document_title: NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament

question_text: who won last year's ncaa women's basketball

question_tokens: who won last year 's ncaa women 's basketball

text: Tournament format[edit]

text: A total of 64 teams qualify for the tournament played in March and April. Of these teams, 32 earn automatic bids by winning their respective conference tournaments. Since 2017 the Ivy League conducts their own post-season tournament. The remaining teams are granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee. Dr. Marilyn McNeil, vice president/director of athletics at Monmouth University is the current chairwoman. On March 1, 2011, Bowling Green State University's director of intercollegiate athletics, Greg Christopher, was appointed chair of the NCAA Division I Women’s Basketball Committee during the 2011–12 academic year.[3]

text: The tournament is split into four regional tournaments, and each regional has teams seeded from 1 to 16, with the committee ostensibly making every region as comparable to the others as possible[citation needed]. The top-seeded team in each region plays the #16 team, the #2 team plays the #15, etc.

text: Number of teams, and seeding[edit]

text: The first NCAA women's basketball tournament was held in 1982. The AIAW also held a basketball tournament in 1982, but most of the top teams, including defending AIAW champion Louisiana Tech, decided to participate in the NCAA tournament.

text: The championship consisted of 32 teams from 1982–1985 (in 1983, 36), 40 teams from 1986–1988, and 48 teams from 1989–1993. Since 1994, 64 teams compete in each tournament.

text: Prior to 1996, seeding was conducted on a regional basis. The top teams (eight in the 32-, 40-, and 48-team formats, and 16 in the 64-team format) were ranked and seeded on a national basis. The remaining teams were then seeded based on their geographic region. Teams were moved outside of its geographic region only if it was necessary to balance the bracket, or if the proximity of an opponent outside of its region would be comparable and a more competitive game would result. In 1993, all teams except for the top four were explicitly unseeded. The regional seeding resumed in 1994. In 1996, seeds were assigned on a national basis using an "S-Curve" format[clarification needed] similar to the process used in selecting the field for the men's tournament.

text: The following table summarizes some of the key attributes of the seeding process:[4]

text:
Number of teams selected

Year
Automatic
At-Large
Total
Location of first round(s)
Seeding Basis

1982
12
20
32
Higher seed
Regional

1983
14
22
36
Higher seed†

1984
17
15
32

1985
18
14
Higher seed

1986
17
23
40
Higher seed†

1987
18
22

1988

1989
19
29
48

1990
21
27

1991

1992
22
26

1993
23
25

1994
32
32
64

1995

1996
31
33
Higher seed
National

1997
30
34
Higher seed†

1998
Higher seed

1999

2000
Higher seed†

2001
31
33

2002
Higher seed

2003
16 Sites‡

2004

2005
8 Sites‡

2006

2007

2008

2009
16 Sites‡

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014
32
32

2015
Higher seed†

2016

2017

2018

2019

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† Some exceptions. Due to venue availability, in some cases, the lower seed hosted, or the game was played at a neutral site.
‡ From 2003–2014, sixteen predetermined sites were selected for first and second-round games. Teams were allowed to play at home, if hosting.
Between 2005 and 2008, eight sites were used for first-round games.

text: Selection process[edit]

text: A special selection committee appointed by the NCAA determines which 64 teams will enter the tournament, and where they will be seeded and placed in the bracket. Because of the automatic bids, only 32 teams (the at-large bids) rely on the selection committee to secure them a spot in the tournament.

text: Women's NCAA Division I basketball champions[edit]

text:
Year
Winner
Score
Opponent
Venue
Other Semifinalists

1982
Louisiana Tech
76–62
Cheyney State
Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, Virginia)
Tennessee & Maryland

1983
USC
69–67
Louisiana Tech
Old Dominion & Georgia

1984
USC
72–61
Tennessee
Pauley Pavilion (Los Angeles, California)
Cheyney State & Louisiana Tech

1985
Old Dominion
70–65
Georgia
Frank Erwin Center (Austin, Texas)
Western Kentucky & Northeast Louisiana

1986
Texas
97–81
USC
Rupp Arena (Lexington, Kentucky)
Western Kentucky & Tennessee

1987
Tennessee
67–44
Louisiana Tech
Frank Erwin Center (Austin, Texas)
Texas & Long Beach State

1988
Louisiana Tech
56–54
Auburn
Tacoma Dome (Tacoma, Washington)
Long Beach State & Tennessee

1989
Tennessee
76–70
Auburn
Louisiana Tech & Maryland

1990
Stanford
88–81
Auburn
Thompson–Boling Arena (Knoxville, Tennessee)
Virginia & Louisiana Tech

1991
Tennessee
70–67 (OT)
Virginia
Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Connecticut & Stanford

1992
Stanford
78–62
Western Kentucky
Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (Los Angeles, California)
Southwest Missouri State & Virginia

1993
Texas Tech
84–82
Ohio State
Omni Coliseum (Atlanta, Georgia)
Iowa & Vanderbilt

1994
North Carolina
60–59
Louisiana Tech
Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, Virginia)
Purdue & Alabama

1995
Connecticut
70–64
Tennessee
Target Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Stanford & Georgia

1996
Tennessee
83–65
Georgia
Charlotte Coliseum (Charlotte, North Carolina)
Connecticut & Stanford

1997
Tennessee
68–59
Old Dominion
Riverfront Coliseum (Cincinnati, Ohio)
Notre Dame & Stanford

1998
Tennessee
93–75
Louisiana Tech
Kemper Arena (Kansas City, Missouri)
Arkansas & North Carolina State

1999
Purdue
62–45
Duke
San Jose Arena (San Jose, California)
Louisiana Tech & Georgia

2000
Connecticut
71–52
Tennessee
First Union Center (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Rutgers & Penn State

2001
Notre Dame
68–66
Purdue
Savvis Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
Connecticut & Southwest Missouri State

2002
Connecticut
82–70
Oklahoma
Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)
Tennessee & Duke

2003
Connecticut
73–68
Tennessee
Georgia Dome (Atlanta, Georgia)
Texas & Duke

2004
Connecticut
70–61
Tennessee
New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Minnesota & LSU

2005
Baylor
84–62
Michigan State
RCA Dome (Indianapolis, Indiana)
LSU & Tennessee

2006
Maryland
78–75 (OT)
Duke
TD Garden (Boston, Massachusetts)
North Carolina & LSU

2007
Tennessee
59–46
Rutgers
Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, Ohio)

2008
Tennessee
64–48
Stanford
St. Pete Times Forum (Tampa, Florida)
LSU & Connecticut

2009
Connecticut
76–54
Louisville
Scottrade Center (St. Louis, Missouri)
Stanford & Oklahoma

2010
Connecticut
53–47
Stanford
Alamodome (San Antonio, Texas)
Baylor & Oklahoma

2011
Texas A&M
76–70
Notre Dame
Conseco Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Connecticut & Stanford

2012
Baylor
80–61
Notre Dame
Pepsi Center (Denver, Colorado)
Stanford & Connecticut

2013
Connecticut
93–60
Louisville
New Orleans Arena (New Orleans, Louisiana)
Notre Dame & California

2014
Connecticut
79–58
Notre Dame
Bridgestone Arena (Nashville, Tennessee)
Stanford & Maryland

2015
Connecticut
63–53
Notre Dame
Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida)
South Carolina & Maryland

2016
Connecticut
82–51
Syracuse
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana)
Oregon State & Washington

2017
South Carolina
67–55
Mississippi State
American Airlines Center (Dallas, Texas)
Connecticut & Stanford

2018
Notre Dame
61–58
Mississippi State
Nationwide Arena (Columbus, Ohio)
Connecticut & Louisville

2019

Amalie Arena (Tampa, Florida)

2020

Smoothie King Center (New Orleans, Louisiana)

text: Team titles[edit]

text:
Team
Titles
Year Won

Connecticut
11
1995, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016

Tennessee
8
1987, 1989, 1991,1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008

Baylor
2
2005, 2012

Louisiana Tech
2
1982, 1988

Notre Dame
2
2001, 2018

Stanford
2
1990, 1992

USC
2
1983, 1984

Maryland
1
2006

North Carolina
1
1994

Old Dominion
1
1985

Purdue
1
1999

South Carolina
1
2017

Texas
1
1986

Texas A&M
1
2011

Texas Tech
1
1993

text: NCAA Final Fours by school[edit]

text:
School
Final Four Years
Number of Appearances
Championships

Connecticut
1991, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
19
11

Tennessee
1982, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008
18
8

Stanford
1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1996, 1997, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2017
13
2

Louisiana Tech
1982, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1994, 1998, 1999
10
2

Notre Dame
1997, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2018
8
2

Georgia
1983, 1985, 1995, 1996, 1999
5
0

LSU
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008
5
0

Maryland
1982, 1989, 2006, 2014, 2015
5
1

Duke
1999, 2002, 2003, 2006
4
0

Auburn
1988, 1989, 1990
3
0

Baylor
2005, 2010, 2012
3
2

Louisville
2009, 2013, 2018
3
0

North Carolina
1994, 2006, 2007
3
1

Oklahoma
2002, 2009, 2010
3
0

Old Dominion
1983, 1985, 1997
3
1

Purdue
1994, 1999, 2001
3
1

Texas
1986, 1987, 2003
3
1

USC
1983, 1984, 1986
3
2

Virginia
1990, 1991, 1992
3
0

Western Kentucky
1985, 1986, 1992
3
0

Cheyney St.
1982, 1984
2
0

Long Beach St.
1987, 1988
2
0

Mississippi St.
2017, 2018
2
0

Missouri St.
1992, 2001
2
0

Rutgers
2000, 2007
2
0

South Carolina
2015, 2017
2
1

Alabama
1994
1
0

Arkansas
1998
1
0

California
2013
1
0

Iowa
1993
1
0

Louisiana-Monroe
1985
1
0

Michigan St.
2005
1
0

Minnesota
2004
1
0

North Carolina St.
1998
1
0

Ohio St.
1993
1
0

Oregon St.
2016
1
0

Penn St.
2000
1
0

Syracuse
2016
1
0

Texas A&M
2011
1
1

Texas Tech
1993
1
1

Vanderbilt
1993
1
0

Washington
2016
1
0

text: Multiple NCAA championship coaches[edit]

text:
Coach
School
Championships

Geno Auriemma
Connecticut
11

Pat Summitt
Tennessee
8

Muffet McGraw
Notre Dame
2

Kim Mulkey
Baylor

Linda Sharp
USC

Tara VanDerveer
Stanford

text: NCAA Championship by Conference[edit]

text: Note: Conferences are listed by all champions' affiliations at that time; these do not necessarily match current affiliations.

text:
Conference
Year
Championships

Big East[a 1]
1995, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2010, 2013
9

Southeastern
1987, 1989, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2007, 2008, 2017

American Athletic
2014, 2015, 2016
3

Atlantic Coast
1994, 2006, 2018

Big 12
2005, 2011, 2012

Pac-12[a 2]
1990, 1992
2

Southwest
1986, 1993

Western Collegiate
1983, 1984

American South
1988
1

Big Ten
1999

Independent
1982

Sun Belt
1985

text:
Jump up ^ The Big East Conference operated in its original form from 1979 until 2013. During that time, Connecticut won eight championships, and Notre Dame won one. Following the three-way 2013 split of that conference and subsequent settlement between the non-FBS schools and the remaining schools, the conference legally changed its name to the American Athletic Conference. Three schools (among them Notre Dame) left for the Atlantic Coast Conference in 2013, with a fourth doing the same in 2014; one school left for the Big Ten in 2014; and the non-FBS schools retained the Big East name. However, the current Big East now maintains the history of the original conference in all sports that it sponsors, including women's basketball. The American no longer claims any of the original Big East's competition history, even in the two sports that it sponsors and the current Big East does not (football and women's rowing).
Jump up ^ Known as the Pacific-10 Conference, or Pac-10, when both of its titles were won.

