1983 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament

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1983 NCAA Division III
Women's Basketball Tournament
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Teams32
Finals siteMassachusetts Worcester, Massachusetts
ChampionsNorth Central Cardinals (1st title)
Runner-upElizabethtown Blue Jays (2nd title game)
Third placeKnoxville Bulldogs (1st Final Four)
Fourth placeClark Cougars (2nd Final Four)
Winning coachWayne Morgan (1st title)
MOP (Elizabethtown)
NCAA Division III Women's Tournaments
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The 1983 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament was the second annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]

North Central (IL) defeated defending champions Elizabethtown in the championship game, 83–71, to claim the Cardinals' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts.

The field for the tournament doubled in size from the previous championship in 1982, increasing from 16 to 32 teams.

Bracket[]

Elite Eight[]

Elite Eight Final Four National Championship
         
Clark (MA) 67
New Rochelle 58
Clark (MA) 66
Elizabethtown 80
Elizabethtown 62
Kean 57
Elizabethtown 71
North Central (IL) 83
North Central (IL) 100
Minnesota–Morris 82
North Central (IL) 84 Third Place
Knoxville 74
Knoxville 70 Clark (MA) 80
Wisconsin–La Crosse Knoxville 82

All-tournament team[]

  • Page Lutz, Elizabethtown (MOP)
  • Kim Wallner, North Central (IL)
  • Brenda Sanders, North Central (IL)
  • Judy Hodge, Clark (MA)
  • Jackie Moore, Knoxville

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
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