1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| 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 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]
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
[edit]Seven 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
[edit]| First 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
[edit]- 1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship (final edition)
- 1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship (final edition)
- 1982 NAIA women's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 25, 2022.