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| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site |  Saint Paul, Minnesota | ||||
| Champions | St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Muskingum Fighting Muskies (1st title game) | ||||
| Third place | Eastern Connecticut State Warriors (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Fourth place | Washington University Bears (2nd Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Ted Riverso (1st title) | ||||
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The 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tenth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
St. Thomas (MN) defeated Muskingum in the championship game, 73–55, to claim the Tommies' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
Format
There was a slight adjustment to the tournament's format in 1991, even though the field size remained fixed at 32 teams.
The bracket was reorganized from eight regional tournaments of four teams, with each regional winner advancing to the national quarterfinal round, to a new structure of four sectionals of eight teams. Under the new format, the four sectional champions advanced to the national semifinal, or Final Four, round.
Bracket
Final Four
| Final Four | National championship | ||||||||
| Muskingum | 85 | ||||||||
| Washington University in St. Louis | 60 | ||||||||
| Muskingum | 55 | ||||||||
| St. Thomas (MN) | 73 | ||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut State | 55 | ||||||||
| St. Thomas (MN) | 91 | Third place | |||||||
| WashU | 74 | ||||||||
| Eastern Connecticut State | 83 | ||||||||
All-tournament team
- Tonja Englund, St. Thomas (MN)
- Laurie Trow, St. Thomas (MN)
- Michelle Snow, Muskingum
- Kate Titus, Muskingum
- Bernice Laferriere, Eastern Connecticut State
See also
References
- ↑ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved April 11, 2021.