2003 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2003 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Hulbert Arena, Terre Haute, Indiana
Champions	Trinity Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up	Eastern Connecticut State Warriors (1st title game)
Third place	Wisconsin–Eau Claire Blugolds (3rd Final Four)
Fourth place	Rochester Yellowjackets (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Becky Geyer (1st title)
MOP	Allison Wooley (Trinity (TX))
Attendance	37,313
NCAA Division III women's tournaments « 2002 2004 »

The 2003 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 22nd annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

Trinity (TX) defeated Eastern Connecticut State in the championship game, 60–58, to win the Tigers' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were played at the Hulbert Arena in Terre Haute, Indiana from March 21–22, hosted by Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 5, 2003 Campus sites				Second round March 8, 2023 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 14–15, 2003 Rochester, NY				Sectional finals March 14–15, 2003 Rochester, NY
					Marymount (VA)*	83
					Rutgers–Camden	80
	Gwynedd Mercy*	48
	Rutgers Camden	63
									Marymount (VA)	82
									Messiah	83
	Johns Hopkins*	75
	Hunter	50
					Johns Hopkins	60
					Messiah*	86
	Messiah*	84
	Hood	46
													Messiah	60
													Rochester	71
					Rochester (NY)*	59
					Scranton	45
	Scranton*	66
	St. Lawrence	61
									Rochester*	57
									Ithaca	51
	Ithaca*	81
	Brockport State	68
					Ithaca	86*
					St. John Fisher*	79

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 5, 2003 Campus sites				Second round March 8, 2023 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 14–15, 2003 Abilene, TX				Sectional finals March 14–15, 2003 Abilene, TX
					Hardin-Simmons*	104
					Randolph-Macon	80
	Randolph-Macon*	77
	Meredith	74
									Hardin-Simmons	61
									Trinity (TX)	67
	Maryville (TN)*	50
	Methodist	49
					Maryville (TN)	60
					Trinity (TX)*	66
													Trinity (TX)	76
													Washington St. Louis	57
					Washington St. Louis*	80
					Illinois Wesleyan	56
	Fontbonne*	54
	Illinois Wesleyan	67
									Washington St. Louis	83
									St. Norbert	65
	St. Norbert*	65
	Rockford	47
					St. Norbert	60
					Carleton*	47

Top right sectional

	First round March 5, 2003 Campus sites				Second round March 8, 2023 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 14–15, 2003 Scranton, PA				Sectional finals March 14–15, 2003 Scranton, PA
					Bowdoin*	73
					Emmanuel (MA)	50
	Emmanuel (MA)*	69
	Salve Regina	52
									Bowdoin	64
									Southern Maine	47
	Salem State*	61
	Springfield	50
					Salem State	54
					Southern Maine*	72
													Bowdoin	47
													Eastern Connecticut	58
					King's (PA)	82
					Pitt Greensburg	67
	Mount Saint Mary*	54
	Pitt Greensburg	62
									King's (PA)	57
									Eastern Connecticut	67
	Eastern Connecticut*	91
	Farmingdale State	49
					Eastern Connecticut	65
					DeSales*	51

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 5, 2003 Campus sites				Second round March 8, 2023 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 14–15, 2003 Eau Claire, WI				Sectional finals March 14–15, 2003 Eau Claire, WI
	UW Eau Claire*	70
	Wisconsin Lutheran	49
					UW Eau Claire*	81
					Chapman	45
	Chapman*	70
	La Verne	46
									UW Eau Claire	43
									Pacific Lutheran	41
	Gustavus Adolphus*	67
	Loras	59
					Gustavus Adolphus	54
					Pacific Lutheran*	58
													UW Eau Claire	74
													Hope	56
					Wilmington (OH)*	74
					Baldwin-Wallace	63
	Baldwin-Wallace*	64
	Wittenberg	57
									Wilmington (OH)	73
									Hope	77
	Hope*	75
	Mount St. Joseph	63
					Hope	71
					Washington & Jefferson*	60

Final Four

	Final Four March 21, 2003				National championship March 22, 2003
	Rochester (NY)	54
	Trinity (TX)	63
					Trinity (TX)	60
					Eastern Connecticut	58
	Eastern Connecticut	52*
	UW Eau Claire	49			Third place March 22, 2003
					Rochester (NY)	77
					UW Eau Claire	82**

All-tournament team

• Allison Wooley, Trinity (TX)
• Megan Selmon, Trinity (TX)
• Allison Coleman, Eastern Connecticut State
• Kristi Channing, Wisconsin–Eau Claire
• Kelly Wescott, Rochester (NY)

See also

• 2003 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2003 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2003 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2003 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2003 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved April 4, 2025.