1982 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1982 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams16
Finals site Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
Champions Elizabethtown Blue Jays (1st title)
Runner-up UNC Greensboro Spartans (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Yvonne Kauffman (1st title)
MOP Bev Hall (Elizabethtown)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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The 1982 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the inaugural tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1] The 1982 AIAW Division III championship was a separate tournament.

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Elizabethtown defeated UNC Greensboro in the championship game, 67–66 in overtime, to claim the Blue Jays' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.

Bracket

First round

Second round

National finals

Final FourNational championship
    
Elizabethtown 71
Clark 51
Elizabethtown67*
UNC Greensboro 66
UNC Greensboro 77
Pomona-Pitzer 66 Third Place
Clark 71
Pomona-Pitzer72*

All-tournament team

See also

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References

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