1973 AIAW National Basketball Championship
The 1973 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 22–25, 1973. The host site was Queens College in Flushing, New York. Sixteen teams participated, and Immaculata University was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight year.[1][2][3][4]
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 22, 1973–March 25, 1973 |
| Administrator(s) | Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women |
| Host(s) | Queens College |
| Venue(s) | Queens, New York City, New York |
| Participants | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Immaculata (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Queens |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
Immaculata finished the season undefeated (20–0), becoming the first undefeated national champion in women's college basketball.[5]
Tournament bracket
Main bracket
| First Round* March 22, 1973 | Quarterfinals March 23, 1973 | Semifinals March 24, 1973 | Final March 25, 1973 | |||||||||||
| Immaculata | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Immaculata | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Western Washington | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Western Washington | 55 | |||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Immaculata | 47 | |||||||||||||
| S. Connecticut St. | 45 | |||||||||||||
| S. Connecticut St. | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 52 | |||||||||||||
| S. Connecticut St. | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Mercer | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Mercer | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Immaculata | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Queens College | 52 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Lehman | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 56 | |||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg St. | 52 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 59 | |||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg State | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Queens College | 52 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Queens College | 62 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Queens College | 59† | S. Connecticut St. | 76 | |||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 56 | Indiana | 53 | |||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Utah State | 48 | |||||||||||||
| *Losers in the First Round continued in the consolation bracket (below)
† Overtime |
Consolation bracket
| First Round March 23, 1973 | Second Round March 23, 1973 | Fifth Place Game March 24, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 49 | |||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 60 | |||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 69 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Lehman | 53 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 58 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 49 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 36 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Utah State | 41 | |||||||||||||
References
- Gregory Cooper. "Women's College Basketball Championship History Page". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- "Indiana Media Guide" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- "Kansas State University Postseason History". Retrieved 2009-06-03.
- "UC Riverside Media Guide" (pdf). Retrieved 2009-06-04.
- "CNNSI Recap of 1973 Tournament". Retrieved 2009-07-28.
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