Teams | 24 | ||||
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Finals site | Springfield, Massachusetts | ||||
Champions | Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (3rd title) | ||||
Runner-up | North Dakota State Bison (1st title game) | ||||
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Winning coach | Darlene May (3rd title) | ||||
MOP | Debra Larsen (Cal Poly Pomona) | ||||
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The 1986 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the fifth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]
Defending champions Cal Poly Pomona defeated North Dakota State in the championship game, 70–63, the Broncos' third NCAA Division II national title.
The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, hosted by Springfield College.
First round - at Pace Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Philadelphia Textile Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Philadelphia Textile | 73 | ||||||||
Pace | 72 | Slippery Rock | 60 | ||||||
Slippery Rock | 74 |
First round - at Bellarmine Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Bellarmine Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Lake Superior State | 54 | ||||||||
Bellarmine | 69 | Bellarmine | 67 | ||||||
Northern Kentucky | 52 |
First round - at New Haven Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Central Connecticut State Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Central Connecticut State | 87 | ||||||||
New Haven | 60 | Quinnipiac | 63 | ||||||
Quinnipiac | 62 |
First round - at North Dakota State Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Mankato State Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Mankato State | 62 | ||||||||
Bryant | 63 | North Dakota State | 67 | ||||||
North Dakota State | 81 |
First round - at Delta State Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Delta State Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Florida International | 64 | ||||||||
Clark Atlanta | 54 | Delta State | 93 | ||||||
Delta State | 100 |
First round - at Hampton Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Mount St. Mary's Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 83 | ||||||||
Hampton | 73 | Hampton | 86 | ||||||
Norfolk State | 60 |
First round - at Alaska Anchorage Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals - at Central Missouri State Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Central Missouri State | 65 | ||||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 65 | Southeast Missouri State | 64 | ||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 80 |
First round - at Cal State Northridge Round of 24 March 8 | Regional finals at Cal Poly Pomona Sweet 16 March 11 | ||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 66 | ||||||||
UC Davis | 57 | Cal State Northridge | 46 | ||||||
Cal State Northridge | 68 |
Visiting team listed first and date March 15 in Elite Eight unless indicated
Final Four Location: Springfield Civic Center Host: Springfield College
National quarterfinals Elite Eight | National semifinals Final Four March 21 | National championship March 22 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 60 | ||||||||||||
NC | North Dakota State | 77 | ||||||||||||
NC | North Dakota State | 77 | ||||||||||||
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E | Philadelphia Textile | 61 | ||||||||||||
E | Philadelphia Textile | 84 | ||||||||||||
NE | Central Connecticut State | 66 | ||||||||||||
NC | North Dakota State | 63 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal Poly Pomona | 70 | ||||||||||||
SA | Hampton | 61 | ||||||||||||
S | Delta State | 82 | ||||||||||||
S | Delta State | 68 | ||||||||||||
March 14 | ||||||||||||||
W | Cal Poly Pomona | 71 | ||||||||||||
GL | Bellarmine | 49 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal Poly Pomona | 83 |
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