1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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1987 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
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Teams32
Finals site Flag of Pennsylvania.svg Scranton, Pennsylvania
Champions Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (1st title)
Runner-up Concordia Cobbers (1st title game)
Third place Scranton Royals (2nd Final Four)
Fourth place Kean Cougars (1st Final Four)
Winning coach Linda Wunder (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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The 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the sixth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]

Contents

Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated Concordia Moorhead in the championship game, 81–74, to claim the Pointers' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were held in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Bracket

First round

Regional finals

National finals

National quarterfinalsNational semifinalsNational championship
         
Scranton 50*
St. John Fisher 43
Scranton 59
Wisconsin–Stevens Point74
Wisconsin–Stevens Point 71
William Penn 66
Wisconsin–Stevens Point81
Concordia Moorhead 74
Kean 69
Southern Maine 56
Kean 69 National third-place game
Concordia Moorhead74
Concordia Moorhead 72Scranton92*
Rust 62 Kean 90

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 31, 2021.