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text: NCAA Final Four locations[edit]

text:
1982 – Norfolk, Virginia
1983 – Norfolk, Virginia
1984 – Los Angeles, California
1985 – Austin, Texas
1986 – Lexington, Kentucky
1987 – Austin, Texas
1988 – Tacoma, Washington
1989 – Tacoma, Washington
1990 – Knoxville, Tennessee
1991 – New Orleans, Louisiana
1992 – Los Angeles, California
1993 – Atlanta, Georgia
1994 – Richmond, Virginia
1995 – Minneapolis, Minnesota
1996 – Charlotte, North Carolina
1997 – Cincinnati, Ohio
1998 – Kansas City, Missouri
1999 – San Jose, California
2000 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 – St. Louis, Missouri
2002 – San Antonio, Texas
2003 – Atlanta, Georgia
2004 – New Orleans, Louisiana
2005 – Indianapolis, Indiana
2006 – Boston, Massachusetts
2007 – Cleveland, Ohio
2008 – Tampa Bay, Florida
2009 – St. Louis, Missouri
2010 – San Antonio, Texas
2011 – Indianapolis, Indiana
2012 – Denver, Colorado
2013 – New Orleans, Louisiana
2014 – Nashville, Tennessee
2015 – Tampa Bay, Florida
2016 – Indianapolis, Indiana
2017 – Dallas, Texas
2018 – Columbus, Ohio
2019 – Tampa Bay, Florida
2020 – New Orleans, Louisiana

text: Tournament trends[edit]

text: Top-ranked teams[edit]

text: Since the women's tournament began in 1982, 16 teams have entered the tournament ranked #1 in at least 1 poll and gone on to win the tournament:

text:
1982: Louisiana Tech
1983: USC
1986: Texas
1989: Tennessee
1995: Connecticut
1998: Tennessee
1999: Purdue
2000: Connecticut
2002: Connecticut
2003: Connecticut
2009: Connecticut
2010: Connecticut
2012: Baylor
2014: Connecticut
2015: Connecticut
2016: Connecticut

text: Champions excluded the next year[edit]

text: Only once has the reigning champion (the previous year's winner) not made it to the tournament the next year.

text: 1985 champion Old Dominion went 15–13 in 1986.

text: #1 seeds[edit]

text: Since 1982, at least one #1 seed has made the Final Four every year.

text: Under coach Geno Auriemma, Connecticut has been seeded #1 a record 22 times. Tennessee is second with 21 #1 seeds.

text: All four #1 seeds have made it to the Final Four 4 times (champion in bold):

text:
1989 Auburn, Louisiana Tech, Maryland, Tennessee
2012 Baylor, Connecticut, Notre Dame, Stanford
2015 Connecticut, Maryland, Notre Dame, South Carolina
2018 Connecticut, Mississippi State, Notre Dame, Louisville

text: The championship game has matched two #1 seeds 13 times:

text:
1983 USC beat Louisiana Tech
1986 Texas beat USC
1989 Tennessee beat Auburn
1991 Tennessee beat Virginia
1995 Connecticut beat Tennessee
2000 Connecticut beat Tennessee
2002 Connecticut beat Oklahoma
2003 Connecticut beat Tennessee
2010 Connecticut beat Stanford
2012 Baylor beat Notre Dame
2014 Connecticut beat Notre Dame
2015 Connecticut beat Notre Dame
2018 Notre Dame beat Mississippi State

text: Three teams have beaten three #1 seeds during the course of a tournament (the largest number of such teams that can be faced) (all three teams won the national championship as beating a 3rd #1 seed in a single tournament can only happen in the finals):

text:
1987 Tennessee (beat Auburn, Long Beach State, Louisiana Tech)
1988 Louisiana Tech (beat Auburn, Tennessee, Texas)
2005 Baylor (beat LSU, Michigan State, North Carolina)

text: Prior to the expansion of the tournament to 64 teams, all four #1 seeds advanced to the Sweet Sixteen with three exceptions. Notably, the first two times this occurred were at the hands of the same school:

text:
1986 East #1 seed Virginia lost to #8 seed James Madison
1991 East #1 seed Penn State lost to #8 seed James Madison
1992 Midwest #1 seed Iowa lost to #8 seed Southwest Missouri State

text: High seeds[edit]

text: 1999 was the first time in tournament history (since the expansion to 64 teams) that all top seeds (1, 2, 3, and 4 seeds) made it to the Sweet Sixteen.

text: Low seeds[edit]

text: Lowest seeds to reach each round since the expansion to 64 teams:

text:
Second Round: #16 seed[5]

Harvard in 1998 (the only #16 seed to beat a #1 seed in either the women's or men's tournament until 2018, and still the only one to do so in the women's tournament)

Regional Semifinals (Sweet Sixteen): #13 seed[5]

Texas A&M in 1994
Liberty in 2005
Marist in 2007

Regional Finals (Elite Eight): #11 seed

Gonzaga in 2011

National Semifinals (Final Four): #9 seed[5]

Arkansas in 1998

National Finals (Championship Game): #5 seed

Louisville in 2013

National Champion: #3 seed[5]

North Carolina in 1994
Tennessee in 1997

text: Best Performances by #14 & #15 Seeds[edit]

text: Unlike in the men's tournament, no #14 seed has beaten a #3 and no #15 seed has beaten a #2 seed, but they have come close.

text:
2 points: #14 Seed

Austin Peay lost to UNC in 2003 (2 points, 72–70)
Eastern Michigan lost to Boston College in 2004 (2 points, 58–56)
Creighton lost to St. John's in 2012 (2 points, 69–67)

Overtime games: #15 Seed

UTSA lost to Baylor in 2009 (5 points, 87–82). UTSA is the only #15 seed to take a game into overtime.

1 point: #15 Seed

Long Beach State lost to Oregon State in 2017 (1 point, 56–55)

text: First-round games[edit]

text: Since the expansion to 64 teams in 1994, each seed-pairing has played 100 first-round games with these results:

text:
The #1 seed is 99–1 against the #16 seed (.990).
The #2 & #3 seeds are 100–0 against the #15 & #14 seeds (1.000).
The #4 seed is 94–6 against the #13 seed (.940).
The #5 seed is 78–22 against the #12 seed (.780).
The #6 seed is 69–31 against the #11 seed (.690).
The #7 seed is 65–35 against the #10 seed (.650).
The #9 seed is 53–47 against the #8 seed (.530).

text: Second-round games[edit]

text: Since the expansion to 64 teams in 1994, the following results have occurred for each pairing:

text: In the 1/16/8/9 bracket:

text:
vs. #8
vs. #9

#1
45–1 (.978)
46–2 (.958)

#16
–
0–1 (.000)

text:
note: The 3 losses by the #1 seed vs #8/9 were: Duke (vs Michigan St, 2009), Ohio St (vs Boston College, 2006), Texas Tech (vs Notre Dame, 1998).
note: The #9 vs. #16 game was Arkansas over Harvard in 1998.

text: In the 2/15/7/10 bracket:

text:
vs. #7
vs. #10

#2
49–13 (.790)
31–3 (.912)

#15
–
–

text: In the 3/14/6/11 bracket:

text:
vs. #6
vs. #11

#3
45–22 (.672)
17–12 (.586)

#14
–
–

text: In the 4/13/5/12 bracket:

text:
vs. #5
vs. #12

#4
42–27 (.609)
18–3 (.857)

#13
3–3 (.500)
–

text: Teams entering the tournament unbeaten[edit]

text: Of the 18 teams who have entered the tournament unbeaten, 9 went on to win the National Championship.[6]

text:
In 1986, Texas entered the tournament 30–0, beat USC for the national title, and ended the season 34–0.
In 1990, Louisiana Tech entered the tournament 29–0, but lost in the Final Four to Auburn.
In 1992, Vermont entered the tournament 29–0, but lost in the first round to George Washington.
In 1993, Vermont entered the tournament 28–0, but lost in the first round to Rutgers.
In 1995, Connecticut entered the tournament 29–0, beat Tennessee for the national title, and ended the season 35–0.
In 1997, Connecticut entered the tournament 30–0, but lost in the Midwest Regional Final to Tennessee.
In 1998, Tennessee (33–0) and Liberty (28–0) both entered the tournament unbeaten; Liberty lost in the first round to Tennessee, which went on to beat Louisiana Tech for the national title and ended the season 39–0.
In 2002, 2009, and 2010, Connecticut entered the tournament 33–0, won the national title in each, and ended those seasons 39–0. They respectively beat Oklahoma, Louisville, and Stanford in those championship games.
In 2012, Baylor entered the tournament 34–0, beat Notre Dame for the national title, and ended the season 40–0. The Lady Bears became the first team in NCAA college basketball history, for either women or men, to win 40 games in a season. Notably, Louisiana Tech went 40–5 during the 1979–80 season. This was during the AIAW era for women's basketball.
In 2014, Connecticut (34–0) and Notre Dame (32–0) both entered the tournament unbeaten; Connecticut beat Notre Dame 79–58 for the national title, ended the season 40–0 and is the 8th team to end the season unbeaten.
In 2015, Princeton entered the tournament 30–0, but lost in the second round to Maryland.
In 2016, Connecticut entered the tournament 32–0, beat Syracuse for the national title, ending the season 38–0.
In 2017, Connecticut entered the tournament 32–0, but lost in the Final Four to Mississippi State, ending their 111-game winning streak to finish 36–1.
In 2018, Connecticut entered the tournament 32–0, but lost in the Final Four to Notre Dame, ending their 36-game winning streak to finish 36–1.

