The NCAA Division I Championship selection show announced the 18 team field that will compete for the 2016 National Championship. The two play-in games (between American/Kent State and Monmouth/UMass) will be played on Wednesday, with the first round and quarterfinals to be played Friday and Sunday. #1 Duke, #2 Maryland, #3 Syracuse and #4 Penn State have been selected as the regional hosts of those games. The NCAA Championship Final Four is scheduled for November 18 & 20 at the L.R. Hill Sports Complex at Old Dominion University in Norfolk, Virginia. This will be the sixth time Old Dominion has hosted the Championship (previous: 1985, 1986, 2000, 2012, 2013).
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| NCAA Division I Championship History | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Champion (Record) | Score | Runner-Up |
| 2015 | Syracuse (21-1) | 4-2 | North Carolina |
| 2014 | Connecticut (20-3) | 1-0 | Syracuse |
| 2013 | Connecticut (21-4) | 2-0 | Duke |
| 2012 | Princeton (20-1) | 3-2 | North Carolina |
| 2011 | Maryland (19-4) | 3-2 (ot) | North Carolina |
| 2010 | Maryland (23-1) | 3-2 (2 ot) | North Carolina |
| 2009 | North Carolina (20-2) | 3-2 | Maryland |
| 2008 | Maryland (22-2) | 4-2 | Wake Forest |
| 2007 | North Carolina (24-0) | 3-0 | Penn State |
| 2006 | Maryland (23-2) | 1-0 | Wake Forest |
| 2005 | Maryland (23-2) | 1-0 | Duke |
| 2004 | Wake Forest (20-3) | 3-0 | Duke |
| 2003 | Wake Forest (22-1) | 3-1 | Duke |
| 2002 | Wake Forest (20-2) | 2-0 | Penn State |
| 2001 | Michigan (18-5) | 2-0 | Maryland |
| 2000 | Old Dominion (25-1) | 3-1 | North Carolina |
| 1999 | Maryland (24-1) | 2-1 | Michigan |
| 1998 | Old Dominion (23-2) | 3-2 | Princeton |
| 1997 | North Carolina (20-3) | 3-2 | Old Dominon |
| 1996 | North Carolina (23-1) | 3-0 | Princeton |
| 1995 | North Carolina (24-0) | 5-1 | Maryland |
| 1994 | James Madison (20-3-1) | 2-1 (2 ot)* | North Carolina |
| 1993 | Maryland (21-3) | 2-1 (2 ot)* | North Carolina |
| 1992 | Old Dominion (25-0) | 4-0 | Iowa |
| 1991 | Old Dominion (26-0) | 2-0 | North Carolina |
| 1990 | Old Dominion (23-2-1) | 5-0 | North Carolina |
| 1989 | North Carolina (20-2) | 2-1 (3 ot)* | Old Dominon |
| 1988 | Old Dominion (26-1) | 2-1 | Iowa |
| 1987 | Maryland (18-4-1) | 2-1 (ot) | North Carolina |
| 1986 | Iowa (19-2-1) | 2-1 (2 ot) | New Hampshire |
| 1985 | Connecticut (19-2) | 3-2 | Old Dominon |
| 1984 | Old Dominion (23-0) | 5-1 | Iowa |
| 1983 | Old Dominion (23-0) | 3-1 (3 ot) | Connecticut |
| 1982 | Old Dominion (20-1) | 3-2 | Connecticut |
| 1981 | Connecticut (15-2-3) | 4-1 | Massachusetts |
