1998 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Teams | 48 | ||||
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Finals site | Pine Bluff, Arkansas | ||||
Champions | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Emporia State Lady Hornets (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Gene Roebuck (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | Jenny Crouse (North Dakota) | ||||
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The 1998 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 17th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Defending champions North Dakota defeated Emporia State in the championship game, 92–76, to claim the Fighting Sioux's second NCAA Division II national title. This would go on to be the second of three consecutive titles for North Dakota.
The championship rounds were contested in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
Bracket[]
Elite Eight[]
Elite Eight | Final Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||
Northern Michigan | 86 | |||||||||||||
Seattle Pacific | 57 | |||||||||||||
Northern Michigan | 69 | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 79 | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 71 | |||||||||||||
Bentley | 56 | |||||||||||||
North Dakota | 92 | |||||||||||||
Emporia State | 76 | |||||||||||||
Francis Marion | 69* | |||||||||||||
Arkansas Tech | 61 | |||||||||||||
Francis Marion | 75 | |||||||||||||
Emporia State | 90 | |||||||||||||
Emporia State | 122 | |||||||||||||
Shippensburg | 84 |
All-tournament team[]
- Jenny Crouse, North Dakota
- Mandy Arndtson, North Dakota
- Jaime Pudenz, North Dakota
- Jurgita Kausaite, Emporia State
- Aneta Kausaite, Emporia State
- Jennifer Barbson, Francis Marion
See also[]
- 1996 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1996 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1996 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1996 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ "Division II Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
Categories:
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- 1998 in sports in Arkansas