1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1991 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Flag of Minnesota.svg Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (1st title)
Runner-up Muskingum Fighting Muskies (1st title game)
Third place Eastern Connecticut State Warriors (1st Final Four)
Fourth place Washington University Bears (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach Ted Riverso (1st title)
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The 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tenth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]

Contents

St. Thomas (MN) defeated Muskingum in the championship game, 73–55, to claim the Tommies' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Format

There was a slight adjustment to the tournament's format in 1991, even though the field size remained fixed at 32 teams.

The bracket was reorganized from eight regional tournaments of four teams, with each regional winner advancing to the national quarterfinal round, to a new structure of four sectionals of eight teams. Under the new format, the four sectional champions advanced to the national semifinal, or Final Four, round.

Bracket

Atlantic sectional

Regionals
March 1–2, 1991
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 1991
New Concord, OH
Sectional finals
March 9, 1991
New Concord, OH
      
St. John Fisher* 74
Buffalo State 66
St. John Fisher 79
East Regional
Frostburg State 50
NYU* 54
Hartwick 55*
St. John Fisher 70
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
Muskingum 81
Kean 57
Frostburg State* 61
Hartwick 57
Atlantic Regional
Muskingum 67
Capital (OH)* 74
Muskingum 76

South sectional

Regionals
March 1–2, 1991
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 1991
Salem, VA
Sectional finals
March 9, 1991
Salem, VA
      
Washington St. Louis* 69
Augustana (IL) 62
Washington St. Louis 73
Central Regional
Maryville (TN) 59
Luther* 78
Wartburg 54
Washington St. Louis 67
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
Roanoke 51
Maryville (TN)* 88
Centre (KY) 80
Luther 74
South Regional
Roanoke 84
Roanoke* 86
Marymount 66

Northeast sectional

Regionals
March 1–2, 1991
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 1991
Willimantic, CT
Sectional finals
March 9, 1991
Willimantic, CT
      
Susquehanna* 70
Carnegie Mellon 54
Susquehanna 74
Mid-Atlantic Regional
Southern Maine 83
Franklin & Marshall 76
Moravian* 81
Southern Maine 62
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
Eastern Connecticut 63
Southern Maine 60
Salem State* 57
Moravian 62
Northeast Regional
Eastern Connecticut 71
Eastern Connecticut 62
Western Connecticut* 50

West sectional

Regionals
March 1–2, 1991
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 8, 1991
St. Paul, MN
Sectional finals
March 9, 1991
St. Paul, MN
      
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 62
Wisconsin–Oshkosh* 67
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 63
Great Lakes Regional
St. Thomas (MN) 87
Calvin 50
Adrian* 57
St. Thomas (MN) 76
(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
Concordia Moorhead 62
Saint Bendict's 62
St. Thomas (MN)* 76
Adrian 75
West Regional
Concordia Moorhead 100
Gustavus Adolphus 62
Concordia Moorhead* 75

Final Four

Final FourNational championship
      
Muskingum85
Washington St. Louis 60
Muskingum 55
St. Thomas (MN)73
Eastern Connecticut 55
St. Thomas (MN)91Third place
Washington St. Louis 74
Eastern Connecticut83

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 11, 2021.