1995 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Fargo, North Dakota | ||||
Champions | North Dakota State Bison (4th title) | ||||
Runner-up | Portland State Vikings (1st title game) | ||||
Third place | Missouri Western State Griffons (1st Final Four) | ||||
Fourth place | Stonehill Chieftans (1st Final Four) | ||||
Winning coach | Amy Ruley (4th title) | ||||
MOP | (North Dakota State) | ||||
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The 1995 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 14th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Two-time defending champions North Dakota State defeated Portland State in the championship game, 98–85, to claim the Bison's fourth NCAA Division II national title. This was North Dakota State's fourth title in five years and would go on to be the third of four consecutive titles for the Bison.
The championship rounds were contested in Fargo, North Dakota.
Bracket[]
East Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
Mercyhurst | 73 | ||||||||||
Shippensburg | 68 | ||||||||||
District of Columbia | 81 | ||||||||||
Shippensburg | 87* | ||||||||||
Mercyhurst | 55 | ||||||||||
Saint Rose | 53 | ||||||||||
Clarion | 66 | ||||||||||
East Stroudsburg | 80 | ||||||||||
East Stroudsburg | 75 | ||||||||||
Saint Rose | 85 |
Great Lakes Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
Southern Indiana | 69 | ||||||||||
Oakland | 88 | ||||||||||
Oakland | 86 | ||||||||||
St. Joseph's (IN) | 78 | ||||||||||
Oakland | 60 | ||||||||||
Michigan Tech | 56 | ||||||||||
Indianapolis | 71 | ||||||||||
Northern Michigan | 91 | ||||||||||
Northern Michigan | 55 | ||||||||||
Michigan Tech | 68 |
North Central Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
North Dakota | 75 | ||||||||||
South Dakota State | 78 | ||||||||||
Denver | 59 | ||||||||||
South Dakota State | 95 | ||||||||||
South Dakota State | 68 | ||||||||||
North Dakota State | 82 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Duluth | 77 | ||||||||||
Northern Colorado | 72 | ||||||||||
Minnesota Duluth | 61 | ||||||||||
North Dakota State | 98 |
Northeast Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
Stonehill | 80 | ||||||||||
American International | 60 | ||||||||||
American International | 78 | ||||||||||
Stonehill | 66 | ||||||||||
Stonehill | 83 | ||||||||||
St. Anselm | 69 | ||||||||||
Bridgeport | 62 | ||||||||||
Bentley | 72 | ||||||||||
Bentley | 74 | ||||||||||
Saint Anselm | 79* |
South Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
Valdosta State | 80 | ||||||||||
Delta State | 75 | ||||||||||
Delta State | 89 | ||||||||||
Savannah State | 67 | ||||||||||
Valdosta State | 73 | ||||||||||
Florida Southern | 77 | ||||||||||
Fort Valley State | 75 | ||||||||||
Rollins | 55 | ||||||||||
Fort Valley State | 75 | ||||||||||
Florida Southern | 82* |
South Atlantic Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
Norfolk State | 68 | ||||||||||
Wingate | 70 | ||||||||||
Carson-Newman | 64 | ||||||||||
Wingate | 77 | ||||||||||
Wingate | 82 | ||||||||||
USC Spartanburg | 63 | ||||||||||
Longwood | 78 | ||||||||||
Presbyterian | 72 | ||||||||||
Longwood | 53 | ||||||||||
USC Spartanburg | 73 |
South Central Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
Washburn | 69 | ||||||||||
West Texas State | 60 | ||||||||||
Chadron State | 75 | ||||||||||
West Texas State | 86 | ||||||||||
Washburn | 57 | ||||||||||
Missouri Western State | 73 | ||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 99 | ||||||||||
Pittsburg State | 93 | ||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 71 | ||||||||||
Missouri Western State | 79 |
West Regional[]
First Round | Regional Semifinals | Regional Finals | |||||||||
UC Davis | 42 | ||||||||||
Cal State San Bernardino | 52 | ||||||||||
Cal State Dominguez Hills | 57 | ||||||||||
UC Riverside | 53 | ||||||||||
UC Davis | 71 | ||||||||||
Portland State | 82 | ||||||||||
Humboldt State | 88 | ||||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 99 | ||||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 75 | ||||||||||
Portland State | 86 |
Elite Eight[]
Elite Eight | Final Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||
W | Portland State | 82 | ||||||||||||
SA | Wingate | 69 | ||||||||||||
Portland State | 75 | |||||||||||||
Stonehill | 59 | |||||||||||||
NE | Stonehill | 80 | ||||||||||||
E | Merychurst | 78 | ||||||||||||
Portland State | 85 | |||||||||||||
North Dakota State | 98 | |||||||||||||
NC | North Dakota State | 87 | ||||||||||||
GL | Oakland | 61 | ||||||||||||
North Dakota State | 74 | Third Place Game | ||||||||||||
Missouri Western State | 67 | |||||||||||||
SC | Missouri Western State | 79 | Stonehill | 66 | ||||||||||
S | Florida Southern | 77 | Missouri Western State | 76 |
All-tournament team[]
- Kasey Morlock, North Dakota State
- Amy Towne, Missouri Western State
- Michelle Doonan, Stonehill
- Kim Manifesto, Portland State
- Lori Roufs, North Dakota State
- Kristi Smith, Portland State
See also[]
- 1995 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- 1995 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1995 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1995 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ "Division II Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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