2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2017 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Van Noord Arena, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	Amherst Lord Jeffs (2nd title)
Runner-up	Tufts Jumbos (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Christopher Newport Captains (2nd Final Four) St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (6th Final Four)
Winning coach	G.P. Gromacki (1st title)
MOP	Ali Doswell (Amherst)
Attendance	33,182
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The 2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 36th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. ^[1]

Amherst defeated Tufts in the championship game, 52–29, to claim the Lord Jeffs' second Division III national title and first since 2011.

The championship rounds were hosted by Calvin University at the Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 3, 2017 Regional sites				Second round March 4, 2017 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 2017 Amherst, MA				Sectional finals March 11, 2017 Amherst, MA
	Amherst	65
	Regis (MA)	37
					Amherst	60
	Amherst, MA
					Mary Washington	51
	Mary Washington	62
	Sage	57
									Amherst	63
									Babson	39
	FDU Florham	58
	Gwynedd Mercy	46
					FDU Florham	61
	Florham Park, NJ
					Babson	62
	Babson	59
	Messiah	53
													Amherst	73
													UMass Dartmouth	33
	Montclair State	81
	Westfield State	73
					Montclair State	63
	Montclair, NJ
					UMass Dartmouth	71
	UMass Dartmouth	71
	La Roche	64
									UMass Dartmouth	67
									SUNY New Paltz	57
	Ithaca	65
	RIT	62
					Ithaca	80
	Ithaca, NY
					SUNY New Paltz	83
	Bowdoin	61
	SUNY New Paltz	62

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 3, 2017 Regional sites				Second round March 4, 2017 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 2017 Ada, OH				Sectional finals March 11, 2017 Ada, OH
	Ohio Northern	68
	Lakeland	36
					Ohio Northern	55
	Ada, OH
					Trine	48
	Trine	63
	Illinois Wesleyan	56
									Ohio Northern	72
									SUNY Geneseo	55
	SUNY Geneseo	65
	Muhlenberg	53
					SUNY Geneseo	78
	Geneseo, NY
					Rochester	72
	Rochester (NY)	67
	Keene State	55
													Ohio Northern	74
													Christopher Newport	79
	Christopher Newport	98
	Staten Island	56
					Christopher Newport	69
	Newport News, VA
					Lynchburg	51
	Catholic	64
	Lynchburg	69
									Christopher Newport	79
									Hope	74
	Thomas More	97
	Eureka	58
					Thomas More	67
	Crestview Hills, KY
					Hope	74
	Hope	78
	UW Whitewater	71

Top right sectional

	First round March 3, 2017 Regional sites				Second round March 4, 2017 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 2017 St. Paul, MN				Sectional finals March 11, 2017 St. Paul, MN
	St. Thomas (MN)	98
	UW Superior	56
					St. Thomas (MN)	73
	St. Paul, MN
					Chicago	69
	Chicago	67
	Wartburg	63
									St. Thomas (MN)	65
									Marymount	48
	Guilford	70
	Marymount (VA)	74
					Marymount	68
	Greensboro, NC
					Albright	59
	Albright	64
	Piedmont	54
													St. Thomas (MN)	65
													Whitman	48
	Puget Sound	93
	UC Santa Cruz	74
					Puget Sound	67
	Tacoma, WA
					Whitman	69
	Whitman	76
	George Fox	72
									Whitman	69
									Trinity (TX)	59
	Trinity (TX)	82
	Hendrix	74
					Trinity (TX)	77
	Richardson, TX
					Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	66
	UT Dallas	63
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	79

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 3, 2017 Regional sites				Second round March 4, 2017 Regional sites				Sectional semifinals March 10, 2017 St. Louis, MO				Sectional finals March 11, 2017 St. Louis, MO
	Tufts	65
	Saint Joseph's (ME)	44
					Tufts	64
	Medford, MA
					Husson	44
	DeSales	72
	Husson	74
									Tufts	65
									Scranton	48
	Scranton	49
	UNE	48
					Scranton	76
	Scranton, PA
					SUNY Poly	65
	Eastern Conn. State	72
	SUNY Poly	80
													Tufts	57
													Washington St. Louis	43
	UW Oshkosh	63
	Calvin	55
					UW Oshkosh	64
	Oshkosh, WI
					DePauw	49
	DePauw	67
	Gustavus Adolphus	57
									UW Oshkosh	56
									Washington St. Louis	68
	Washington St. Louis	73
	St. Norbert	54
					Washington St. Louis	83
	St. Louis, MO
					Wheaton (IL)	74
	Wheaton (IL)	57
	Rose–Hulman	54

Final Four

	Final Four March 17, 2017 Grand Rapids, MI				National championship March 18, 2017 Grand Rapids, MI
	Amherst	66
	Christopher Newport	51
					Amherst	52
					Tufts	29
	St. Thomas (MN)	57
	Tufts	60

All-tournament team

• Ali Doswell, Amherst
• Meredith Doswell, Amherst
• Devon Byrd, Christopher Newport
• Kaitlin Langer, St. Thomas (MN)
• Michela North, Tufts

See also

• 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2017 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2017 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.