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2023 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament

2023 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament

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The 2023 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament is a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States. The tournament featured 64 teams.

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During the 2022–23 academic year, the NCAA organized many events to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the enactment of Title IX, federal legislation outlawing sex discrimination in higher education. As part of this celebration, the NCAA scheduled the women's basketball championship games of all three of its divisions at the site of the 2023 Division I Final Four.[1] Accordingly, the championship game will be held on April 1, 2023, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas. The national quarterfinals and semifinals were played at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri.

This scheduling also created an unusually long break in the tournament. Normally, the national championship game is played one or two days after the semifinals, but this year's final took place 10 days after the semifinals.[1]

Tournament schedule and venues

Glenville
Glenville
Duluth
Duluth
Worcester
Worcester
Ashland
Ashland
Tampa
Tampa
San Angelo
San Angelo
Salisbury
Salisbury
Carson
Carson
St. Joseph
St. Joseph
Dallas
Dallas
2023 NCAA Division II Women's Tournament sites

Regionals

First, second, and third-round games (the latter of which doubles as a regional championship) were held at campus sites from March 10–13, 2023. The top-seeded team in each regional served as host.

Elite Eight

The national quarterfinals quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals were held at predetermined sites: the former two rounds were played at the St. Joseph Civic Arena in St. Joseph, Missouri and the latter at American Airlines Center in Dallas.

The national championship was played on April 1, 2023, in Dallas, concurrently with the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament Final Four.

Qualification

A total of 64 bids were available for the tournament: Twenty-three automatic bids (awarded to the champions of each Division II conference) and 41 at-large bids.

The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains either two or three of the twenty-three Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball. Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and either five or six at-large bids, awarded regardless of conference affiliation.

Automatic bids (23)

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At-large bids (41)

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Bracket

Atlantic

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Glenville State 84
8 Elizabeth City State 60
1 Glenville State 107
4 Shippensburg 76
5 West Virginia State 83
4 Shippensburg 87
1 Glenville State 88
3 West Chester 63
3 West Chester 80
6 California (PA) 67
3 West Chester 73
7 Charleston (WV) 60
7 Charleston (WV) 69
2 Gannon 65

* – Denotes overtime period

Central

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Minnesota-Duluth 66
8 Southern Nazarene 50
1 Minnesota-Duluth 86
5 Minnesota State-Mankato 70
5 Minnesota State-Mankato 83
4 Central Missouri 81
1 Minnesota-Duluth 77
3 Missouri Southern State 76
3 Missouri Southern State 75
6 Augustana (SD) 74
3 Missouri Southern State 73
7 Pittsburg State 64
7 Pittsburg State 74
2 Nebraska-Kearney 54

* – Denotes overtime period

East

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Assumption 71
8 Dominican (NY) 49
1 Assumption 62
5 Bentley 47
5 Bentley 53
4 Le Moyne 39
1 Assumption 62
3 Jefferson 57
3 Jefferson 74
6 Daemen 47
3 Jefferson 62
2 Southern New Hampshire 49
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 44
2 Southern New Hampshire 65

* – Denotes overtime period

Midwest

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Ashland 72
8 Malone 65
1 Ashland 73
5 Trevecca Nazarene 49
5 Trevecca Nazarene 65
4 Michigan Tech 63
1 Ashland 61
3 Grand Valley State 58
3 Grand Valley State 81
6 Kentucky Wesleyan 77
3 Grand Valley State 61
2 Drury 53
7 Lewis 60
2 Drury 71

* – Denotes overtime period

South

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Tampa 82
8 Tuskegee 64
1 Tampa 73
5 Lee 51
5 Lynn 52
4 Lee 63
1 Tampa 76
2 Eckerd 53
3 Union (TN) 58
6 Valdosta State 52
3 Union (TN) 57
2 Eckerd 64
7 Nova Southeastern 73
2 Eckerd 79

* – Denotes overtime period

South Central

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Angelo State 70
8 West Texas A&M 65
1 Angelo State 61
5 UT-Tyler 71
5 UT-Tyler 73
4 Colorado Mines 63
5 UT-Tyler 67
7 Lubbock Christian 64
3 Regis 57
6 Black Hills State 61
6 Black Hills State 48
7 Lubbock Christian 66
7 Lubbock Christian 62
2 Texas Woman's 55

* – Denotes overtime period

Southeast

First round
March 10 		Regional semifinals
March 11 		Regional Finals
March 13
         
1 Catawba 57
8 UNC-Pembroke 40
1 Catawba 75
5 Clayton State 49
5 Clayton State 65
4 Lenoir-Rhyne 48
1 Catawba 75
3 Georgia Southwestern State 65
3 Georgia Southwestern State 92
6 South Carolina-Aiken 66
3 Georgia Southwestern State 81
2 Wingate 64
7 North Georgia 53
2 Wingate 72

* – Denotes overtime period

West

First round
Regional semifinals
Regional Finals
         
1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 87
8 Cal Poly Pomona 61
1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 77
4 Montana State Billings 66
5 Cal State LA 66
4 Montana State Billings 69
1 Cal State Dominguez Hills 73
3 Cal State San Marcos 51
3 Cal State San Marcos 86
6 Central Washington 74
3 Cal State San Marcos 75
7 Azusa Pacific 67
7 Azusa Pacific 71
2 Western Washington 53

* – Denotes overtime period

Elite Eight

Elite Eight
March 20, 2023 		Final Four
March 22, 2023 		National championship
April 1, 2023
         
1 Ashland 81
8 UT-Tyler 72
1 Ashland 76
5 Glenville State 67
4 Tampa 66
5 Glenville State 78
1 Ashland 78
2 Minnesota-Duluth 67
2 Minnesota-Duluth 61
7 Assumption 41
2 Minnesota-Duluth 70
6 Catawba 59
3 Cal State Dominguez Hills 70
6 Catawba 77

All-tournament team

  • Annie Roshak, Ashland
  • Zoe Miller, Ashland
  • Hayley Smith, Ashland
  • Hallie Heidemann, Ashland
  • Brooke Olson, Minnesota-Duluth

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "DII, DIII teams ready to battle for national titles, honor Title IX at Women's Final Four" (Press release). NCAA. March 27, 2023. Retrieved April 1, 2023.
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