1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1985 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Flag of Wisconsin.svg DePere, Wisconsin
Champions Scranton Royals (1st title)
Runner-up New Rochelle Blue Angels (1st title game)
Third place Millikin Big Blue (1st Final Four)
Fourth place St. Norbert Green Knights (1st Final Four)
Winning coach Mike Strong (1st title)
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The 1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the fourth 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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Scranton defeated New Rochelle in the championship game, 68–59, to claim the Royals' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted in DePere, Wisconsin.

Bracket

First Round

Regional finals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
New Rochelle 74
Muskingum 73
New Rochelle61
St. Norbert 59
St. Norbert 69
Pomona-Pitzer 55
New Rochelle 59
Scranton68
Millikin 80
Rust 79
Millikin 75 National third-place game
Scranton83
Scranton 85St. Norbert 73
Salem State 59 Millikin76

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2021.