2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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2001 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
NCAA logo.svg
Teams50
Finals site O'Neill Center
Flag of Connecticut.svg Danbury, Connecticut
Champions Washington University Bears (4th title)
Runner-up Messiah Falcons (1st title game)
Third place Emmanuel Saints (1st Final Four)
Fourth place Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (1st Final Four)
Winning coach Nancy Fahey (4th title)
MOP Tasha Rodgers (Washington-St. Louis)
Attendance30,212
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
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The 2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 20th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. [1]

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Three-time defending champions Washington University in St. Louis defeated Messiah University in the championship game, 67–45, to claim the Bears' fourth Division III national title, their fourth of four consecutive.

The championship rounds were hosted at the O'Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut from March 16–17, 2001.

Bracket

Top left sectional

First round
February 28, 2001
Campus sites
Second round
March 3, 2001
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 9, 2001
New York, NY
Sectional finals
March 10, 2001
New York, NY
        
NYU* 89
Mount St. Mary (NY) 47
RPI* 54
Mount St. Mary (NY) 66
NYU 64
Bowdoin 60
Eastern Connecticut State* 53
Bowdoin 61
Bowdoin 72*
Salem State* 65
NYU 70
Emmanuel 74*
Emmanuel (MA)* 79
Springfield 56
Springfield* 60
Southern Maine 49
Emmanuel 87
Cortland State 70
St. Lawrence* 60
Cortland State 62
Cortland State 70
Oneonta State* 64

Bottom left sectional

First round
February 28, 2001
Campus sites
Second round
March 3, 2001
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 9, 2001
St. Paul, MN
Sectional finals
March 10, 2001
St. Paul, MN
        
Millikin* 56
Fontbonne 69
Fontbonne* 83
Rockford 47
Fontbonne 78
Wartburg 82
Nebraska Wesleyan* 73
Carleton 51
Nebraska Wesleyan 71
Wartburg* 85
Wartburg* 86
Chapman 78
Wartburg 71
Washington St. Louis 83
George Fox* 52
St. Thomas (MN) 64
St. Thomas (MN)* 69
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 59
St. Thomas (MN) 58
Washington St. Louis 65
Wisconsin–Eau Claire* 71
Lakeland 43
Wisconsin–Eau Claire 67
Washington St. Louis* 87

Top right sectional

First round
February 28, 2001
Campus sites
Second round
March 3, 2001
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 9, 2001
Ewing Township, NJ
Sectional finals
March 10, 2001
Ewing Township, NJ
        
TCNJ* 68
Ithaca 58
Ithaca* 79
New England 61
TCNJ 68
Elizabethtown 45
Swarthmore* 66
Gwynedd Mercy 55
Swarthmore 58
Elizabethtown* 79
TCNJ 61
Messiah 72
King's (PA)* 61
Messiah 68
Messiah* 70
Bethany (WV) 58
Messiah 97**
Marymount (VA) 86
Marymount (VA)* 85
Staten Island 65
Marymount (VA) 64
Salisbury State* 59

Bottom right sectional

First round
February 28, 2001
Campus sites
Second round
March 3, 2001
Campus sites
Sectional semifinals
March 9, 2001
Berea, OH
Sectional finals
March 10, 2001
Berea, OH
        
Hope* 71
Ohio Wesleyan 72
Lake Forest* 55
Ohio Wesleyan 67
Ohio Wesleyan 71
Centre (KY) 64
Centre (KY)* 87
Thomas More 86
Centre (KY) 63
Maryville (TN)* 57
Maryville (TN)* 77
Christopher Newport 65
Ohio Wesleyan 66
Baldwin Wallace 64
Hardin-Simmons* 106
Guilford 77
Guilford* 80
Meredith 57
Hardin-Simmons 71
Baldwin Wallace* 78
Defiance* 90
Penn State Behrend 59
Defiance 63
Baldwin Wallace* 82

Final Four

Final Four
March 16, 2001
O'Neill Center
Danbury, CT
National championship
March 17, 2001
O'Neill Center
Danbury, CT
    
Emmanuel 62
Washington St. Louis 78
Washington St. Louis 67
Messiah 45
Messiah70
Ohio Wesleyan 57 Third place
Emmanuel 54
Ohio Wesleyan70

All-tournament team

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References

  1. "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 30, 2024.