text: Home state[edit]

text: Only one team has ever played the Final Four on its home court. Two other teams have played the Final Four in their home cities, and seven others have played the Final Four in their home states.

text: The only team to play on its home court was Texas in 1987, which lost its semifinal game at the Frank Erwin Special Events Center.

text: Old Dominion enjoyed nearly as large an advantage in 1983 when the Final Four was played at the Norfolk Scope in its home city of Norfolk, Virginia, but also lost its semifinal. The Scope has never been the Lady Monarchs' regular home court. ODU has always used on-campus arenas, first the ODU Fieldhouse and since 2002 the Ted Constant Convocation Center. The following year, USC won the national title at Pauley Pavilion, the home court of its Los Angeles arch-rival UCLA.

text: Of the other teams to play in their home states, Stanford (1992) won the national title; Notre Dame (2011) lost in the championship game; and Western Kentucky (1986), Penn State (2000), Missouri State (2001), LSU (2004), and Baylor (2010) lost in the semifinals.

text: Championship margins[edit]

text:
Overtime games in a championship game:[7]

Tennessee 70, Virginia 67/OT (1991)
Maryland 78, Duke 75/OT (2006)

Smallest margin of victory in a championship game: 1 point[8]

North Carolina 60, Louisiana Tech 59 (1994)

Biggest margin of victory in a championship game: 33 points[8]

Connecticut 93, Louisville 60 (2013)

Margin of 10 points: Louisiana Tech (1982), Tennessee (1987 & 1989), Purdue (1999), Connecticut (2000, 2002, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2015 & 2016), and Baylor (2012) are teams to win every game in the tournament by 10 points or more on their way to a championship. The 2016 UConn team won every game by more than 20 points.
Top 8 largest point differentials accumulated over the entire tournament by tournament champion. Notably, Louisiana Tech's differential is prior to the expansion of 64 teams and the addition of one more round of play.

2016 Connecticut (+239)
2010 Connecticut (+214)
2013 Connecticut (+208)
2015 Connecticut (+197)
2000 Connecticut (+187)
2002 Connecticut (+161)
1982 Louisiana Tech (+158)
2014 Connecticut (+156)

text: Same-conference championship games[edit]

text: 6 championship games have featured two teams from the same conference (winner in bold):

text:
1989 SEC, Tennessee and Auburn
1996 SEC, Tennessee and Georgia
2006 ACC, Maryland and Duke
2009 Big East, Connecticut and Louisville
2013 Big East, Connecticut and Louisville
2017 SEC, South Carolina and Mississippi State

text: Result by school and by year[edit]

text: 267 teams have appeared in the NCAA Tournament in at least a year, since 1982 (the initial year that the post-season tournament was under the auspices of the NCAA). The results for all years are shown in this table below.[9]

text: The code in each cell represents the furthest the team made it in the respective tournament:

text:
<blank> Not in tournament
O Opening Round (only in 1983)
1 First round
2 Second Round
S Sweet 16
E Elite 8
F Final 4
R National Runner-up
C National Champion

text:
Year ->
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018

Team

Akron

1 !1

Alabama

3 !S

1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
5 !F
3 !S
3 !S
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2

Alabama St.

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Albany (NY)

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

Alcorn St.

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

American

1 !1

1 !1

Appalachian St.

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Arizona

2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

Arizona St.
3 !S
3 !S

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

3 !S
2 !2
4 !E
2 !2
4 !E

1 !1

2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2

Arkansas

1 !1

1 !1
4 !E
3 !S

2 !2

5 !F

2 !2
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2

2 !2

Army

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Auburn
1 !1
3 !S

3 !S
3 !S
4 !E
6 !R
6 !R
6 !R
4 !E

3 !S
2 !2

4 !E
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

2 !2

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2
1 !1

Austin Peay

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Ball St.

2 !2

Baylor

1 !1
2 !2

3 !S
7 !C
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
3 !S
5 !F
4 !E
7 !C
3 !S
4 !E
4 !E
4 !E
4 !E
3 !S

Belmont

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Boise St.

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1
1

Boston College

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S

Boston U.

1 !1

Bowling Green

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
3 !S

1 !1
1 !1

Brown

1 !1

Bucknell

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Buffalo

1 !1

3 !S

Butler

1 !1

BYU

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

3 !S
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

3 !S
2 !2
1 !1

Cal Poly

1 !1

Cal St. Fullerton

1 !1

2 !2

Cal St. Northridge

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

California

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
3 !S

2 !2
5 !F
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
1 !1

Campbell

1 !1

Canisius

1 !1

Central Arkansas

1 !1
1 !1

Central Mich.

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

3 !S

Charlotte

1 !1

1 !1

Chattanooga

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Cheyney
6 !R
3 !S
5 !F

Cincinnati

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
1 !1

Clemson
1 !1

2 !2
3 !S
3 !S
4 !E
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1

Cleveland St.

1 !1

1 !1

Colgate

1 !1

Colorado

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
4 !E
3 !S
4 !E
2 !2
3 !S

2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1

Colorado St.

2 !2

2 !2
3 !S

2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

Connecticut

1 !1
2 !2
5 !F
2 !2
1 !1
4 !E
7 !C
5 !F
4 !E
4 !E
3 !S
7 !C
5 !F
7 !C
7 !C
7 !C
3 !S
4 !E
4 !E
5 !F
7 !C
7 !C
5 !F
5 !F
7 !C
7 !C
7 !C
7 !C
6 !F
5 !F

Coppin St.

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Cornell

1 !1

Creighton

2 !2

2 !2

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

Dartmouth

0 !O

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Dayton

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
4 !E

1 !1
1 !1

Delaware

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
3 !S

Delaware St.

1 !1

Denver

1 !1

DePaul

2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
3 !S
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2

Detroit

1 !1

Drake
4 !E

1 !1

2 !2

2 !2

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
3 !S

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Drexel

1 !1

Duke

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
2 !2
4 !E
6 !R
3 !S
3 !S
5 !F
5 !F
4 !E
4 !E
6 !R
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
4 !E
4 !E
4 !E
4 !E
2 !2
3 !S

2 !2
3 !S

Duquesne

2 !2

East Carolina
1 !1

1 !1

East Tenn. St.

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Eastern Ill.

1 !1

Eastern Ky.

1 !1

1 !1

Eastern Mich.

1 !1

1 !1

Eastern Wash.

1 !1

Elon

1 !1
1 !1

Evansville

1 !1

1 !1

Fairfield

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

FGCU

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2

FIU

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

2 !2

Fla. Atlantic

1 !1

Florida

2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1

2 !2

1 !1

2 !2

2 !2

2 !2

1 !1

Florida A&M

1 !1

1 !1

Florida St.

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
4 !E
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
4 !E
2 !2

Fordham

1 !1

1 !1

Fresno St.

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Furman

1 !1

1 !1

Ga. Southern

1 !1
1 !1

Gardner-Webb

1 !1

George Washington

2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
4 !E
2 !2

2 !2
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
3 !S
3 !S

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Georgetown

3 !S

2 !2
3 !S
2 !2

Georgia
1 !1
5 !F
4 !E
6 !R
3 !S
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
4 !E

2 !2

5 !F
6 !R
4 !E
1 !1
5 !F
4 !E
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
4 !E
3 !S
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
1 !1
4 !E
1 !1

1 !1

2 !2

Georgia St.

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Georgia Tech

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
3 !S

1 !1

Gonzaga

1 !1

2 !2
3 !S
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1
1 !1
3 !S

1 !1
1 !1

Grambling

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Green Bay

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

2 !2

1 !1
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Hampton

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Hartford

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2

1 !1
1 !1

Harvard

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Hawaii

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Holy Cross

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Houston

2 !2

1 !1

2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

Howard
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Idaho

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Idaho St.

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Illinois
1 !1

2 !2
2 !2

3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2

1 !1

Illinois St.

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

Indiana

3 !S

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

2 !2

Iona

1 !1

Iowa

2 !2
4 !E
4 !E
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2
5 !F
2 !2

3 !S
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
3 !S

1 !1

Iowa St.

1 !1
2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2

1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Jackson St.
1 !1
0 !O

1 !1

1 !1

Jacksonville

1 !1

James Madison

3 !S
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2

3 !S

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

Kansas

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1

3 !S
3 !S

Kansas St.
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

Kent St.
1 !1

2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Kentucky
4 !E
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2

2 !2

4 !E
2 !2
4 !E
4 !E
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2

La.-Monroe

1 !1
3 !S
5 !F

La Salle

0 !O

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

La.-Lafayette

1 !1

Lamar

4 !E

1 !1

Lehigh

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Liberty

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Lipscomb

1 !1

Little Rock

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

2 !2

1 !1

LIU Brooklyn

1 !1

Long Beach St.
3 !S
4 !E
4 !E
4 !E
3 !S
5 !F
5 !F
4 !E
2 !2
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1

Louisiana Tech
7 !C
6 !R
5 !F
4 !E
4 !E
6 !R
7 !C
5 !F
5 !F
1 !1
1 !1
4 !E
6 !R
3 !S
4 !E
3 !S
6 !R
5 !F
4 !E
4 !E
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Louisville

1 !1
1 !1

2 !2

2 !2

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
3 !S
6 !R

3 !S
2 !2
6 !R
4 !E
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
5 !F

Loyola Marymount

1 !1

Loyola (MD)

1 !1
1 !1

LSU

3 !S

4 !E
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
1 !1
2 !2

3 !S

3 !S
4 !E
2 !2
2 !2
4 !E
5 !F
5 !F
5 !F
5 !F
5 !F
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
3 !S
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Maine

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Manhattan

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Marist

1 !1

1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

Marquette

1 !1
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

2 !2

2 !2

2 !2

1 !1
2 !2

Marshall

1 !1

Maryland
5 !F
3 !S
1 !1

2 !2

4 !E
5 !F
2 !2
1 !1
4 !E
2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
7 !C
2 !2
4 !E
4 !E

2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
5 !F
5 !F
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2

Massachusetts

1 !1

1 !1

McNeese St.

1 !1
1 !1

Memphis
3 !S

1 !1

2 !2

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Mercer

1 !1

Miami (FL)

1 !1

3 !S
2 !2

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

Miami (OH)

1 !1

Michigan

2 !2

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2

Michigan St.

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2
6 !R
3 !S
2 !2

3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
1 !1

Middle Tenn.

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Milwaukee

1 !1

1 !1

Minnesota

2 !2

2 !2
3 !S
5 !F
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1

2 !2

Ole Miss
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
4 !E
4 !E
3 !S
3 !S
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1
4 !E

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

4 !E

Mississippi St.

