1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1983 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams32
Finals site Flag of Massachusetts.svg Worcester, Massachusetts
Champions North Central Cardinals (1st title)
Runner-up Elizabethtown Blue Jays (2nd title game)
Third place Knoxville Bulldogs (1st Final Four)
Fourth place Clark Cougars (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach Wayne Morgan (1st title)
MOP Page Lutz (Elizabethtown)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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The 1983 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the second annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]

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North Central (IL) defeated defending champions Elizabethtown in the championship game, 83–71, to claim the Cardinals' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The field for the tournament doubled in size from the previous championship in 1982, increasing from 16 to 32 teams.

Bracket

First round

Regional finals

National finals

Elite EightFinal FourNational championship
         
Clark (MA) 67
New Rochelle 58
Clark (MA) 66
Elizabethtown80
Elizabethtown 62
Kean 57
Elizabethtown 71
North Central (IL)83
North Central (IL) 100
Minnesota–Morris 82
North Central (IL)84Third place
Knoxville 74
Knoxville 70Clark (MA) 80
Wisconsin–La Crosse Knoxville82

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 4, 2021.