Current season, competition or edition: 2020 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| No. of teams | 64 |
| Country | NCAA Division II (U.S.) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Lubbock Christian |
| TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball national champion. Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981–82 school year, as the NCAA and Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) sought for sole governance of women's collegiate athletics. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championships; however, after a year of dual women's championships at the national level, the AIAW disbanded.
The 2020 Elite Eight was due to be held at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, AL before the NCAA called off the tournament due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
Lubbock Christian are the defending national champions.
Qualification
As of 2020, a total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: twenty-three automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-four Division II conferences) and 41 at-large bids.
The sixty-four 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 women's basketball. Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and five or six at-large bids (awarded regardless of conference affiliation).
Conference tournaments
| Region | Conference | Tournament | Current Champion (2020) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic | CIAA | CIAA Women's Basketball Tournament | Fayetteville State |
| Mountain East | Mountain East Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Glenville State | |
| PSAC | PSAC Women's Basketball Tournament | Gannon | |
| Central | Great American | Great American Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Southeastern Oklahoma State |
| MIAA | MIAA Women's Basketball Championship | Central Missouri | |
| NSIC | Northern Sun Women's Basketball Tournament | St. Cloud State | |
| East | CACC | CACC Women's Basketball Tournament | Jefferson |
| East Coast | East Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Daemen | |
| Northeast-10 | Northeast-10 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Bentley | |
| Midwest | GLIAC | GLIAC Women's Basketball Tournament | Ashland |
| GLVC | Great Lakes Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Drury | |
| G-MAC | Great Midwest Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Walsh | |
| South | Gulf South | Gulf South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Union (TN) |
| SIAC | SIAC Women's Basketball Tournament | Benedict | |
| Sunshine State | Sunshine State Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Eckerd | |
| South Central | Lone Star | Lone Star Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Lubbock Christian |
| RMAC | RMAC Women's Basketball Tournament | Colorado Mesa | |
| Southeast | Carolinas | Conference Carolinas Women's Basketball Tournament | Limestone |
| Peach Belt | Peach Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Lander | |
| SAC | South Atlantic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Tusculum | |
| West | CCAA | CCAA Women's Basketball Tournament | UC San Diego |
| GNAC | Great Northwest Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Alaska Anchorage | |
| Pacific West | Pacific West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament | Hawaii Pacific |
- The Heartland Conference disbanded after the 2018–19 season, with seven of its nine members moving to the Lone Star Conference and the other two joining the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Its tournament was discontinued.
Results
| Year | Champion | Score | Defeated | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Cal Poly Pomona | 93–74 | Tuskegee | Springfield, Massachusetts (Springfield Civic Center) |
| 1983 | Virginia Union | 73–60 | Cal Poly Pomona | |
| 1984 | Central Missouri State | 80–73 | Virginia Union | |
| 1985 | Cal Poly Pomona | 80–69 | Central Missouri State | |
| 1986 | Cal Poly Pomona | 70–63 | North Dakota State | |
| 1987 | New Haven | 77–75 | Cal Poly Pomona | |
| 1988 | Hampton | 65–48 | West Texas State | Fargo, North Dakota (Bison Sports Arena) |
| 1989 | Delta State | 88–58 | Cal Poly Pomona | Cleveland, Mississippi (Walter Sillers Coliseum) |
| 1990 | Delta State | 77–43 | Bentley | Pomona, California (Kellogg Gymnasium) |