1 !1
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
3 !S

1 !1
3 !S
6 !R
6 !R

Missouri
3 !S
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

1 !1

3 !S

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
1 !1

Missouri State

2 !2
5 !F
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
5 !F

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Monmouth

1 !1

Montana

0 !O
3 !S

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Montana State

1 !1

1 !1

Mount St. Mary’s

1 !1
1 !1

Murray St.

1 !1

N.C. A&T

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Navy

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Nebraska

2 !2

2 !2

1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

3 !S

1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

New Mexico

1 !1

1 !1
3 !S
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

New Mexico St.

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

New Orleans

2 !2

Nicholls St.

1 !1

Norfolk St.

1 !1

North Carolina

1 !1
3 !S
1 !1
3 !S
2 !2

2 !2
3 !S
7 !C
3 !S

3 !S
4 !E
3 !S
3 !S

3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
4 !E
5 !F
5 !F
4 !E
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S

2 !2
4 !E
3 !S

North Carolina St.
3 !S
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S

3 !S
3 !S
3 !S

3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
5 !F
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
3 !S

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
3 !S

North Dakota

1 !1

North Texas

1 !1

Northeastern

1 !1

Northern Ariz.

1 !1

Northern Colorado

1 !1

Northern Ill.

2 !2

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Northern Iowa

1 !1

Northwestern
1 !1

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

2 !2

1 !1

1 !1

Northwestern St.

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Notre Dame

1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
5 !F
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
7 !C
2 !2
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
3 !S
1 !1
3 !S
6 !R
6 !R
5 !F
6 !R
6 !R
3 !S
4 !E
7 !C

Oakland

1 !1

1 !1

Ohio

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Ohio St.
1 !1

1 !1
4 !E
3 !S
4 !E
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2

6 !R

2 !2

1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
1 !1

2 !2
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2

Oklahoma

3 !S

2 !2

3 !S
3 !S
6 !R
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
5 !F
5 !F
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1

Oklahoma St.

2 !2
1 !1
3 !S

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2

1 !1
3 !S

2 !2

2 !2
3 !S

1 !1

2 !2

Old Dominion
3 !S
5 !F
4 !E
7 !C

3 !S
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
6 !R
3 !S
3 !S
3 !S
1 !1
4 !E
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
3 !S

Oral Roberts

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Oregon
1 !1

1 !1

2 !2

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

2 !2

4 !E
4 !E

Oregon St.

3 !S
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

2 !2
2 !2
5 !F
3 !S
4 !E

Penn

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Penn St.
3 !S
4 !E
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
2 !2
2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
4 !E
2 !2
3 !S

2 !2
5 !F
1 !1
3 !S
3 !S
4 !E
1 !1

2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S

Pepperdine

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Pittsburgh

2 !2
3 !S
3 !S

2 !2

Portland

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Portland St.

1 !1

Prairie View

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Princeton

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

Providence

1 !1

1 !1
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1

Purdue

2 !2
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S

5 !F
4 !E
1 !1
2 !2
4 !E
7 !C
2 !2
6 !R
2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
4 !E
2 !2
4 !E

2 !2
2 !2
2 !2
2 !2

1 !1
2 !2

Quinnipiac

1 !1

1 !1

3 !S
2 !2

Radford

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

Rhode Island

1 !1

Rice

2 !2

1 !1

Richmond

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

Robert Morris

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

Rutgers

4 !E
4 !E
3 !S
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
2 !2
2 !2
1 !1

3 !S
4 !E
5 !F
2 !2

2 !2
1 !1
4 !E
3 !S
6 !R
4 !E
3 !S
1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

2 !2

Sacred Heart

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Samford

1 !1
1 !1

San Diego

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

San Diego St.

3 !S
3 !S

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1

2 !2
3 !S

1 !1

San Francisco

1 !1
3 !S
1 !1

1 !1

Santa Clara

2 !2

1 !1

1 !1
1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

Savannah St.

1 !1

Seton Hall

3 !S
2 !2

1 !1
1 !1

Siena

1 !1

SMU

1 !1
2 !2
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2
2 !2

1 !1

South Ala.

1 !1

South Carolina
3 !S

1 !1

2 !2
1 !1
3 !S
1 !1

4 !E
2 !2

3 !S
2 !2
3 !S
5 !F
3 !S
7 !C
4 !E

South Carolina St.

1 !1

South Dakota

1 !1

South Dakota St.

2 !2
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1

South Fla.

1 !1

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2
1 !1
1 !1

Southeast Mo. St.

1 !1
1 !1

Southern California
4 !E
7 !C
7 !C
3 !S
6 !R
3 !S
3 !S

2 !2
4 !E
3 !S
4 !E
1 !1

2 !2

2 !2
2 !2

1 !1

Southern Ill.

2 !2
3 !S

1 !1

2 !2

Southern Miss

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1
2 !2

1 !1

3 !S
1 !1
2 !2

Southern U.

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

1 !1

St. Bonaventure

3 !S

2 !2

St. Francis Brooklyn

1 !1

Saint Francis (PA)

1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1
1 !1

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document_title: Magic in Harry Potter

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text: Magic in Harry Potter

text: Using magic[edit]

text: Witches and wizards need training to learn how to control their magic. With young and untrained children, magic will manifest itself subconsciously in moments of strong apprehension, fear, anger and sadness.[4] For example, Harry Potter once made his hair grow back after a bad haircut, set a boa constrictor on his cousin Dudley at the London Zoo, and made Aunt Marge inflate to an enormous size. While this reaction is usually uncontrollable, as an untrained child, Lord Voldemort was able to make things move without touching them, make animals do what he wanted without training them, make "bad things happen to people" who annoyed him, or make them hurt if he wanted to.[5] In addition, Lily Potter was able to guide and control the blooming of a flower by wanting to.

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text: Almost all magic is done with the use of a wand. On the subject of wandless magic, Rowling says:[6]

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You can do unfocused and uncontrolled magic without a wand (for instance when Harry blows up Aunt Marge) but to do really good spells, yes, you need a wand.
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text: A wizard or witch is only at their best when using their own wand. When using another's wand, one's spells are not as strong as they normally would be.[HP1]

text: Within the books, technical details of magic are obscure. Of Harry's lessons, only those involving magical creatures, potions or divination are given in any detail.

text: Severus Snape once told Harry Potter that "Time and space matter in magic" during Harry's first Occlumency lesson in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Albus Dumbledore told Harry after finding the magically concealed boat to reach the locket Horcrux that "Magic always leaves traces, sometimes very distinctive traces."[HP6]

text: Spellcasting[edit]

text: Spells are the every-purpose tools of a wizard or witch; short bursts of magic used to accomplish single specialised tasks such as opening locks or creating fire. Typically casting requires an incantation, most often in a modified form of Latin (see Dog Latin), and gesturing with a wand. However, Rowling has revealed that particularly talented wizards can cast spells without the aid of wand, although magic produced with one is generally more precise and powerful.[7] Spells can also be cast non-verbally, but with a magical wand. This special technique is taught in the sixth year of study at Hogwarts and requires the caster to concentrate on the incantation. Some spells (e.g. Levicorpus) are apparently designed to be used non-verbally. While most magic shown in the books requires the caster to use their voice, some do not (and this may depend on the witch or wizard). Dumbledore has been known to do impressive feats of magic without speaking, such as conjuring enough squashy purple sleeping bags to accommodate the entire student population[HP3] or during his duel with Voldemort towards the end of Order of the Phoenix.

text: It is possible to use a wand without holding it. In Order of the Phoenix, Harry himself performs Lumos to light his wand when it is lying on the ground somewhere near him.[HP5] Additionally, Animagi and Metamorphmagi do not need wands to undergo their transformations.

text: Spells are divided into rough categories, such as "charms", "curses", "hexes", or "jinxes". Although offensive and potentially dangerous curses exist in number, three are considered usable only for great evil, which earns them the special classification of "Unforgivable Curses".

text: The limits of magic[edit]

text: Before publishing the first Harry Potter novel, Rowling spent five years establishing the limitations of magic—determining what it could and could not do. "The most important thing to decide when you're creating a fantasy world," she said in 2000, "is what the characters CAN'T do." For instance, while it is possible to conjure things out of thin air, it is far more tricky to create something that fits an exact specification rather than a general one; moreover, any objects so conjured tend not to last.[8]

text: Death[edit]

text: Rowling has described death as the most important theme in the books.[9] Consequently, as Dumbledore states in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, there is no spell that can truly bring the dead back to life. While corpses can be transformed into obedient Inferi on a living wizard's command, they are little more than zombies with no soul or will of their own. However, there are some methods of communicating with the dead, though with limited results. For example, all Hogwarts headmasters appear in a portrait when they die, allowing consultation by future generations. It is also possible through the rare Priori Incantatem effect to converse with ghost-like "shadows" of magically murdered people. The Resurrection Stone also allows one to talk to the dead, but those brought back by the Stone are not corporeal, nor do they wish to be disturbed from their peaceful rest. Throughout the series, this limit is continually mentioned, and wizards try to transcend it at their own folly.

text: Likewise, it is not possible to make oneself immortal unless one makes use of an object of great power to sustain life, such as the Philosopher's Stone or horcruxes. If one were to possess the three Deathly Hallows, it is fabled that they would possess the tools to become the "master of death". However, it is hinted that to be a true "master of death" is to be willing to accept that death is inevitable. Other methods of extending life include drinking unicorn blood, which will keep a person alive even if death is imminent, but at the terrible price of being cursed forever. Being magical can contribute to one's longevity, as there are several characters in the series who are unusually long-lived (such as Griselda Marchbanks, who was an invigilator during Albus Dumbledore's O.W.L examinations). It is revealed by Nearly Headless Nick in the fifth book that all witches and wizards have the choice of becoming ghosts upon dying; however, it is described as "a pale imitation of life". Snape states that a ghost is merely "the imprint of a departed soul left upon the earth".

text: Death is studied at the Department of Mysteries in a chamber containing an enigmatic veil, which Rowling has described as "the divide between life and death". With regard to what is on the other side, she elaborated: "Do I believe you go on? Yes, I do believe you go on. I do believe in an afterlife, although I'm absolutely doubt-ridden and always have been but there you are."[10] Sirius falls through this veil in Order of the Phoenix after he is hit with a curse from Bellatrix.

