Elizabeth LaFleur | NCAA.com | March 1, 2021 Here are the five finalists for the 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award NCAA.com's Autumn Johnson breaks down the second women's basketball top 16 reveal Share The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association announced five finalists for the 2021 Nancy Lieberman Award. The award is given annually to the top point guard in the NCAA. The award's namesake, Nancy Lieberman, led Old Dominion University to back-to-back AIAW national championships in 1979 and 1980. Lieberman went on to play professionally before coaching in the WNBA and later worked as an assistant in the NBA. WATCH: Women's basketball second Top 16 reveal Past winners of the Liberman award include Notre Dame's Skylar Diggins and Oregon's Sabrina Ionescu. Ionescu won the Lieberman award in 2018, 2019 and 2020. Below are this year's five finalists. A winner will be announced April 9 along with four other members of the women's starting five. Name School Year Aari McDonald Arizona Sr. DiDi Richards Baylow Sr. Paige Bueckers UConn Fr. Caitlin Clark Iowa Fr. Tiana Mangakahia Syracuse Redshirt Sr. 2022 NCAA women's basketball tournament dates, schedule Here is the complete 2022 NCAA women's basketball tournament schedule. The 2022 Final Four will be April 1 and 3 at the Target Center in Minneapolis, Minn. READ MORE The colleges (and conferences) with the most players taken in the 2021 WNBA draft Twenty-nine of the 36 players taken in the 2021 WNBA draft played college basketball. Here's a look at which schools and conferences had the most draft picks. READ MORE 2022 NCAA women's basketball selection show: Date, tournament schedule The 2022 NCAA DI women's college basketball bracket will be revealed on Monday, March 14. READ MORE