Final Four was played at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis . This was the third time that Indianapolis hosted a Women's Final Four Basketball tournament; the prior times were in 2005 and 2011 . Connecticut won their fourth consecutive national championship, defeating Syracuse 82--51 . </P> <P> This was the last Women's Final Four to be played on the then Sunday / Tuesday schedule . Starting in 2017, the Final Four was changed to a Friday / Sunday schedule, which it used from its inception in 1982 through 1990, then again from 1996 through 2002 . Tennessee continued its record streak of making every NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament at 35 consecutive appearances . Connecticut also continued its record streak of nine consecutive Final Four appearances . </P>

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