It determined the champion of the 2001–02 NCAA Division I women's basketball season and was contested by the Connecticut Huskies and the Oklahoma Sooners.
4 Oklahoma 82–70 to capture the program's third National championship,[1] and complete the fourth unbeaten season in women's NCAA history (Texas, 1986; Connecticut, 1995; Tennessee, 1998).
Connecticut's Swin Cash was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The team won Big 12 regular season (14–2) and tournament titles.
1 in the AP poll, and possessed the top spot for the entirety of the season.
7 seed Old Dominion to reach the sixth NCAA Final Four in program history.
The game was broadcast on ESPN with Mike Patrick on play-by-play duties, Ann Meyers as the color analyst, and Michele Tafoya as the sideline reporter.