This contract concerns the Most Outstanding Player award for the Division I women's college basketball tournament in the 2026-27 season. The rules in the saved Kalshi event state that if a named player wins the award in that season, the market resolves to Yes. If that player does not play in the 2026-27 Division I women's college basketball season for any reason, the market for that player resolves to No [1]. The event also closes and expires early if the event occurs [1]. Each named player in the event has a separate market. The saved event covers the Women's NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player Winner, and the market titles follow the pattern "[player] wins NCAA Tournament Most Outstanding Player" [1]. The source excerpt for the provider event does not describe the players, their teams, or their eligibility beyond the rules quoted above, so this article does not say anything further about them. The Kalshi rules also address the case of multiple recipients. If more than one recipient is awarded, Yes positions pay $1 divided by the number of awarded recipients, rounded down to the nearest cent, and No positions pay $1 minus the Yes payout [1]. The provider states that it is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or officially connected to the NCAA [1]. The saved market records list an end date of May 7, 2027 at 14:00 UTC [1]. This is a field in the stored market data. The provider's own event excerpt says the listed end time was not supplied, so this date should not be read as an announced date for the award. The evidence supplied for this article was observed and retrieved in late October 2026, and it describes the contract as active at that time. It does not establish what the state of the market is at any later time.

Historical Context

Reference material on the broader award explains that the Most Outstanding Player for the NCAA Division I men's and women's basketball tournaments is awarded to one player after the championship game concludes. The award is often called the Final Four Most Outstanding Player, referring to the conclusion of the Final Four semifinals and championship games. Accredited media members at the championship game vote on it [3]. The women's soccer tournament has a different award structure. Its reference material says the Most Outstanding Offensive Player and Most Outstanding Defensive Player are presented annually, and that an overall Most Outstanding Player was also awarded in the tournament's early years. These individual honors are usually, but not always, given to players on the winning team [2]. This soccer background is not part of the basketball contract and is included only to show how the tournament awards differ across sports.

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