2023 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament

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2023 NCAA Division II
women's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals site,
;Elite 8/Final 4
St. Joseph Civic Arena,
St. Joseph, Missouri
Championship
American Airlines Center,
Dallas, Texas
Champions Ashland (3rd title)
Runner-up Minnesota-Duluth (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Kari Pickens (1st title)
MOP Annie Roshak (Ashland)
NCAA Division II women's tournaments
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The 2023 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States. The tournament featured 64 teams.

Contents

During the 2022–23 academic year, the NCAA organized many events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX, federal legislation outlawing sex discrimination in higher education. As part of this celebration, the NCAA scheduled the women's basketball championship games of all three of its divisions at the site of the 2023 Division I Final Four. [1] Accordingly, the championship game will be held on April 1, 2023, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The national quarterfinals and semifinals were played at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.

This scheduling also created an unusually long break in the tournament. Normally, the national championship game is played one or two days after the semifinals, but this year's final took place 10 days after the semifinals. [1]

Tournament schedule and venues

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Glenville
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Duluth
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Worcester
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Ashland
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Tampa
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San Angelo
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Salisbury
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Carson
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St. Joseph
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Dallas
2023 NCAA Division II Women's Tournament sites

Regionals

First, second, and third-round games (the latter of which doubles as a regional championship) were held at campus sites from March 10–13, 2023. The top-seeded team in each regional served as host.

Elite Eight

The national quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals were held at predetermined sites: the former two rounds were played at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri and the latter at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The national championship was played on April 1, 2023, in Dallas, concurrently with the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four.

Qualification

A total of 64 bids were available for the tournament: Twenty-three automatic bids (awarded to the champions of each Division II conference) 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. 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)

Automatic bids
Region (Bids)ConferenceSchoolRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bid
Atlantic (3) CIAA Elizabeth City State 20–102nd 2007
MEC Glenville State 29-216th 2022
PSAC California (PA) 21-1019th 2022
Central (3) GAC Southern Nazarene 27-42nd 2021
MIAA Missouri Southern 27-65th 2022
NSIC Minnesota Duluth 27-315th 2022
East (3) CACC Dominican (NY) 21-103rd 2021
ECC Daemen 20-44th 2022
NE-10 Bentley 21-937th 2022
Midwest (3) GLIAC Grand Valley State 29-217th 2022
GLVC Drury 30-120th 2022
G-MAC Ashland 31-013th 2022
South (3) GSC Union (TN) 26-38th 2022
SIAC Tuskegee 26-37th 2021
SSC Tampa 30-115th 2022
South Central (2) LSC Angelo State 25-614th 2020
RMAC Regis 25-67th 2017
Southeast (3) CC UNC Pembroke 22-91stNever
PBC Georgia Southwestern State 24-62nd 2022
SAC Lenoir–Rhyne 24-75th 2014
West (3) CCAA Cal State San Marcos 23-53rd 2022
GNAC Western Washington 24-319th 2022
PacWest Azusa Pacific 25-47th 2022

At-large bids (41)

At-large bids
Region (Bids)SchoolConferenceRecord (Conf.)AppearanceLast bid
Atlantic (5) Charleston (WV) MEC23-811th 2022
Gannon PSAC29-414th 2022
Shippensburg PSAC24-610th 2017
West Chester PSAC22-88th 2018
West Virginia State MEC22-62nd 2004
Central (5) Augustana (SD) NSIC25-515th 2018
Central Missouri MIAA25-425th 2021
Minnesota State-Mankato NSIC25-48th 2022
Nebraska–Kearney MIAA28-415th 2022
Pittsburg State MIAA22-712th 2019
East (5) Assumption NE-1024-58th 2017
Jefferson CACC26-414th 2022
Le Moyne NE-1021-65th 2022
Southern New Hampshire NE-1021-74th 2022
St. Thomas Aquinas ECC21-83rd 2019
Midwest (5) Kentucky Wesleyan G-MAC23-65th 2021
Lewis GLVC21-1016th 2020
Malone G-MAC21-92nd 2017
Michigan Tech GLIAC25-621st 2021
Trevecca Nazarene G-MAC21-91stNever
South (5) Eckerd SSC24-57th 2022
Lee GSC25-67th 2022
Lynn SSC23-83rd 2013
Nova Southeastern SSC21-87th 2019
Valdosta State GSC22-615th 2022
South Central (6) Black Hills State RMAC22-74th 2021
Colorado Mines RMAC24-65th 2022
Lubbock Christian LSC22-107th 2022
Texas Woman's LSC26-54th 2022
UT Tyler LSC24-71stNever
West Texas A&M LSC21-1028th 2022
Southeast (5) Catawba SAC25-58th 2022
Clayton State PBC18-1115th 2020
North Georgia PBC19-107th 2022
South Carolina-Aiken PBC18-117th 2013
Wingate SAC22-720th 2022
West (5) Cal State Dominguez Hills CCAA28-28th 2015
Cal State LA CCAA20-93rd 2012
Cal Poly Pomona CCAA18-1028th 2020
Central Washington GNAC21-85th 2022
Montana State Billings GNAC24-715th 2018

