WOMEN’S NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP

NO. 1 STANFORD vs. NO. 3 Arizona

Records: Stanford 30-2, Arizona 21-5

Tipoff: 3 p.m., Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas

Television: ESPN

Series history: Stanford has beaten Arizona twice season, 81-54 in Tucson on New Year’s Day and 62-48 at Stanford on Feb. 22, holding Pac-12 Player of the Year Aari McDonald to a combined 11-for-42 shooting.

NCAA history: Stanford is 2-2 in championship games, winning in 1990 and 1992 and losing in 2008 and 2010. Arizona is making its first ever Final Four appearance.

Tournament path: Stanford beat No. 16 Utah Valley 8744, No. 8 Oklahoma State 73-62, No. 5 Missouri State 8962, No. 2 Louisville 78-63 and No. 1 South Carolina 66-65. Arizona beat No. 14 Stony Brook 79-44, No. 11 BYU 52-46, No. 2 Texas A&M 74-59, No. 4 Indiana 66-53, and No. 1 Connecticut 69-59.

Stats that matter: For the first time, two teams from the Pac-12 will face each other in the National Championship. … Stanford has made an NCAA Tournament-record 55 3-pointers. … No team has shot 42 percent against the Cardinal all season. … Prior to this season, Arizona hadn’t played in the NCAA Tournament since 2005. The Wildcats won a total of six games three years ago. … The Wildcats won their Sweet 16, Elite Eight and Final Four games by double figures and handed UConn its first double-digit tournament loss since 2007. … Stanford is the nation’s all-time leader in NCAA team championships (126), seven more than second-place UCLA.