2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
Teams | 64 | ||||
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Finals site | Health and Sports Center Kearney, Nebraska | ||||
Champions | Northern Kentucky Norse (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | South Dakota Coyotes (1st title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Nancy Winstel (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | (Northern Kentucky) | ||||
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The 2008 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 27th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Northern Kentucky defeated South Dakota in the championship game, 63–58, to claim the Norse's second NCAA Division II national title and first since 2000.
As in 2008, the championship rounds were contested at the Health and Sports Center on the campus of the University of Nebraska at Kearney in Kearney, Nebraska.
Bracket[]
Elite Eight[]
Elite Eight | Final Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||
Delta State | 75 | |||||||||||||
California | 64 | |||||||||||||
Delta State | 58 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota | 68 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota | 85** | |||||||||||||
Washburn | 80 | |||||||||||||
South Dakota | 58 | |||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 63 | |||||||||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 71 | |||||||||||||
Franklin Pierce | 65 | |||||||||||||
Alaska Anchorage | 54 | |||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 57 | |||||||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 78 | |||||||||||||
Wingate | 65 |
All-tournament team[]
- Angela Healy, Northern Kentucky
- Cassie Brannen, Northern Kentucky
- Jeana Hoffman, South Dakota
- Bridget Yoerger, South Dakota
- Johannah Leedham, Franklin Pierce
See also[]
- 2008 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2008 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2008 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ "Division II Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
Categories:
- 2007–08 in American women's college basketball
- NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2008 in Nebraska