Bracket

Atlantic

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Glenville State 84
8 Elizabeth City State 60
1 Glenville State 107
4 Shippensburg 76
5 West Virginia State 83
4 Shippensburg 87
1 Glenville State 88
3 West Chester 63
3 West Chester 80
6 California (PA) 67
3 West Chester 73
7 Charleston (WV) 60
7 Charleston (WV) 69
2 Gannon 65

* – Denotes overtime period

Central

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Minnesota-Duluth 66
8 Southern Nazarene 50
1 Minnesota-Duluth 86
5 Minnesota State-Mankato 70
5 Minnesota State-Mankato 83
4 Central Missouri 81
1 Minnesota-Duluth 77
3 Missouri Southern State 76
3 Missouri Southern State 75
6 Augustana (SD) 74
3 Missouri Southern State 73
7 Pittsburg State 64
7 Pittsburg State 74
2 Nebraska-Kearney 54

* – Denotes overtime period

East

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Assumption 71
8 Dominican (NY) 49
1 Assumption 62
5 Bentley 47
5 Bentley 53
4 Le Moyne 39
1 Assumption 62
3 Jefferson 57
3 Jefferson 74
6 Daemen 47
3 Jefferson 62
2 Southern New Hampshire 49
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 44
2 Southern New Hampshire 65

* – Denotes overtime period

Midwest

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Ashland 72
8 Malone 65
1 Ashland 73
5 Trevecca Nazarene 49
5 Trevecca Nazarene 65
4 Michigan Tech 63
1 Ashland 61
3 Grand Valley State 58
3 Grand Valley State 81
6 Kentucky Wesleyan 77
3 Grand Valley State 61
2 Drury 53
7 Lewis 60
2 Drury 71

* – Denotes overtime period

South

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Tampa 82
8 Tuskegee 64
1 Tampa 73
5 Lee 51
5 Lynn 52
4 Lee 63
1 Tampa 76
2 Eckerd 53
3 Union (TN) 58
6 Valdosta State 52
3 Union (TN) 57
2 Eckerd 64
7 Nova Southeastern 73
2 Eckerd 79

* – Denotes overtime period

South Central

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Angelo State 70
8 West Texas A&M 65
1 Angelo State 61
5 UT-Tyler 71
5 UT-Tyler 73
4 Colorado Mines 63
5 UT-Tyler 67
7 Lubbock Christian 64
3 Regis 57
6 Black Hills State 61
6 Black Hills State 48
7 Lubbock Christian 66
7 Lubbock Christian 62
2 Texas Woman's 55

* – Denotes overtime period

Southeast

First round
March 10
Regional semifinals
March 11
Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Catawba 57
8 UNC-Pembroke 40
1 Catawba 75
5 Clayton State 49
5 Clayton State 65
4 Lenoir-Rhyne 48
1 Catawba 75
3 Georgia Southwestern State 65
3 Georgia Southwestern State 92
6 South Carolina-Aiken 66
3 Georgia Southwestern State 81
2 Wingate 64
7 North Georgia 53
2 Wingate 72

* – Denotes overtime period

West

First roundRegional semifinalsRegional Finals
         
1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 87
8 Cal Poly Pomona 61
1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 77
4 Montana State Billings 66
5 Cal State LA 66
4 Montana State Billings 69
1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 73
3 Cal State San Marcos 51
3 Cal State San Marcos 86
6 Central Washington 74
3 Cal State San Marcos 75
7 Azusa Pacific 67
7 Azusa Pacific 71
2 Western Washington 53

* – Denotes overtime period

Elite Eight

Elite Eight
March 20, 2023
Final Four
March 22, 2023
National championship
April 1, 2023
         
1Ashland81
8 UT-Tyler 72
1Ashland76
5 Glenville State 67
4 Tampa 66
5Glenville State78
1Ashland78
2 Minnesota-Duluth 67
2Minnesota-Duluth61
7 Assumption 41
2Minnesota-Duluth70
6 Catawba 59
3 Cal State Dominguez Hills 70
6Catawba77

All-tournament team

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "DII, DIII teams ready to battle for national titles, honor Title IX at Women's Final Four" (Press release). NCAA. March 27, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.