2018 NCAA Division I Women 's Basketball Tournament Season 2017 -- 18 Teams 64 Finals site Nationwide Arena Columbus, Ohio Champions Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2nd title, 6th title game, 8th Final Four) Runner - up Mississippi State Bulldogs (2nd title game, 2nd Final Four) Semifinalists Connecticut Huskies (19th Final Four) Louisville Cardinals (3rd Final Four) Winning coach Muffet McGraw (2nd title) MOP Arike Ogunbowale (Notre Dame) NCAA Division I Women 's Tournaments "2017 2019 ''
who won the women's ncaa 2018 championship
Notre Dame Fighting Irish