Dallas will host combined championships for NCAA women's basketball in 2023

Divisions I, II and III women's hoops will be celebrated as combined championship events in Dallas during the 2023 NCAA Women's Final Four

Posted: April 24, 2019 -- 11:58 a.m. CDT

The NCAA announced the national championships for Divisions I, II and III men's and women's basketball will be celebrated as combined championship events in Atlanta during the 2020 NCAA Men's Final Four and in Dallas as part of the 2023 NCAA Women’s Final Four.

It will be the second time for both the men's and women's events that the championships for all three divisions will be held in the same city. Men's basketball previously hosted combined championships in Atlanta in 2013, while the women crowned three national champions in the same venue in Indianapolis in 2016.

The 2023 Women’s Final Four games will take place March 31 and April 2, with the Division II and III national championship games played April 1. All games will be at American Airlines Center in Dallas, which was the site of the 2017 Women’s Final Four. ESPN and ESPN2 will broadcast the Women’s Final Four. CBS Sports Network is scheduled to broadcast the Division II national championship game, with coverage of the Division III game a possibility, as well. The Big 12 Conference will serve as host for the 2023 Women’s Final Four.

For the combined women's championships in 2023, Dallas will serve as the epicenter of a 50th year celebration of Title IX, which became law in June 1972.

"The women's basketball community came together in a big way to support having the three championships in one venue in Indianapolis in 2016, and we heard from all three divisions that there is great anticipation of this taking place again in the near future," said Lynn Holzman, NCAA vice president of women's basketball. "Dallas 2023 will include a celebration for the 50th anniversary of Title IX that will culminate with three women's basketball teams being crowned national champions. This celebration of women's basketball will be memorable for our student-athletes and community."

"We received a tremendous amount of positive feedback from schools following the combined championships in 2016 in Indianapolis, and it's something that we have been looking for the right time to re-create ever since, with Dallas in 2023 serving as a great host city for the celebration," said Rhonda Lundin Bennett, chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee and senior associate athletics director at Nevada.

"Women’s basketball continues to provide opportunity and memorable experiences for its athletes and fans," said Melanie Ford, chair of the NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee and assistant athletics director at Shepherd. "The combined divisional championship in 2023 will provide nothing less. What greater way to optimize these experiences than to bring together each division's championship into one location?"

"An NCAA championship game is the pinnacle of a student-athlete's career. Crowning three national champions at one site is an exceptional opportunity to celebrate all that is great about women's basketball and women's intercollegiate athletics," said Karin Harvey, head women's basketball coach at Montclair State and chair of the NCAA Division III Women’s Basketball Committee. “Just as the combined championship did in 2016, the 2023 championship will offer a unique opportunity for our student-athletes, our schools and our division to shine on a national stage."

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