text: Principal Exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration[edit]

text: The Principal Exceptions to Gamp's Law of Elemental Transfiguration is a magical theory mentioned by Hermione and later repeated by Ron in the final book. She explains that food is one of these: witches or wizards can cook and prepare food using magic, and even multiply it, but not create it out of nothing. There are numerous examples in the series of food appearing to have been conjured from nothing, such as the sudden materialisation of ingredients in the pots of Molly Weasley's kitchen and when Professor McGonagall creates a self-refilling plate of sandwiches for Harry and Ron in Chamber of Secrets. In all cases, these events can be reasonably explained as food either being multiplied or transported from elsewhere. One example of the latter is banqueting at Hogwarts—the food is prepared by elves in the kitchens and laid onto four replica tables, directly below the actual house tables in the Great Hall. The food is then magically transported to the tables.

text: This is the only exception mentioned explicitly in the series. However, Rowling herself has stated once in an interview that money is something wizards cannot simply materialise out of thin air,[8] or the economic system of the wizarding world would then be gravely flawed and disrupted. While the Philosopher's Stone does permit alchemy, this is portrayed as an extremely rare, even unique, object, whose owner does not exploit its powers.

text: Emotion[edit]

text: As explained earlier, young untrained wizards can trigger uncontrolled magic when they are in the state of heightened emotions. But emotions also affect trained witches and wizards and their magical abilities. For instance, in Half-Blood Prince, a heartbroken Nymphadora Tonks temporarily loses her power as a Metamorphmagus when Remus Lupin starts distancing himself from her. The form of her Patronus changes to reflect her depression. Another example is Merope Gaunt, who only demonstrated any magical ability when removed from her father's oppression, but then lost it again when her husband abandoned her.

text: Several magical spells require the use of certain emotions when casting them. The Patronus charm, for example, requires the caster to concentrate on a happy memory. (Force of will, under extenuating circumstances, helps a lot. An example of this is when Harry is able to conjure a corporeal Patronus when Sirius is in danger of being administered the Dementor's Kiss.)[HP3] Another example is the Cruciatus Curse, which causes immense pain; as Harry discovers during a duel with Bellatrix Lestrange, effective use of this forbidden dark magic requires sadistic desires.[HP5]

text: Love (in its broadest meaning) is depicted as a particularly powerful form of magic. According to Dumbledore, love is a "force that is at once more wonderful and more terrible than death, than human intelligence, than forces of nature."[HP5] Lily's voluntary sacrifice on Harry's behalf saves him from Voldemort as a baby, and Harry makes a similar sacrifice to save his friends at the end of Deathly Hallows.[HP7] A certain key prophecy in the series describes Harry as having "power the Dark Lord knows not", referencing his capacity for love.[HP5]

text: True love is impossible to create magically; Amortentia, a love potion, can only create a powerful sense of infatuation and obsession.

text: Magical abilities[edit]

text: The following is a list of special abilities that a wizard or witch in the Harry Potter universe may have.

text: Animagi[edit]

text: An Animagus (portmanteau of animal and magus) is a witch or wizard who can turn into a particular animal or magical creature at will. This ability is not innate: it must be acquired by magical means. All Animagi must register at a central authority by law, though a number of characters are revealed over the course of the series to have remained unregistered illegally: James Potter, Sirius Black, Peter Pettigrew and Rita Skeeter.

text: Animagi transformation can be performed wandlessly. Sirius and Peter are left wandless for over 10 years, but both retain the ability with no apparent ill effects. When Animagi transform, they take on the appearance of a normal animal. However, in Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, it is noted that Ron's pet rat Scabbers (later revealed as Peter Pettigrew's Animagus form) has lived over twelve years when only expected to live three. Also, an Animagus in animal form retains the ability to think like a human, which is the principal difference between being an animagus and being transfigured into an animal. Otherwise, they would forget that they were a wizard and be trapped, unknowingly, in this form unless transformed back by another wizard. Characteristics of an Animagus' human form can manifest themselves in the animal transformation; for example, the markings around McGonagall's eyes as a cat resemble her glasses. When an Animagus registers, they must record all the defining physical traits of their animal form so that the Ministry can identify them.

text: Each Animagus has a specific animal form, and cannot transform into any other animal. The animal cannot be chosen: it is uniquely suited to that individual's personality, and in most cases the Animagus will change into the same animal used in the person's Patronus Charm.[11]

text: Explicit emphasis is placed in the books on the differences between Animagi and werewolves. Animagi have full control over their transformations and retain their minds, whereas werewolves' transformations are involuntary and include severe changes in personality. After the person has transformed into a werewolf, he no longer remembers who he is; he would kill his best friend if he got anywhere near him. A werewolf only responds to the call of his own kind. The only way that a werewolf can retain his sanity, intelligence and memory while transformed is using the Wolfsbane Potion.

text: Metamorphmagi[edit]

text: A Metamorphmagus (a portmanteau of metamorph and magus) is a witch or wizard born with the innate ability to change some or all of their appearance at will. The talent cannot be acquired; a witch or wizard who has it must be born with it.

text: Nymphadora Tonks and her son, Teddy Lupin are currently the only known Metamorphmagi in the series; it is a very rare ability, possibly hereditary. Tonks is known to change her hair colour and style according to her mood. She even appears as an old woman on occasion. She can also change her nose appearance, as she does when eating with the Weasley family to entertain Ginny and Hermione. Her son, Teddy Lupin, also inherited this trait, as his hair is mentioned repeatedly changing colour.

text: The extent of these appearance-altering abilities and the limits thereof are not entirely clear. According to Rowling, a Metamorphmagus can alter his or her appearance completely, for instance, from black to white, young to old, handsome to plain and so on.[12] In one example, Tonks changes her facial appearance by reshaping her nose into "a beaklike protuberance like Snape's", to "something resembling a button mushroom", and "one like a pig snout" which reminded Harry of his cousin Dudley.[13] The emotional state of a Metamorphmagus can affect their abilities.

text: Parseltongue[edit]

text: Parseltongue is the language of snakes. It is often associated with Dark Magic, although Dumbledore stated that it is not necessarily an evil quality. Those possessing the ability to speak it ("Parselmouths") occur very rarely. People apparently acquire the skill through learning or via a method of xenoglossia, such as through genetic inheritance (or by use of Dark or dangerous Magic). Harry was a Parselmouth until the age of 18. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets explains this was because of Voldemort's passing on some of his abilities to Harry the night he tried to kill him. Deathly Hallows reveals that a part of Voldemort's soul within Harry grants him this ability, which is later destroyed leaving Harry stripped of the ability.[14]

text: Other known Parselmouths include Salazar Slytherin and his descendants, including the Gaunts and Voldemort. Dumbledore can also understand Parseltongue; however, he learned it and did not naturally possess the ability.[15] In Half-Blood Prince he repeats Morfin Gaunt's words "the big house over the way", which were spoken in Parseltongue.

text: Ron uses Parseltongue in the final book to reopen the Chamber of Secrets, but he is only imitating the sound of a phrase Harry used earlier in the book.

text: Rowling borrowed the term from "an old word for someone who has a problem with the mouth, like a hare lip".[16]

text: Professor Francis Nolan, Professor of Phonetics at University of Cambridge, designed the version of Parseltongue used in the films as an ergative-absolutive language featuring geminate consonants and VSO word order. It has a high frequency of fricative and pharyngeal consonants to acoustically approximate the physiology of a snake.[citation needed]

text: Seers[edit]

text: A Seer is a witch or wizard with the clairvoyant ability to predict future events. The predictions given through this ability can sometimes be self-fulfilling prophecies, and Dumbledore states in Order of the Phoenix that not all of them come true, depending on the choices made by those mentioned. This would seem to indicate that a Seer predicts possible or likely events, at least in some cases.

text: In the Hall of Prophecy at the Department of Mysteries, thousands upon thousands of glass spheres are imbued with records of prophecies made by Seers. Only a person mentioned in a prophecy can safely retrieve it; anyone else who tries to do so will be driven insane.

text: According to McGonagall, true Seers are extremely rare. Sybill Trelawney is the only Seer portrayed in the books, although it is mentioned that Sybill's great-great-grandmother, Cassandra Trelawney, was a renowned Seer in her day. Trelawney is considered an "old fraud" by her students, and is sacked by Dolores Umbridge in the fifth book for it. However, she has twice made true prophecies. Sybill Trelawney is noted to never remember that she has made a prophecy when it is a true one. She speaks in a hoarse voice, and only if a wizard is present will anyone know about it.

text: Legilimency and Occlumency[edit]

text: Legilimency is the magical skill of extracting feelings and memories from another person's mind—a form of magical "telepathy" (although Snape, an able practitioner of the art, dismisses the colloquial term "mind-reading", as a drastic oversimplification). It also allows one to convey visions or memories to another person, whether real or imaginary. A witch or wizard possessing this skill is called a Legilimens, and can, for example, detect lies and deceit in another person, witness memories in another person's past, or "plant" false visions in another's mind.

text: The counter-skill to Legilimency is Occlumency (and its user, known as an Occlumens), by which one can compartmentalize one's emotions, or prevent a Legilimens from discovering thoughts or memories which contradict one's spoken words or actions. An advanced form of Occlumency is planting false temporary memories inside an Occlumens' own head while blocking all other true memories, so if a Legilimens, even a highly skilled one, were to attempt to read the mind, he or she would find false memories only and believe everything was right.

text: The skills are first elaborated in Order of the Phoenix. Legilimency and Occlumency are not part of the normal curriculum at Hogwarts, and most students would graduate without learning them.

text: Voldemort, Snape, and Dumbledore are all known to be skilled in Legilimency and Occlumency. Voldemort is said to be the master of Legilimency by Snape, as he, in almost all cases, immediately knows if someone lied to him. In addition, in Deathly Hallows, Voldemort repeatedly uses Legilimency to interrogate his victims. Voldemort practices Occlumency throughout the period of Half-Blood Prince to deny Harry access to his thoughts and emotions. However, in Deathly Hallows, Voldemort repeatedly loses grip, resulting in occasional but very powerful burst of thoughts, visions and emotions to be sent to Harry.

text: Throughout the books, Snape is repeatedly said to be highly skilled in Occlumency.[17] This is how Snape was able to lie to Voldemort for years. Even before Order of Phoenix, Harry repeatedly gets the impression that Snape can read minds.

text: Bellatrix Lestrange and Draco also have skill in Occlumency, since Bellatrix was clearly said to have taught Draco to shield his thoughts from Snape.[HP6]

text: During the Order of Phoenix Snape is instructed by Dumbledore to give Harry lessons in Occlumency. Whether as a result of Snape's poor instruction, or poor aptitude on Harry's part, Harry did not make any progress. (Only once did Harry manage to overcome Snape with the use of Occlumency.)[18] In Deathly Hallows, Harry finally masters Occlumency—shutting his mind to Voldemort—when Dobby dies. He realises that his grief—or as Dumbledore calls it, love—is what can block out the Dark Lord.

