Question: who won the 2016 women's ncaa basketball championship
Answer: 2016 NCAA Division I Women 's Basketball Tournament 2016 Women 's Final Four logo Season 2015 -- 16 Teams 64 Finals site Bankers Life Fieldhouse Indianapolis Champions Connecticut Huskies ( 11th title , 11th title game , 17th Final Four ) Runner - up Syracuse Orange ( 1st title game , 1st Final Four ) Semifinalists Oregon State Beavers ( 1st Final Four ) Washington Huskies ( 1st Final Four ) Winning coach Geno Auriemma ( 11th title ) MOP Breanna Stewart ( Connecticut ) NCAA Division I Women 's Tournaments `` 2015 2017 ''