1981 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship
Tournament information
AdministratorAssociation for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women
Host(s)University of Dayton
Venue(s)Dayton, Ohio
Participants16
Final positions
ChampionsWilliam Penn (1st title)
Runner-upCollege of Charleston
Tournament statistics
Matches played16

The 1981 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division II members in the United States.[1]

The tournament was held at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.

William Penn defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 64–51, to capture the Statesmen's first AIAW Division II national title.

Format

Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in eight 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

First round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
            
Lenoir-Rhyne 83
Biola 69
Lenoir-Rhyne 88
Abilene Christian 75
Abilene Christian 92
Springfield 75
Lenoir-Rhyne 46
William Penn 71
William Penn 63
Idaho 43
William Penn 73
Eastern Illinois 53
Eastern Illinois 77
Colorado College 69
William Penn 64
College of Charleston 51
Louisiana College 76
Morgan State 61
Louisiana College 61
Cal Poly Pomona 81
Cal Poly Pomona 83
William Carey 65
Cal Poly Pomona 84
College of Charleston 102
College of Charleston 70 Third place final
SW Missouri State 55
College of Charleston 85 Lenoir-Rhyne 65
Tuskegee 68 Cal Poly Pomona 85
Tuskegee 83
Dayton 69

See also

References

  1. ↑ "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
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