text: Queenie Goldstein, in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, is shown to be a proficient Legilimens, as she was easily able to read the minds of Jacob Kowalski and others in the film, as well as sense and hear them through their thoughts. However, she says she has problems with Brits like Newt Scamander, because of the accent.

text: Apparition and Disapparition[edit]

text: Apparition is a magical form of teleportation, through which a witch or wizard can disappear ("Disapparate") from one location and reappear ("Apparate") in another. It is sometimes accompanied by a distinctive cracking or popping sound, though the most skilled wizards can Apparate "so suddenly and silently" that they seem to have "popped out of the ground" (Dumbledore). The act is also accompanied by a very unpleasant squeezing sensation, as though being sent through a tight rubber tube, according to Harry.[HP6]

text: The Ministry of Magic licenses Apparition. A witch or wizard must be 17 years old or older and have a licence to Apparate as a means of transportation in much the same way real-world governments require individuals to have a licence to drive a motor vehicle. Students at Hogwarts may attend Ministry-administered Apparition lessons during their sixth year, and take their examination once they turn seventeen. It is shown that although it is possible to Apparate without a licence, it is not usually done (unless in lessons) and is illegal. In Deathly Hallows, Harry does not possess a licence, but since his Trace has been lifted, the Ministry is likely unaware that he does it.

text: Learning to Apparate is difficult, and students run the risk of splinching—being physically split between the origin and destination—which requires the assistance of the Ministry's Accidental Magic Reversal Squad to undo properly, although essence of dittany can also mend certain wounds. Splinching is quite common during lessons, and can be uncomfortable (and at times rather gruesome) depending on the body parts splinched, but is ultimately harmless if properly reversed. It is implied that though Ron can Apparate, he isn't terribly skilled at it, seeing as he splinches himself at least three times (once losing half an eyebrow, two fingernails and part of his arm.); Harry and Hermione both pick up the skill quickly in comparison. As explained in the Half-Blood Prince, there is no word spell to Apparate or Disapparate, but the caster has to concentrate on the location on which he has to apparate, needs to be fully focused on the spell, and also has to "feel" it through the whole body.

text: It has been indicated that it is considered rude to Apparate directly into a private area, such as a home. Dumbledore states in Half-Blood Prince that it would be "quite as rude as kicking down the front door". For this reason, and for reasons of security, many homes have Anti-Apparition spells protecting them from uninvited intrusions. The accepted way to travel to a home is to Apparate to a nearby location and continue to the final destination on foot. Apparition is considered unreliable over long distances, and even experienced users of the technique sometimes prefer other means of transport, such as broomsticks. Rowling has stated that Apparating over long distances depends on the skill of the wizard, and "Cross-continental Apparition would almost certainly result in severe injury or death."[19] Indeed, even the prodigiously skilled Lord Voldemort elects to fly back to England after visiting the far-flung Nurmengard.

text: For reasons of security, the grounds and buildings of Hogwarts are protected by ancient Anti-Apparition and Anti-Disapparition spells, which prevent humans from Apparating on the school grounds. There is also a spell that prevents individuals from Disapparating, which Dumbledore places on the Death Eaters captured at the Ministry in Order of the Phoenix; a sister spell, which allows one to Apparate into a location but prevents them from Disapparating out of it, is cast by the Death Eaters in Hogsmeade in concordance with the Caterwauling Charm. Dumbledore is the only person who can both Apparate and Disapparate from the school grounds, since he is the headmaster.

text: A witch or wizard can use Side-Along Apparition to take others with them during Apparition. Dumbledore successfully transports Harry this way several times in Half-Blood Prince, and notably, Harry's first non-lesson attempt at the skill is the Side-Along Apparition with the weakened Dumbledore when they return from the seaside cave.

text: In the Order of the Phoenix film, Death Eaters and Order members Apparate and Disapparate in clouds of smoke. Death Eaters appear and disappear in black smoke, Order members in white. In the film, both sides also appear to be able to "half-apparate" in which their bodies were made out of smoke, giving them the ability to fly. Interestingly, both times Fred and George apparated and disapparated, they did it with a pop as in the books.

text: In the books, the words "Apparate" and "Disapparate", like many other neologisms used by Rowling, are capitalised, whereas established English words such as "jinx" and "hex" are not. The words themselves are most likely derived from the French apparaître and disparaître, meaning 'to appear' and 'to disappear'. Another possible derivation is from the English word "apparition", meaning "a supernatural appearance of a person or thing; anything that appears, especially something remarkable or startling; an act of appearing", which comes from the Latin "apparitio", meaning attendance. "Disapparate" probably comes from the same word but with the prefix: "dis-" expressing negation or reversal.

text: Other teleportation[edit]

text: Some magical creatures have their own forms of instantaneous travel, such as a house elf's ability to teleport or a phoenix's ability to appear and disappear in a burst of flame. Unlike wizards, these creatures are not restricted by anti-Apparition magic. Dobby, Kreacher and the rest of the house-elf population can Apparate within the Hogwarts grounds, as is demonstrated on multiple occasions, most notably when Dobby visits Harry in the hospital wing, and when Dobby and Kreacher are summoned by Harry and assigned to tail Draco Malfoy. Fawkes disapparates from the headmaster's office at Hogwarts along with Dumbledore when the latter manages to evade arrest at the hands of Ministry officials in Order of the Phoenix.

text: Some magical devices like the Floo Network, Portkeys and Vanishing Cabinets also provide forms of magical teleportation.

text: Veela charm[edit]

text: An ability attributed to Veela and those of Veela heritage, such as Fleur Delacour. It is used to charm males, much like the Sirens in The Odyssey. Men who are exposed to it over time become more resistant to it, although the Veela charm takes full effect if the Veela surprises the man, as noted by Ron in Half-Blood Prince.

text: As shown in Goblet of Fire, Veela hair can be used as cores to create magical wands. According to famed wandmaker Mr. Ollivander, these wands are a little "temperamental".

text: Magical resistance[edit]

text: This refers to a certain degree of immunity against hexes and spells found in powerful creatures such as trolls, dragons, and giants. Hagrid is resistant to certain spells, like the Stunning Spell, due to his giant blood. This type of resistance is not insurmountable; if enough Stunning Spells, for example, are fired at a creature with magical resistance at once, the creature may still be rendered unconscious. Also, wizards and witches can resist certain spells with the power of their own sheer will, such as Harry did in Goblet of Fire, when Barty Crouch Jr. disguised as Alastor Moody tried to control Harry with the Imperius curse and Harry resisted.

text: Subjects at Hogwarts[edit]

text: At Hogwarts, students must study a core group of subjects for the first two years, after which they must choose between several electives. During their final two years, students are permitted to take more specialized subjects such as Alchemy.

text: Transfiguration, Defence Against the Dark Arts, Charms, Potions, Astronomy, History of Magic, and Herbology are compulsory subjects for the first five years, as well as flying lessons. At the end of their second year, students are required to add at least two optional subjects to their syllabus for the start of the third year. The five choices are Arithmancy, Muggle Studies, Divination, Study of Ancient Runes and Care of Magical Creatures. Very specialised subjects such as Alchemy are sometimes offered in the final two years, if there is sufficient demand. There is a total of twelve named Professors at Hogwarts, each specializing in one of these subjects.

text: Transfiguration[edit]

text: Transfiguration is essentially the art of changing the properties of an object.[20] Transfiguration is a theory-based subject, including topics such as "Switching Spells" (altering only a part of some object, such as when Hagrid gave Dudley a pig tail); Vanishing Spells (causing an object to completely disappear);[OotP Ch.13] and Conjuring Spells (creating objects out of thin air).[OotP Ch.13] It is possible to change inanimate objects into animate ones and vice versa—Minerva McGonagall, the class's teacher, transfigures her desk into a pig and back in Philosopher's Stone.[PS Ch.8]

text: Defence Against the Dark Arts[edit]

text: Defence Against the Dark Arts, commonly shortened to D.A.D.A.,[21] is the class that teaches students defensive techniques to defend against the Dark Arts, and to be protected from Dark creatures. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, with Death-Eaters in charge of the school, the subject is renamed the Dark Arts, and involves pupils practicing the Cruciatus Curse on those who have earned detentions.[DH Ch.29] The subject has an extraordinarily high turnover of staff members—throughout the series no Defence Against the Dark Arts teacher has retained the post for more than one school year. Harry is exceptionally skilled in this subject. During the period the story takes place, the class is taught by Quirinus Quirrell (book one), Gilderoy Lockhart (book two), Remus Lupin (book three), Bartemius Crouch Jr impersonating Alastor "Mad-eye" Moody (book four), Dolores Umbridge (book five), Severus Snape (book six), and Amycus Carrow (book seven). Hagrid suggests in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets that "They're startin' ter think the job's jinxed. No one's lasted long for a while now." In Half-Blood Prince, Dumbledore suggests that Voldemort cursed the position because his application for it was rejected.[HBP Ch.20] The existence of the jinx was eventually confirmed by Rowling. The position had also been coveted by Snape, but he was denied the position as well. Snape was finally appointed D.A.D.A. professor in Half-Blood Prince. Rowling announced in an interview that once Voldemort had died, the jinx he placed on the office was lifted and a permanent professor had been teaching the subject between the end of Deathly Hallows and the epilogue, set nineteen years afterwards. Furthermore, she imagines that Harry Potter occasionally comes to the class to give lectures on the subject.[22]

text: Charms[edit]

text: Charms is the class that teaches how to develop incantations for the uses of bewitchment. Rowling has described Charms as a type of magic spell concerned with giving an object new and unexpected properties.[20] Charms classes are described as notoriously noisy and chaotic, as the lessons are largely practical.[OotP Ch.18] Many of the exposition sequences in the books are set in Charms classes, which are on the second floor of Hogwarts. The class is taught by Filius Flitwick.

text: Potions[edit]

text: Potions is described as the art of creating mixtures with magical effects. It requires the correct mixing and stirring of ingredients at the right times and temperatures. As to the question of whether a muggle could brew a potion, given the correct magical ingredients, Rowling has said, "Potions seems, on the face of it, to be the most muggle-friendly subject. But there does come a point in which you need to do more than stir."[23] Rowling later confirmed on Pottermore that "There is always some element of wandwork necessary to make a potion."[24] Snape's lessons are depicted as unhappy, oppressing times set in a gloomy dungeon in the basement of the castle, whilst Slughorn's, who replaces Snape as Potions Master, are shown as more cheerful and even fun at times.

