The 2024 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship was announced at the Feb. 26 selection show. The first round begins on Friday, March 1st and continues through the National Championship Game on March 16th at the Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio.
Transylvania defeated Christopher Newport 57-52 to cap a perfect season at 33-0, winning the first national championship in program history and becoming the defending national champion.
schedule
The 2024 DIII Women's Basketball Championship schedule is as follows (subject to change):
- selection show
- 1st and 2nd round
- At the campus site from March 1st to 2nd
- Divisional round
- At the campus site from March 8th to 9th
- Semi-final
- March 14th at Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio
- and the championship game
- March 16th at Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, Ohio
The tournament will consist of four regions with 16 teams in each region. Regional games will be hosted by the tournament's top 16 national seeds. Forty-two teams will qualify by receiving an automatic bid as conference champions, 21 teams will receive an at-large bid, and one team will be selected from the group of conference champions who do not meet the automatic selection requirements.
bracket
Here are the complete standings for the DIII Girls Basketball Championship.
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championship history
The DIII girls basketball tournament, which began in 1982, has been held every year except for the 2020 and 2021 seasons, which were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lewis, from the University of Washington in St. Paul, recorded four championships and Hope won three.
Here is the complete history of the DIII Girls Basketball Championship Game.
| Year | Champion (record) | coach | Score | runner-up | site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Transylvania (33-0) | juli fawkes | 57-52 | christopher newport | texas, dallas |
| 2022 | Hope (32-1) | brian morehouse | 71-58 | Whitewater, Wisconsin | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| 2021 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Thomas More (32-0) | jeff hans | 81-67 | boudin | Salem, Virginia |
| 2018 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacchi | 65-45 | boudin | Rochester, Minnesota. |
| 2017 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacchi | 52-29 | tufts | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2016 | Thomas More (33-0) | jeff hans | 63-51 | tufts | Indianapolis |
| 2015 | Thomas More (33-0)* | jeff hans | 83-63 | george fox | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| 2014 | FDU-Florum (33-0) | mark mitchell | 80-72 | whitman | Stevens Point, Wisconsin |
| 2013 | Depot (35-0) | chris huffman | 69-51 | Whitewater, Wisconsin | holland, michigan |
| year 2012 | Illinois Wesleyan (28-5) | mia smith | 57-48 | george fox | holland, michigan |
| 2011 | Amherst (32-1) | GP Gromacchi | 64-55 | washington-st louis | bloomington illinois |
| 2010 | Washington-St. Louis (29-2) | nancy fahey | 65-59 | hope | bloomington illinois |
| 2009 | George Fox (32-0) | Scott Luc | 60-53 | washington-st louis | holland, michigan |
| 2008 | Howard Payne (33-0) | Chris Kielsmeyer | 68-54 | savior | holland, michigan |
| 2007 | Depot (31-3) | chris huffman | 55-52 | washington-st louis | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| 2006 | Hope (33-1) | brian morehouse | 69-56 | southern maine | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| Year 2005 | Millikin (29-2) | Lori Kerans | 70-50 | Randolph Macon | norfolk, virginia |
| 2004 | Wilmington (Ohio) (27-6) | jerry sieve | 59-53 | boudin | norfolk, virginia |
| 2003 | Trinity (Texas) (28-5) | Becky Guyer | 60-58 | eastern connecticut | Terre Haute, Indiana |
| 2002 | wisconsin stevens point | Shirley Egner | 67-65 | st lawrence | Terre Haute, Indiana |
| 2001 | Washington-St. Louis (28-2) | nancy fahey | 67-45 | savior | danbury, connecticut |
| the year of 2000 | Washington-St. Louis (30-0) | nancy fahey | 79-33 | southern maine | danbury, connecticut |
| 1999 | Washington-St. Louis (30-0) | nancy fahey | 74-65 | saint benedict | danbury, connecticut |
| 1998 | Washington-St. Louis (28-2) | nancy fahey | 77-69 | southern maine | Gorham, Maine |
| 1997 | New York University (29-1) | Janice Quinn | 72-70 | Eau Claire, Wisconsin | new york city |
| 1996 | Wisconsin vs. Oshkosh (31-0) | Kathy Bennett | 66-50 | mount union | Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
| 1995 | Capital (33-0) | Dixie Jeffers | 59-55 | Oshkosh, Wisconsin | columbus ohio |
| 1994 | Capital (30-1) | Dixie Jeffers | 82-63 | washington-st louis | Eau Claire, Wisconsin |
| 1993 | Central (Iowa) (24-5) | Gary Boink | 71-63 | capital | Pella, Iowa |
| 1992 | Alma (24-3) | Charlie Goffnett | 79-75 | Moravian | Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. |
| 1991 | St. Thomas (Minnesota) (29-2) | Ted Riverso | 73-55 | masking gum | St. Paul, Minnesota. |
| 1990 | Hope (24-2) | Sue Wise | 65-63 | saint john fisher | holland, michigan |
| 1989 | Elizabethtown (29-2) | Yvonne Kaufman | 66-65 | California State University Stanislaus | Danville, Kentucky |
| 1988 | Concordia-Moorhead (29-2) | duane syverson | 65-57 | saint john fisher | Moorhead, Minnesota. |
| 1987 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point (27-2) | linda wonder | 81-74 | concordia moorhead | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| 1986 | Salem State (29-1) | Tim Shea | 89-85 | bishop | Salem, Massachusetts |
| 1985 | Scranton (31-1) | mike strong | 68-59 | new rochelle | depere, wisconsin |
| 1984 | Rust (26-5) | AJ Stovall | 51-49 | elizabethtown | Scranton, Pennsylvania |
| 1983 | North Central (Illinois) (26-6) | Wayne Morgan | 83-71 | elizabethtown | Worcester, Massachusetts |
| 1982 | Elizabethtown (26-1) | Yvonne Kaufman | 67-66 (Otto) | UNC Greensboro | Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania |
*Thomas More's 2015 national title was stripped
