Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Norfolk, Virginia | ||||
Champions | Wilmington Quakers (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Bowdoin Polar Bears (1st title game) | ||||
Third place | Rochester Yellowjackets (2nd Final Four) | ||||
Fourth place | Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (3rd Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Jerry Scheve (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Tara Rausch (Wilmington (OH)) | ||||
Attendance | 29,162 | ||||
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The 2004 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 23rd annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]
Wilmington defeated Bowdoin in the championship game, 59–53, to claim the Quakers' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted by Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia.
Final Four | National championship | ||||||||
Rochester | 63 | ||||||||
Wilmington | 74 | ||||||||
Wilmington | 59 | ||||||||
Bowdoin | 53 | ||||||||
Bowdoin | 64 | ||||||||
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 59 | Third place | |||||||
Rochester | 64 | ||||||||
Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 63 |
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