text: Astronomy[edit]

text: Astronomy classes take place in the Astronomy Tower, the tallest tower in Hogwarts, and are taught by Professor Aurora Sinistra. Lessons involve observations of the night skies with telescopes. No astronomy lessons are shown in the books, but they are frequently referenced. Rowling describes one of Harry's Astronomy exams in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Also, bits of the Astronomy Tower are seen throughout the film series, such as HP2 and HP3, and featured in Half-Blood Prince, as the place where Dumbledore died, and seen in Deathly Hallows. Known student homework activities include learning the names of stars, constellations and planets, and their location, movements, and environments.

text: History of Magic[edit]

text: History of Magic is the study of magical history. Cuthbert Binns' lessons are depicted as some of the most boring at Hogwarts. They are only lectures, given without pause, about significant events in wizarding history. Topics have included goblin rebellions, giant wars, and the origins of wizarding secrecy. This is the only class at Hogwarts that is taught by a ghost, as the professor never noticed he had died and simply continued teaching as if nothing had changed.

text: Herbology[edit]

text: Herbology is the study of magical plants and how to take care of, utilise and combat them. There are at least three greenhouses described in the books, holding a variety of magical plants. Herbology is also the only subject Neville excels in. The epilogue to Deathly Hallows explains that he later replaces Professor Sprout as the Herbology teacher.

text: Arithmancy[edit]

text: Arithmancy is a branch of magic concerned with the magical properties of numbers. As neither Harry nor Ron take this class; almost nothing is known about it. It is, however, a favourite subject of Hermione. Arithmancy is reportedly difficult, as it requires memorising or working with many charts. In Order of the Phoenix, it is mentioned that the study of Arithmancy is required to become a Curse-Breaker for Gringotts. The subject is taught by Professor Septima Vector.

text: Study of Ancient Runes[edit]

text: Study of Ancient Runes, more commonly known as Ancient Runes, is a generally theoretical subject that studies the ancient runic scripts. Because only Hermione studies it, little else is known about this subject, taught by Professor Bathsheba Babbling.[25] In Deathly Hallows Dumbledore bequeaths his copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, which is written in ancient runes, to Hermione.

text: Divination[edit]

text: Divination is the art of predicting the future. Various methods are described, including tea leaves, fire omens, crystal balls, palmistry, cartomancy (including the reading of conventional playing cards and the tarot), astrology, and dream interpretations. Divination is described by Professor McGonagall as "one of the most imprecise branches of magic".[PA Ch.6] Supporters of the subject claim that it is an inexact science that requires innate gifts such as the "Inner Eye". Those opposed claim that the subject is irrelevant and fraudulent. Harry is first taught Divination by Professor Trelawney, and then later by Firenze after Trelawney is sacked by Dolores Umbridge in Harry's fifth year. In the sixth (and presumably seventh) year, Firenze and Professor Trelawney share Divination classes, divided by year.

text: Care of Magical Creatures[edit]

text: Care of Magical Creatures is the class which instructs students on how to care for magical beasts. Classes are held outside the castle. In Harry's first two years, the class is taken by Professor Silvanus Kettleburn who then retires "in order to enjoy more time with his remaining limbs". Dumbledore then recruits the gamekeeper Rubeus Hagrid to accept a teaching position along with his gamekeeping duties. Although Hagrid is obviously very experienced and knowledgeable, he doesn't "have a normal person's view of what's dangerous", an example being that the Care of Magical Creatures students were required to get a literally ferocious textbook called the "Monster Book of Monsters", and so consistently misjudges the risk that the animals he uses in his lessons pose to his students[PA Ch.6][GF Ch.13], which sometimes results in chaos. When Hagrid is absent, his lessons are taken over by Wilhelmina Grubbly-Plank, a witch and an acquaintance of Dumbledore's.

text: Muggle Studies[edit]

text: Muggle Studies is a class which involves the study of the muggle (non-magical) culture "from a wizarding point of view." The only need for witches and wizards to learn about muggle ways and means is to ensure they can blend in with muggles while needing to do so (for example, at the 1994 Quidditch World Cup). As the class is only mentioned as being taken by Hermione, and for just one year, little is known about its curriculum. In the opening chapter of the final book, Voldemort murders Professor Charity Burbage because she portrays muggles in a positive light and is opposed to limiting wizardry to only people of pure-blood origins. For the rest of the academic year covered by Deathly Hallows, the Death Eater Alecto Carrow teaches Muggle Studies. However, her lessons (which are made compulsory) mainly describe muggles and muggle-borns as subhuman and worthy of persecution.

text: Alchemy[edit]

text: Alchemy classes are not mentioned in the Harry Potter series; however, Rowling has used Alchemy as an example of a 'specialized' subject offered when there is sufficient demand. Alchemy is a philosophical tradition searching for the philosopher's stone, which is said to have the power to turn base metals into gold and to contain the elixir of life, which makes or keeps the drinker young and immortal. As mentioned in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, Nicholas Flamel created a Philosopher's Stone, but it was destroyed at the end of Harry's first year.

text: Flying[edit]

text: Flying is the class that teaches the use of broomsticks made for the use of flying and is taught only to Hogwarts first years by Rolanda Hooch. The subject is the only one that requires physicality. The only flying lesson depicted in the Harry Potter series is in Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

text: Apparition[edit]

text: Apparition is an optional class for those in the sixth and seventh years at Hogwarts, in preparation for obtaining their licence. In Harry's sixth year, Wilkie Twycross, a Ministry of Magic Apparition instructor, teaches the lessons. Magical enchantments on Hogwarts castle and grounds prevent Apparition and Disapparition inside the castle; however Half-Blood Prince explains that these protections are temporarily relaxed within the Great Hall for short periods to permit students to practice. Students are warned, though, that they will not be able to Apparate outside of the Great Hall and that it would be unwise to try.

text: Spell-like effects[edit]

text: Unbreakable Vow[edit]

text: The Unbreakable Vow is a voluntary agreement made between two witches or wizards. It must be performed with a witness ("Bonder") on hand, holding their wand on the agreeing persons' linked hands to bind them with magic as a tongue of flame. The Vow is not literally "unbreakable" as the person taking it is still able to go back on his or her word, but doing so will cause instant death. The Unbreakable Vow was first introduced in Half-Blood Prince, in which Snape made a promise to Narcissa Malfoy to protect Draco, with Bellatrix as the "Bonder", as her son attempted to fulfil the Dark Lord's task, and for Snape to fulfil the task if something should prevent Draco from doing it. Another example in Half-Blood Prince occurs when Ron tells Harry how Fred and George tried to make him undertake an Unbreakable Vow, but because of their father's intervention, they did not succeed.

text: Priori Incantatem[edit]

text: Priori Incantatem, or the Reverse Spell Effect, is used to detect the spells cast by a wand. The spells cast by the wand will emerge in smoky or ghost-like replicas in reverse order, with the latest spell emerging first. It is first encountered in Goblet of Fire when the house elf Winky is found holding Harry's wand. This spell is used to reveal that it was indeed Harry's wand that cast the Dark Mark. In Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince, it is revealed that the teenage Voldemort murdered his father and grandparents using his uncle Morfin's wand, knowing that, when examined, the wand would incriminate Morfin as the murderer. In Deathly Hallows, Harry fears that a Priori Incantatem spell will be used on Hermione's wand after the Death Eaters get hold of it. This would reveal that she had accidentally broken his holly-and-phoenix-feather wand when a curse misfired and they both narrowly escaped Voldemort earlier. As a result, the protection of the shared cores was lost and, worse still, this would now be made known to Voldemort. During the final duel between Harry and Voldemort, the latter mentions that he knows that the holly and phoenix wand is destroyed, implying that the Priori Incantatem has indeed been performed on Hermione's wand, as they had feared.

text: Forcing two wands that share the source of their cores to do battle can also cause a more potent form of Priori Incantatem. The tips of the two wands will connect, forming a thick golden "thread" of energy, and the two wands' masters fight a battle of wills. The loser's wand will regurgitate shadows of spells that it has cast in reverse order. This phenomenon occurs during the duel between Harry and Voldemort at the end of Goblet of Fire. Their simultaneous spells (Harry and Voldemort cast "Expelliarmus" and "Avada Kedavra" respectively) trigger the threads, and as Voldemort loses the battle of wills, his wand regurgitates, in reverse order, echoes of the people his wand had last murdered: Cedric Diggory; Frank Bryce; Bertha Jorkins; as well as Harry's parents. Harry was previously informed by Mr. Ollivander that the holly wand that "chose" Harry was the "brother" of the yew wand that gave him the lightning-shaped scar on his forehead, although the significance of this was not discussed then. Dumbledore later reveals to Harry that his and Voldemort's wands both contain a tail feather given by Dumbledore's pet phoenix, Fawkes.

text: Dark Arts[edit]

text: The Dark Arts are magical spells and practices that are usually used for malicious purposes. Practitioners of Dark Arts are referred to as Dark witches or wizards. The most prominent of these is Voldemort, known to them as the Dark Lord. His followers, known as Death Eaters, practice the Dark Arts while doing his bidding.

text: The type of spells characteristic of Dark Arts are known as curses,[26] which usually cause harm to the target. All, to a certain degree, are in some circumstances justifiable. The motivation of the caster affects a curse's result. This is most notable in the case of Cruciatus: when cast by Harry, angered by the death of his godfather at Bellatrix's hands and desiring to punish her, it causes a short moment of pain. As Bellatrix herself comments, righteous anger does not allow the spell to work for long. When cast by figures such as Voldemort, who desire to inflict pain for its own sake, it causes intense agony that can last as long as the Dark witch or wizard desires. Use of Dark Magic can corrupt the soul and body; Voldemort has used such magic in his quest to prolong his life and obtain great power. The Dark Arts also cause Voldemort to look deformed and inhuman, a side effect of splitting his soul into Horcruxes.

text: According to Snape, the Dark Arts "are many, varied, ever-changing and eternal... unfixed, mutating, indestructible".[27] In magical dueling, there are any number of spells that may be used to attack, immobilise, or disarm an opponent without causing pain or lasting harm; however, spells such as the Cruciatus Curse or Sectumsempra, judged to be Dark by reliable authorities, wound or seriously distress a victim in some way. Dark spells can be classified into three groups: jinxes, hexes & curses.

text: In the wizarding world, use of the Dark Arts is strongly stigmatised and even illegal; however, these spells are prevalent enough that even before the rise of Voldemort, many schools, (including Hogwarts), taught Defence Against the Dark Arts as a standard subject. Techniques include anti-curses and simple spells to disable or disarm attackers or fight off certain creatures. Some schools, such as Durmstrang, teach Dark Magic. A Dark Arts class is also taught at Hogwarts while it is under Death Eater control.

