2016 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2016 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (championship) Capital University Performance Arena (semifinals), Indianapolis, Indiana (championship) Columbus, Ohio (semifinals)
Champions	Thomas More Saints (1st title)
Runner-up	Tufts Jumbos (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Amherst Lord Jeffs (6th Final Four) Wartburg (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Jeff Hans (1st title)
MOP	Sydney Moss (Thomas More)
Attendance	36,186
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The 2016 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 35th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

Thomas More defeated Tufts in the championship game, 63–51, to claim the Saints' first Division III national title. While this was the second consecutive tournament win for Thomas More, the Saints' previous title from 2015 was vacated by the NCAA Committee on Infractions and does not count for official records.

The national semifinal rounds were hosted by Capital University at the Capital University Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio, while the national championship game was held alone at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis, Indiana, also the site of the finals of that year's Division I and Division II tournaments.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 4, 2016 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2016 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2016 Crestview Hills, KY				Sectional finals March 12, 2016 Crestview Hills, KY
	Thomas More	102
	La Roche	67
					Thomas More	92
	Crestview Hills, KY
					Guilford	40
	Guilford	62
	Mount Union	57
									Thomas More	75
									Maryville (TN)	46
	Lynchburg	50
	Birmingham–Southern	56
					Birmingham-Southern	56
	Maryville, TN
					Maryville (TN)	63
	Maryville (TN)	67
	Mary Washington	56
													Thomas More	88
													Washington St. Louis	72
	Hope	72
	Carnegie Mellon	73
					Carnegie Mellon	68
	Holland, MI
					Ohio Northern	65
	Ohio Northern	62
	Denison	53
									Carnegie Mellon	69
									Washington St. Louis	75
	Washington St. Louis	87
	Greenville	48
					Washington St. Louis	62
	St. Louis, MO
					UW Whitewater	45
	UW Whitewater	66
	Bluffton	54

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 4, 2016 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2016 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2016 Amherst, MA				Sectional finals March 12, 2016 Amherst, MA
	Amherst	65
	Eastern Conn. State	47
					Amherst	78
	Amherst, MA
					Rowan	57
	Rowan	93
	SUNY New Paltz	75
									Amherst	82
									Stevens Tech	48
	Stevens Tech	76
	SUNY Old Westbury	50
					Stevens Tech	66
	Hoboken, NJ
					SUNY Geneseo	60
	SUNY Geneseo	51
	FDU Florham	45
													Amherst	78
													Rochester (NY)	50
	Bowdoin	75
	Westfield State	49
					Bowdoin	62
	Brunswick, ME
					NYU	48
	NYU	70
	Lehman	63
									Bowdoin	53
									Rochester (NY)	60
	Rochester (NY)	79
	Johnson & Wales	49
					Rochester (NY)	60
	Rochester, NY
					Stockton	59
	Stockton	60
	Clarkson	59

Top right sectional

	First round March 4, 2016 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2016 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2016 Scranton, PA				Sectional finals March 12, 2016 Scranton, PA
	Scranton	67
	WPI	42
					Scranton	60
	Scranton, PA
					Marymount (VA)	44
	Marymount (VA)	60
	Cabrini	49
									Scranton	82
									Christopher Newport	46
	Muhlenberg	81
	St. John Fisher	72
					Muhlenberg	42
	Allentown, PA
					Christopher Newport	65
	Saint Joseph's (ME)	47
	Christopher Newport	65
													Scranton	48
													Tufts	57
	Montclair State	55
	SUNY Poly	48
					Montclair State	66
	Montclair, NJ
					Albright	69*
	Albright	76
	Husson	46
									Albright	49
									Tufts	62
	Tufts	61
	Regis (MA)	49
					Tufts	65
	Biddeford, ME
					Moravian	45
	UNE	60
	Moravian	70

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 4, 2016 Regional sites				Second round March 5, 2016 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2016 St. Paul, MN				Sectional finals March 12, 2016 St. Paul, MN
	George Fox	64
	St. Norbert	54
					George Fox	62
	Stevens Point, WI
					UW Stevens Point	59
	UW Stevens Point	65
	DePauw	50
									George Fox	77
									UT Tyler	81*
	UT Tyler	83
	UC Santa Cruz	64
					UT Tyler	80
	Tyler, TX
					Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	58
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	63
	Trinity (TX)	57
													UT Tyler	74
													Wartburg	80
	UW Oshkosh	63
	UW Superior	53
					UW Oshkosh	56
	Oshkosh, WI
					Wartburg	66
	Wartburg	65
	Wisconsin Lutheran	49
									Wartburg	70
									St. Thomas (MN)	66
	St. Thomas (MN)	76*
	Loras	68
					St. Thomas (MN)	67
	River Falls, WI
					UW River Falls	46
	UW River Falls	81
	Wheaton (IL)	56

Final Four

	Final Four March 19, 2016 Columbus, OH				National championship April 4, 2016 Indianapolis, IN
	Thomas More	74
	Amherst	65
					Thomas More	63
					Tufts	51
	Tufts	63
	Wartburg	50

All-tournament team

• Hannah Hackley, Amherst
• Sydney Moss, Thomas More
• Abby Owings, Thomas More
• Michela North, Tufts
• Morgan Neuendorf, Wartburg

See also

• 2016 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2016 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 12, 2022.