2000 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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2000 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams49
Finals site O'Neill Center
Flag of Connecticut.svg Danbury, Connecticut
Champions Washington University Bears (3rd title)
Runner-up Southern Maine Huskies (2nd title game)
Third place St. Thomas Tommies (4th Final Four)
Fourth place Scranton Royals (6th Final Four)
Winning coach Nancy Fahey (3rd title)
MOP Alia Fischer (Washington University in St. Louis)
Attendance30,465
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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The 2000 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 19th 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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Two-time defending champions Washington St. Louis defeated Southern Maine in the championship game, 79–33, to claim the Bears' third Division III national title, their third of four consecutive.

The championship rounds were hosted by Western Connecticut State University at the O'Neill Center in Danbury, Connecticut from March 17–18, 2000.

Bracket

Top left sectional

First round
March 1, 2000
Second round
March 4, 2000
Sectional semifinals
March 10, 2000
Sectional finals
March 11, 2000
        
Allentown 54
King's (PA) 62
Johns Hopkins 57
King's (PA) 60
King's (PA) 45
Mid-Atlantic Region
Scranton 49
Messiah 71
Bethany (WV) 66
Messiah 43
Scranton 67
Scranton 72
St. Lawrence 59
Cortland State 55
St. John Fisher 66
St. John Fisher 66
Mount St. Mary (NY) 55
St. John Fisher 62
East Region
St. Lawrence* 67
William Smith 78
Gwynedd Mercy 52
William Smith 43
St. Lawrence 49

Bottom left sectional

First round
March 1, 2000
Second round
March 4, 2000
Sectional semifinals
March 10, 2000
Sectional finals
March 11, 2000
        
Baldwin Wallace 77
Wilmington (OH) 72
Wilmington (OH) 46
Kenyon 64
Baldwin Wallace 76**
Great Lakes Region
Calvin 72
Calvin 68
Lake Forest 42
Calvin 64
Capital 63
Baldwin Wallace 71
Washington St. Louis 86
Washington St. Louis 67
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 46
Wisconsin Lutheran 38
Wisconsin–Oshkosh 54
Washington St. Louis 81
Central Region
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 63
Millikin 77
Fontbonne 54
Millikin 38
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 75


Top right sectional

First round
March 1, 2000
Second round
March 4, 2000
Sectional semifinals
March 10, 2000
Sectional finals
March 11, 2000
        
Bates 59
Clark (MA) 63
Clark (MA) 63
Norwich 58
Clark (MA) 61
Northeast Region
Southern Maine 77
Salem State 55
Wellesley 48
Salem State 68
Southern Maine 72
Southern Maine 65
Rowan 62
Rowan 87
Salisbury State 73
Salisbury State 80
Staten Island 63
Rowan 70
Atlantic Region
Eastern Nazarene 44
Richard Stockton 80
Centenary (NJ) 45
Richard Stockton 63
Eastern Nazarene 66


Bottom right sectional

First round
March 1, 2000
Second round
March 4, 2000
Sectional semifinals
March 10, 2000
Sectional finals
March 11, 2000
        
St. Thomas (MN) 64
Pacific Lutheran 45
Pacific Lutheran 50
Whitworth 46
St. Thomas (MN) 76
West Region
George Fox 64
George Fox 63
Linfield 51
George Fox 71
Cal Lutheran 63
Cal Lutheran 72
UC San Diego 66
St. Thomas (MN) 68
Hardin-Simmons 56
McMurry 62
Simpson (CA) 47
McMurry 70
Hendrix 59
Hendrix 56
Maryville (TN) 44
McMurry 60
South Region
Hardin-Simmons 62
Roanoke 69
Shenandoah 55
Roanoke 76
Hardin-Simmons 101

Final Four

Final Four
March 17, 2000
O'Neill Center
Danbury, CT
National championship
March 18, 2000
O'Neill Center
Danbury, CT
    
Scranton 30
Washington St. Louis 64
Washington St. Louis 79
Southern Maine 33
Southern Maine 49
St. Thomas (MN) 42 Third place
Scranton 56
St. Thomas (MN) 66

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 17, 2022.