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Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Birmingham CrossPlex ![]() | ||||
Champions | Glenville State (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Western Washington (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Kim Stephens (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Re'Shawna Stone (Glenville State) | ||||
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The 2022 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
The championship rounds were held March 21–25, 2022, at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama. Glenville State won its first title by defeating Western Washington, 85–72. [1]
The tournament returned to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic field of sixty-four teams. [2]
First, second, and third-round games, which comprise each regional championship, will take place on campus sites on March 11, 12, and 14. The top-seeded team in each regional serves as host.
These eight locations were chosen to host regional games for the 2022 tournament:
The national quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals will be held on March 21, 23, and 25 at a pre-determined site, the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.
A total of sixty-four bids are available for the tournament: 23 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-one Division II conferences) and 41 at-large bids.
The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains either two or three of the twenty-three Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball (after the Heartland Conference disbanded in 2019, the South Region now features only two conferences). Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and either five or six at-large bids, awarded regardless of conference affiliation.
Automatic bids (23)
| At-large bids (41)
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First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Glenville State | 88 | ||||||||||||
8 | Lincoln (PA) | 60 | ||||||||||||
1 | Glenville State | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shepherd | 70 | ||||||||||||
5 | Shepherd | 93** | ||||||||||||
4 | Gannon | 89 | ||||||||||||
1 | Glenville State | 89 | ||||||||||||
6 | Charleston (WV) | 58 | ||||||||||||
3 | Kutztown | 68 | ||||||||||||
6 | Charleston (WV) | 78 | ||||||||||||
6 | Charleston (WV) | 52 | ||||||||||||
2 | California (PA) | 34 | ||||||||||||
7 | Indiana (PA) | 51 | ||||||||||||
2 | California (PA) | 52 |
* – Denotes overtime period
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Fort Hays State | 66 | ||||||||||||
8 | Minnesota State | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | Fort Hays State | 59 | ||||||||||||
5 | St. Cloud State | 55 | ||||||||||||
5 | St. Cloud State | 69* | ||||||||||||
4 | Missouri Southern | 67 | ||||||||||||
1 | Fort Hays State | 69 | ||||||||||||
7 | Missouri Western | 70 | ||||||||||||
3 | Minnesota–Duluth | 70 | ||||||||||||
6 | Nebraska–Kearney | 77 | ||||||||||||
6 | Nebraska-Kearney | 59 | ||||||||||||
7 | Missouri Western | 72 | ||||||||||||
7 | Missouri Western | 111 | ||||||||||||
2 | SW Oklahoma State | 77 |
* – Denotes overtime period
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | SNHU | 59 | ||||||||||||
8 | Daemen | 70 | ||||||||||||
8 | Daemen | 70 | ||||||||||||
4 | Jefferson | 52 | ||||||||||||
5 | Bentley | 47 | ||||||||||||
4 | Jefferson | 50 | ||||||||||||
8 | Daemen | 65 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pace | 67 | ||||||||||||
3 | USciences | 64 | ||||||||||||
6 | Le Moyne | 38 | ||||||||||||
3 | USciences | 60 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pace | 65 | ||||||||||||
7 | Pace | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | Chestnut Hill | 53 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ashland | 76 | ||||||||||||
8 | Ferris State | 73 | ||||||||||||
1 | Ashland | 62 | ||||||||||||
4 | Walsh | 72 | ||||||||||||
5 | Southern Indiana | 63 | ||||||||||||
4 | Walsh | 75 | ||||||||||||
4 | Walsh | 61 | ||||||||||||
2 | Grand Valley State | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Drury | 65 | ||||||||||||
6 | UMSL | 49 | ||||||||||||
3 | Drury | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Grand Valley State | 74 | ||||||||||||
7 | Wayne State (MI) | 46 | ||||||||||||
2 | Grand Valley State | 72 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union (TN) | 87 | ||||||||||||
8 | Savannah State | 56 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eckerd | 48 | ||||||||||||
5 | Eckerd | 69 | ||||||||||||
4 | Florida Southern | 64 | ||||||||||||
1 | Union (TN) | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Valdosta State | 66 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lee | 87 | ||||||||||||
6 | Benedict | 77 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lee | 44 | ||||||||||||
7 | Valdosta State | 70 | ||||||||||||
7 | Valdosta State | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | Tampa | 50 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 70 | ||||||||||||
8 | Colorado Mesa | 64 | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 78 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas Woman's | 73 | ||||||||||||
5 | Metro State | 83 | ||||||||||||
4 | Texas Woman's | 90* | ||||||||||||
1 | West Texas A&M | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lubbock Christian | 54 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lubbock Christian | 65 | ||||||||||||
6 | CSU Pueblo | 57 | ||||||||||||
3 | Lubbock Christian | 69 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas A&M-Commerce | 67 | ||||||||||||
7 | Colorado Mines | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 80 |
* – Denotes overtime period
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Georgia | 63 | ||||||||||||
8 | Columbus State | 42 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Georgia | 78 | ||||||||||||
5 | Carson-Newman | 64 | ||||||||||||
5 | Carson-Newman | 81 | ||||||||||||
4 | Wingate | 65 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Georgia | 59 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lander | 57 | ||||||||||||
3 | Georgia Southwestern | 59 | ||||||||||||
6 | Barton | 55 | ||||||||||||
3 | Georgia Southwestern | 62 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lander | 65 | ||||||||||||
7 | Catawba | 68 | ||||||||||||
2 | Lander | 80 |
First round March 11 | Regional semifinals March 12 | Regional finals March 14 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cal State East Bay | 67 | ||||||||||||
8 | Academy of Art | 49 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cal State East Bay | 82 | ||||||||||||
5 | Azusa Pacific | 74 | ||||||||||||
5 | Azusa Pacific | 89* | ||||||||||||
4 | Cal State San Marcos | 86 | ||||||||||||
1 | Cal State East Bay | 59 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Washington | 73 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Washington | 76 | ||||||||||||
6 | Alaska Anchorage | 64 | ||||||||||||
3 | Western Washington | 64 | ||||||||||||
2 | Central Washington | 58 | ||||||||||||
7 | Northwest Nazarene | 74 | ||||||||||||
2 | Central Washington | 79* |
* – Denotes overtime period
Location: Birmingham CrossPlex
Elite Eight March 21, 2022 | Final Four March 23, 2022 | National championship March 25, 2022 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Georgia | 68 | ||||||||||||
8 | Pace | 61 | ||||||||||||
1 | North Georgia | 68 | ||||||||||||
5 | Western Washington | 74 | ||||||||||||
4 | Valdosta State | 55 | ||||||||||||
5 | Western Washington | 58 | ||||||||||||
5 | Western Washington | 72 | ||||||||||||
3 | Glenville State | 85 | ||||||||||||
2 | Grand Valley State | 67 | ||||||||||||
7 | Missouri Western | 44 | ||||||||||||
2 | Grand Valley State | 53 | ||||||||||||
3 | Glenville State | 77 | ||||||||||||
3 | Glenville State | 103 | ||||||||||||
6 | West Texas A&M | 56 |
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