text: Unforgivable Curses[edit]

text: The Unforgivable Curses are some of the most powerful known Dark Arts spells. They were first classified as unforgivable in 1717. Used by the books' villains, such as Voldemort and the Death Eaters and in some cases the Ministry of Magic, their use inspires horror and great fear amongst others. The curses are so named because their use is forbidden and unforgivable in the wizarding world and is punishable by a life sentence in Azkaban. The only exception is if a person is proved to have done them under the influence of mind control. These curses are thus very rarely used openly.

text: The Unforgivable Curses include:

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Avada Kedavra, the Killing Curse. The curse is used for murder. This is one of the most powerful curses. Normally, it cannot be stopped or deflected, but it can be dodged or obstructed with a physical object. The spell causes immediate, painless death, and cannot be reversed. Casting it requires immense magical power, so much so that the combined power of an entire class of 4th year students is not sufficient for it. The curse, when summoned, is shown as a bright green light (a bolt or beam of green light in the films). Harry Potter is the only person known to have survived (twice), nullified (once) and deflected (once) this curse.
Crucio, the Cruciatus Curse. The curse is used for torturing a person by causing them physical pain and agony. The strength of the curse is determined by the person who cast it. The curse is so powerful that it can even torture a person to the point that they are exhausted to death, or in a more sadistic case, it causes permanent amnesia and insanity (the case of Neville's parents, who were tortured by Bellatrix Lestrange). Effective casting requires the caster to have sadistic desires. Harry finds out in Order of the Phoenix while attempting to use the Cruciatus Curse on Bellatrix that the caster must truly want their victim to suffer for the spell to work, and that his righteous anger is not enough. The curse, when summoned, is shown in a bright-faded blue light (though it is usually invisible or even a red bolt of light in the films). When Hogwarts was under Death Eater control, the Dark Arts teacher forced the students in his class to use the Cruciatus Curse on students who had been assigned detention.
Imperio, the Imperius Curse. The curse is used for mind control or hypnosis and can force the victim to do things he/she would be unwilling to do or even incapable of under normal circumstances. The strength (and also the duration) of the curse is determined by the determination of the person who cast it, as well as by the level of resistance of the victim. The curse, when summoned, is shown in a bright haze (while it was either invisible or green, mist-like haze in the films). Harry Potter resisted an Imperius Curse cast by Voldemort.

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text: The use of the Unforgivable Curses was authorised against Voldemort and his followers by Bartemius Crouch Sr, during the First Wizarding War. (Shortly after his resurrection, Voldemort names two Death Eaters "killed by Aurors".) In addition, in Deathly Hallows, the Unforgivable Curses are used liberally by good characters, ranging from Professor McGonagall with the Imperius Curse, to Harry effectively using the Cruciatus Curse. He also uses the Imperius Curse on a goblin and a suspicious Death Eater during their disguised attack upon Gringotts Bank.

text: Dark Mark[edit]

text: The Dark Mark is the symbol of Voldemort and the Death Eaters and takes the form of a skull with a snake coming out of the mouth in place of a tongue. The mark is cast into the sky by Death Eaters whenever they have murdered someone. The spell used by Death Eaters to conjure the Mark is Morsmordre. It first appears in Goblet of Fire and is described as a "colossal skull, composed of what looked like emerald stars, with a serpent protruding from its mouth like a tongue". Once in the sky it was "blazing in a haze of greenish smoke". Dark Marks are also branded on the left forearm of the closest followers of Voldemort. The mark serves as a connection between Voldemort and each who bears it; he can summon them by touching his mark, causing it and those of his followers to burn and change colour. Death Eaters can summon Voldemort in the same fashion. Following Voldemort's ultimate defeat, the Dark Marks on his Death Eaters fade into a scar "similar" to Harry's.[14] In the books, the Dark Mark is described as green; however, in the films, it was only green at the Quidditch World Cup. In all other film appearances it has been grey.

text: Inferius[edit]

text: An Inferius (plural: Inferi) is a corpse controlled through a Dark wizard's spells. An Inferius is not alive, but a dead body that has been bewitched into acting like a puppet for the witch or wizard; this manifests itself as a white mist in the controlled corpse's eyes. They cannot think for themselves: they are created to perform a specific duty assigned by the Dark wizard who commands them, and as seen in the Inferi guarding Voldemort's Horcrux in a seaside cave, remain idle until their task can be performed. This task is then thoughtlessly carried out, whether or not it will produce any result. Inferi are difficult to harm by magic; however, they can be repelled by fire or any other forms of heat or light, as the Inferi in Voldemort's cave had never been exposed to either of these elements. When defeated, they return to their idle state.

text: Inferi are considered dangerous and frightening enough by the magical world that impersonating an Inferius (as Mundungus Fletcher does in Half-Blood Prince) is an offence worthy of imprisonment in Azkaban.

text: The Ministry of Magic fears that Voldemort is killing enough people to make an army of Inferi: as they are dead, they are very difficult to stop. When Voldemort was hiding one of his Horcruxes in the past, he filled a lake in a cave with many Inferi, which were to attack and drown anyone but Voldemort who came into the cavern and took the locket. When Harry and Dumbledore took the locket, the Inferi attacked Harry; Dumbledore repelled them with a rope of fire. It is also revealed that the Inferi almost killed Kreacher after he drank from the basin to help Voldemort hide his Horcruxes, but having been ordered to return to his master after his task with Voldemort was complete, he was able to apparate out of the cave. These Inferi later killed Regulus Black when he stole the Horcrux and ordered Kreacher to destroy it.

text: In Latin, the word inferus (plural: inferi) means "below", often referring in the plural to "the gods below" (see di inferi) or the spirits of the dead.[28] Inferius is a neuter singular form of inferior, a comparative adjective meaning "lower".[28][29]

text: Horcrux[edit]

text: A horcrux is an object created using dark magic to attain effective immortality. The concept is first introduced in the sixth novel, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, although horcruxes are present in earlier novels without being described or expanded upon.

text: To create a horcrux, a witch or wizard must first prepare the chosen object[30] in a ritual which is referred to as only “too horrible to go into detail about”. Following the preparation of the object, the witch or wizard must then take a life, an act which splits the soul. Following that, further dark rituals are required in order to remove the soul shard from the maker and place it into the prepared object. Once this is done, the Horcrux becomes impervious to almost all forms of destruction, requiring extremely powerful magic or substances to do so.

text: Ordinarily, when one's body is killed, the soul departs for the next world. If, however, the body of a horcrux owner is killed, that portion of his soul which had remained in his body will not pass on to the next world, but will rather exist in a non-corporeal form capable of being resurrected by another wizard. If all of someone's horcruxes are destroyed, then his soul's only anchor in the material world would be his body, the destruction of which would then cause his final death.

text: Portraits[edit]

text: In the Harry Potter series the subjects of magical portraits (even those of characters that are dead) can move, interact with living observers, speak and demonstrate apparent emotion and personality. Some can even move to other portraits to visit each other, or relay messages, or (if more than one painting of the subject exists) move between separate locations by way of their portraits. An example of this is Phineas Nigellus Black, who has a painting in the Headmaster's office and at Number 12 Grimmauld Place. Many such portraits are found on the walls of Hogwarts.

text: Some portraits are used to conceal the entrance of a room or passageway. For example, the Fat Lady's portrait covers the entrance to the Gryffindor common room, and she can swing the portrait open when given the correct password or close to prevent entry. In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, there is a portrait of Ariana Dumbledore in the Room of Requirement that conceals a secret passageway to the Hog's Head. There is also a painting of a large fruit bowl in front of the Hogwarts kitchen, which will swing open if the pear is tickled to reveal a hidden door.

text: Portraits are enchanted to move by the artist, but the degree to which they can interact with others depends on the power of the subject.[31] Rowling has commented that a portrait is merely a faint imprint of the deceased subject, imitating their basic personality and thought patterns. They are therefore "not as fully realised as ghosts".[32] In Harry Potter and the Cursed Child the portrait of Albus Dumbledore describes himself as only "paint and memory" and Professor McGonagall (his successor as headteacher of Hogwarts) comments that, although she speaks to Dumbledore to help her in making decisions, she is careful to remember that "portraits don't represent even half of their subjects".

text: Portraits in the Headmaster's office[edit]

text: The portraits in the Headmaster's office depict all the former Heads of Hogwarts, with the exception of Dolores Umbridge. They advise the Headmaster and are "honour-bound to give service to the present headmaster" (according to Armando Dippet). Rowling has explained that portraits of past headteachers tend to be more realistic than most, as the subject in question usually imparts knowledge and teaches them how to behave before their death.[31]

text: The Fat Lady[edit]

text: The portrait of the Fat Lady covers the door to Gryffindor Tower. She will open it (sometimes grudgingly) when the correct password is uttered. She is often upset after being awoken, and is sometimes seen drunk with her best friend, Violet. The Fat Lady has no other known name -- even the unfailingly polite Albus Dumbledore refers to her only as "the Fat Lady" -- and it may be that she does not represent a real person but is instead an invention of her portrait's artist. In Philosopher's Stone, she leaves her portrait in the middle of the night, locking Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville out of Gryffindor Tower, forcing them to run across the school. Luckily for them, when they return, she has returned to her portrait, allowing them to escape into Gryffindor Tower. In Prisoner of Azkaban, Sirius Black slashes the Fat Lady's portrait when she won't let him in without a password and it is some time before she dares to guard Gryffindor Tower again. After her portrait is restored, she requests protection in case someone tries to attack her portrait again. Thus, two security trolls are hired. In Half Blood Prince, she gets so annoyed with Harry's late return that she pretends the password has changed and tries to call him back when he heads off to talk to Dumbledore. When Harry later confirms Dumbledore's death, she lets out a sob and, for the only time in the series, she opens without the password for Harry in her grief.

text: In the first film the Fat Lady is played by Elizabeth Spriggs, and by Dawn French in the third film.

text: Photographs[edit]

text: Wizarding photographs of people have similar properties to magical painted portraits: the figures within move about or even sometimes leave the frame. They appear in wizard newspapers and other print media, as well as on Chocolate Frog cards.[HP1] Colin Creevey mentions in Chamber of Secrets that a boy in his dormitory said that if he develops the film from his Muggle camera 'in the right potion', the pictures will move.[33] However, unlike portraits, figures in wizarding pictures cannot speak and display little sentience. It appears that they do have some knowledge of current events, as in Order of the Phoenix, the family photograph on Arthur's desk shows everyone except Percy "who appeared to have walked out of it",[34] mirroring the deterioration of Percy's relationship with his family. It is also mentioned that in a photo taken by Colin Creevey of Gilderoy Lockhart and Harry, Harry's picture had walked out and was resisting all of Lockhart's efforts to pull him back in.