In 3 News Articles It's Done Differently

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Women's NCAA Tournament
Womens' NCAA Tournament
Womens NCAA Tournament

I say it's Womens' (womens' basketball - basketball with lots of women) but I'm baffled and it seems that most of the headline articles say Women's.
 

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"Women's" is correct for the possessive of "women." "Women" is a plural not ending in "s."

ten sheep's tails
the men's room
women's hats
 

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...all I can say in my defense is that my brain must have shut down at about 9:00 last night. It was a long Monday. Of course women is already plural...sigh.
 
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