1982 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1982 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the inaugural 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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| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Finals site |  Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania | ||||
| Champions | Elizabethtown Blue Jays (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | UNC Greensboro Spartans (1st title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Yvonne Kauffman (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Bev Hall (Elizabethtown) | ||||
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Elizabethtown defeated UNC Greensboro in the championship game, 67–66 in overtime, to claim the Blue Jays' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted at Elizabethtown College in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania.
Bracket
Final Four
| Final Four | National Championship | |||||||
| Elizabethtown | 71 | |||||||
| Clark | 51 | |||||||
| Elizabethtown | 67* | |||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 66 | |||||||
| UNC Greensboro | 77 | |||||||
| Pomona-Pitzer | 66 | Third Place | ||||||
| Clark | 71 | |||||||
| Pomona-Pitzer | 72* | |||||||
All-tournament team
- Bev Hall, Elizabethtown (MOP)
- Page Lutz, Elizabethtown
- Carol Peschel, UNC Greensboro
- Carol Ferrin, Pomona-Pitzer
- Sherry Sydney, UNC Greensboro
See also
References
- "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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