Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Norfolk, Virginia | ||||
Champions | Millikin Big Blue (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets (1st title game) | ||||
Third place | Southern Maine Huskies (4th Final Four) | ||||
Fourth place | Scranton Royals (7th Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Lori Kerans (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Joanna Conner (Millikin) | ||||
Attendance | 31,839 | ||||
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The 2005 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 24th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]
Millikin defeated Randolph-Macon in the championship game, 70–50, to claim the Big Blue's first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted by Virginia Wesleyan College in Norfolk, Virginia.
Final Four | National championship | ||||||||
Southern Maine | 60 | ||||||||
Millikin | 66 | ||||||||
Millikin | 70 | ||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 50 | ||||||||
Scranton | 65 | ||||||||
Randolph-Macon | 70 | Third place | |||||||
Southern Maine | 55 | ||||||||
Scranton | 53 |
The NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament is a tournament to determine the NCAA Division III national champion. It has been held annually from 1975 to 2019 & since 2022, but not played in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19 issues.
The NCAA Division III women's basketball championship is the annual tournament to determine the national champions of women's NCAA Division III collegiate basketball in the United States. It was held annually from 1982, when the NCAA began to sponsor women's sports at all three levels, through 2019. No championship was held in 2020 or 2021 due to COVID-19 issues.
The following are the basketball events of the year 2005 throughout the world.
The 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1976–77 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga and Chattanooga's Wayne Golden was the Most Outstanding Player.
The 1983 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1982–83 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Wright State University and Wright State's Gary Monroe was the Most Outstanding Player.
The 1984 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1983-4 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Central Missouri State and Central Missouri State's Ron Nunnally was the Most Outstanding Player.
The 1985 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1984–85 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Jacksonville State University and South Dakota State's Mark Tetzlaff was the Most Outstanding Player.
The Randolph–Macon Yellow Jackets are the athletic teams that represent Randolph–Macon College, located in Ashland, Virginia, in NCAA Division III intercollegiate sports. The Yellow Jackets compete as members of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. Altogether, Randolph–Macon sponsors 18 sports, with 9 teams for each gender. The school's newest sport of men's volleyball, introduced for the 2019 season, is the only team that does not compete in the ODAC, instead competing in the Continental Volleyball Conference.
The 2005 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as the culmination of the 2004–05 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Virginia Union University and VUU's Antwan Walton was the Most Outstanding Player.
The 2016 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament involved 64 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the NCAA Division II women's college basketball national champion. It began on March 10, 2016, and concluded with the championship game on April 4, 2016.
The 2004 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the 23rd annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
The 1982 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the inaugural tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. The 1982 AIAW Division III championship was a separate tournament.
The 1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
The 2002 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 21st annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
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. Trinity (TX) defeated Eastern Connecticut State in the championship game, 60–58, to claim the Tigers' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted by Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.
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.
The 2006 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 25th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
The 2021 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was to have been the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States for the 2020–21 NCAA Division III women's basketball season. However, the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2021 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was to have been the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III men's collegiate basketball in the United States for the 2021–22 NCAA Division III men's basketball season. However, the tournament was cancelled due to an insufficient number of teams participating in Division III. Only 48.6% of schools participated in men's basketball when 60% was required as schools were in the midst of reopening after the COVID-19 pandemic the previous March.
The 2022 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division III college basketball in the United States. Featuring sixty-four teams, it began on March 4, 2022, following the 2021–22 season, and concluded with the championship game on March 19, 2022.