2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2007 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	63
Finals site	Blake Arena, Springfield, Massachusetts
Champions	DePauw Tigers (1st title)
Runner-up	WashU Bears (6th title game)
Third place	Mary Washington Eagles (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	NYU Violets (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Kris Huffman (1st title)
MOP	Liz Bondi (DePauw)
Attendance	16,113
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The 2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 26th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

DePauw defeated Washington St. Louis in the championship game, 55–52, to claim the Tigers' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Springfield College at Blake Arena in Springfield, Massachusetts. ^[2]

Qualifying

For the second consecutive year, the tournament featured sixty-three teams. All teams but one, Howard Payne, started play in the First Round, with the Yellow Jackets receiving the singular bye to the Second Round.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 2, 2007 Regional hosts				Second round March 3, 2007 Regional hosts				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2007 Scranton, PA				Sectional finals March 10, 2007 Scranton, PA
	Bowdoin	74
	Mount Holyoke	57
					Bowdoin	77
	Brunswick, ME
					Keene State	52
	Maine Maritime	51
	Keene State	61
									Bowdoin	63
									Rochester	53
	Cortland State	72
	Medaille	67
					Cortland State	51
	Cortland, NY
					Rochester	68
	Rochester	65
	St. Lawrence	57
													Bowdoin	59
													Mary Washington	64
	Mary Washington	66
	Notre Dame Maryland	30
					Mary Washington	77
	Fredericksburg, VA
					Christopher Newport	61
	Dickinson	49
	Christopher Newport	52
									Mary Washington	48
									Scranton	45
	Mount Saint Mary	55
	Hamilton	58
					Hamilton	52
	Scranton, PA
					Scranton	58
	Lehman	43
	Scranton	64

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 2, 2007 Regional hosts				Second round March 3, 2007 Regional hosts				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2007 Boston, MA				Sectional finals March 10, 2007 Boston, MA
	Emmanuel (MA)	80
	Salve Regina	67
					Emmanuel (MA)	71
	Boston, MA
					Brandeis	66
	Brandeis	90
	Maine–Farmington	66
									Emmanuel (GA)	60
									DePauw	74
	DePauw	73
	Transylvania	54
					DePauw	74
	Greencastle, IN
					Denison	66
	Denison	82
	Hope	66
													DePauw	74
													Calvin	61
	Wilmington (OH)	76
	Oglethorpe	54
					Wilmington (OH)	67
	Wilmington, OH
					Calvin	73
	Calvin	53
	Thomas More	38
									Calvin	60
									Southern Maine	56
	Fitchburg State	79
	Norwich	60
					Fitchburg State	54
	Gorham, ME
					Southern Maine	66
	Williams	62
	Southern Maine	68

Top right sectional

	First round March 2, 2007 Regional hosts				Second round March 3, 2007 Regional hosts				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2007 Decorah, IA				Sectional finals March 10, 2007 Decorah, IA
					Howard Payne	76
	Orange, CA/Brownwood, TX
					Chapman	37
	Chapman	108*
	La Verne	97
									Howard Payne	44
									Puget Sound	47
	George Fox	61
	Gustavus Adolphus	47
					George Fox	48
	Newberg, OR
					Puget Sound	51
	Puget Sound	69
	McMurry	57
													Puget Sound	48
													Washington St. Louis	57
	Luther	72
	Concordia Wisconsin	51
					Luther	74
	Decorah, IA
					Carroll (WI)	50
	Carroll (WI)	86
	Illinois Wesleyan	59
									Luther	58
									Washington St. Louis	59
	Washington St. Louis	54
	Manchester	52
					Washington St. Louis	58
	Lake Forest, IL
					Lake Forest	47
	Maryville (MO)	61
	Lake Forest	65

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 2, 2007 Regional hosts				Second round March 3, 2007 Regional hosts				Sectional semifinals March 9, 2007 New York, NY				Sectional finals March 10, 2007 New York, NY
	Messiah	77
	Westminster (PA)	65
					Messiah	84
	Grantham, PA
					Kean	89
	Kean	62
	Keuka	51
									Kean	68
									Randolph-Macon	60
	Randolph-Macon	83
	Piedmont	68
					Randolph-Macon	74
	Ashland, VA
					William Paterson	59
	McDaniel	61
	William Paterson	69
													Kean	64
													NYU	76
	Wisconsin–Stout	86
	Simpson	91
					Simpson	81
	Menomonie, WI
					Wheaton (IL)	58
	Saint Benedict	75
	Wheaton (IL)	79**
									Simpson	58
									NYU	76
	Gwynedd-Mercy	83
	Ithaca	74
					Gwynedd-Mercy	60
	New York, NY
					NYU	72
	Ursinus	50
	NYU	84

Final Four

	Final Four March 16, 2007 Springfield, MA				National championship March 17, 2007 Springfield, MA
	Mary Washington	61
	DePauw	67
					DePauw	55
					Washington St. Louis	52
	Washington St. Louis	72
	NYU	53			Third place
					Mary Washington	74
					NYU	63

All-tournament team

• Liz Bondi, DePauw
• Suzy Doughty, DePauw
• Debbie Bruen, Mary Washington
• Jaimie McFarlin, Washington University in St. Louis
• Stephanie Ryba, NYU

See also

• 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2007 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2007 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2007 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "DIVISION III WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIPS RECORDS BOOK" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. Retrieved April 11, 2025.
2. "DePauw survived its gut check". d3shoops.com. D3Hoops. Retrieved April 12, 2025.