| 1991 | North Dakota State | 81–74 | Southeast Missouri State | Cape Girardeau, Missouri (Show Me Center) |
| 1992 | Delta State | 65–63 | North Dakota State | Fargo, North Dakota (Bison Sports Arena) |
| 1993 | North Dakota State | 95–63 | Delta State | Waltham, Massachusetts (Dana Athletic Center) |
| 1994 | North Dakota State | 89–56 | Cal State San Bernardino | Fargo, North Dakota (Bison Sports Arena) |
| 1995 | North Dakota State | 98–85 | Portland State | Fargo, North Dakota (Bison Sports Arena) |
| 1996 | North Dakota State | 104–78 | Shippensburg | Fargo, North Dakota (Bison Sports Arena) |
| 1997 | North Dakota | 94–78 | Southern Indiana | Grand Forks, North Dakota (Hyslop Sports Center) |
| 1998 | North Dakota | 92–76 | Emporia State | Pine Bluff, Arkansas (H.O. Clemmons Arena) |
| 1999 | North Dakota | 80–63 | Arkansas Tech | Pine Bluff, Arkansas (H.O. Clemmons Arena) |
| 2000 | Northern Kentucky | 71–62 (OT) | North Dakota State | Pine Bluff, Arkansas (H.O. Clemmons Arena) |
| 2001 | Cal Poly Pomona | 87–80 (OT) | North Dakota | Rochester, Minnesota (Mayo Civic Center) |
| 2002 | Cal Poly Pomona | 74–62 | Southeastern Oklahoma | Rochester, Minnesota (Mayo Civic Center) |
| 2003 | South Dakota State | 65–50 | Northern Kentucky | St. Joseph, Missouri (St. Joseph Civic Arena) |
| 2004 | California (PA) | 75–72 | Drury | St. Joseph, Missouri (St. Joseph Civic Arena) |
| 2005 | Washburn | 70–53 | Seattle Pacific | Hot Springs, Arkansas (Summit Arena) |
| 2006 | Grand Valley State | 58–52 | American International | Hot Springs, Arkansas (Summit Arena) |
| 2007 | Southern Connecticut State | 61–45 | Florida Gulf Coast | Kearney, Nebraska (Health and Sports Center) |
| 2008 | Northern Kentucky | 63–58 | South Dakota | Kearney, Nebraska (Health and Sports Center) |
| 2009 | Minnesota State | 103–94 | Franklin Pierce | San Antonio, Texas (Bill Greehey Arena) |
| 2010 | Emporia State | 65–53 | Fort Lewis | St. Joseph, Missouri (St. Joseph Civic Arena) |
| 2011 | Clayton State | 69–50 | Michigan Tech | St. Joseph, Missouri (St. Joseph Civic Arena) |
| 2012 | Shaw | 88–82 (OT) | Ashland | San Antonio, Texas (Bill Greehey Arena) |
| 2013 | Ashland | 71–56 | Dowling | San Antonio, Texas (Bill Greehey Arena) |
| 2014 | Bentley | 73–65 | West Texas A&M | Erie, Pennsylvania (Erie Insurance Arena) |
| 2015 | California (PA) | 86–69 | California Baptist | Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Sanford Pentagon) |
| 2016 | Lubbock Christian | 78–73 | Alaska Anchorage | Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Sanford Pentagon) Final: Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, Indiana) |
| 2017 | Ashland | 93–77 | Virginia Union | Columbus, Ohio (Alumni Hall) |
| 2018 | Central Missouri[2] | 66–52 | Ashland | Sioux Falls, South Dakota (Sanford Pentagon) |
| 2019 | Lubbock Christian | 95–85 (2OT) | Southwestern Oklahoma State | Columbus, Ohio (Alumni Hall) |
| 2020 | Cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic | Birmingham, Alabama (Birmingham CrossPlex) | ||
| 2021 | Columbus, Ohio (Alumni Hall) | |||
| 2022 | Birmingham, Alabama (Birmingham CrossPlex) | |||
| 2023 | Elite Eight: TBA Final: Dallas, Texas (American Airlines Center) | |||
Statistics
Championships by school
| School | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly Pomona | 5 | 1982, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2002 |
| North Dakota State[Note 1] | 5 | 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Delta State | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| North Dakota[Note 1] | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Central Missouri | 2 | 1984, 2018 |
| California (PA) | 2 | 2004, 2015 |
| Northern Kentucky[Note 1] | 2 | 2000, 2008 |
| Ashland | 2 | 2013, 2017 |
| Lubbock Christian | 2 | 2016, 2019 |
| Bentley | 1 | 2014 |
| Clayton State | 1 | 2011 |
| Emporia State | 1 | 2010 |
| Grand Valley State | 1 | 2006 |
| Hampton[Note 1] | 1 | 1988 |
| Minnesota State | 1 | 2009 |
| New Haven | 1 | 1988 |
| Shaw | 1 | 2012 |
| South Dakota State[Note 1] | 1 | 2003 |
| Southern Connecticut State | 1 | 2007 |
| Virginia Union | 1 | 1983 |
| Washburn | 1 | 2005 |
See also
- NAIA Women's Basketball Championships
- NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
Notes
References
- ^ "Championship Central". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2019-03-04. Retrieved 2020-03-13.
- ^ "Central Missouri stuns Ashland to win NCAA Div. II Championship". Argus Leader. Retrieved 2018-03-28.