The 1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship was the third annual and final tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division III members in the United States.[1]
Tournament information | |
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Administrator | Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women |
Venue(s) | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Participants | 7 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Concordia–Moorhead (1st title) |
Runner-up | Mount Mercy |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 7 |
The tournament was held in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Concordia–Moorhead defeated Mount Mercy in the championship game, 73–72, to capture the Cobbers' first AIAW Division III national title.
Format
editSeven teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in nine teams from the previous year's championship.
The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.
Tournament bracket
editFirst round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||||||
Concordia–Moorhead | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
Malone | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
Concordia–Moorhead | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Millersville State | 43 | Millersville State | 57 | ||||||||||||||||
Aquinas | 40 | Millersville State | 70 | ||||||||||||||||
Knoxville | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
Concordia–Moorhead | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mount Mercy | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
Mount Mercy | Third place | ||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Whitewater | |||||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Whitewater | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Millersville State | 51 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 25, 2022.