1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site |  DePere, Wisconsin | ||||
| Champions | Scranton Royals (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | New Rochelle Blue Angels (1st title game) | ||||
| Third place | Millikin Big Blue (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Fourth place | St. Norbert Green Knights (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Mike Strong (1st title) | ||||
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The 1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Scranton defeated New Rochelle in the championship game, 68–59, to claim the Royals' first Division III national title.
The championship rounds were hosted in DePere, Wisconsin.
Bracket[edit]
First Round[edit]
- Muskingum 67, Frostburg St. 65
- Capital 85, Kean 64
- Allegheny 62, Buffalo St. 56
- New Rochelle 70, Rochester (NY) 66
- Stanislaus St. 59, Saint Mary’s (MN) 57
- Pomona-Pitzer 68, Concordia-M’head 59
- St. Norbert 72, Carroll (WI) 53
- Wis.-Whitewater 85, Alma 70
- Rust 83, Wooster 33
- UNC Greensboro 84, LeMoyne-Owen 77 (OT)
- Millikin 62, Simpson 60
- William Penn 75, Buena Vista 53
- Bridgewater St. 80, Rhode Island Col. 59
- Salem St. 78, Western Conn. St. 71
- Scranton 79, Gettysburg 57
- Pitt.-Johnstown 72, Susquehanna 62
Regional finals[edit]
- Muskingum 78, Capital 56
- New Rochelle 79, Allegheny 68
- Pomona-Pitzer 61, Stanislaus St. 47
- St. Norbert 82, Wis.-Whitewater 80 (OT)
- Rust 70, UNC Greensboro 66
- Millikin 67, William Penn 66
- Salem St. 63, Bridgewater St. 59
- Scranton 65, Pitt.-Johnstown 53
National finals[edit]
| National quarterfinals | National semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||
| New Rochelle | 74 | |||||||||||||
| Muskingum | 73 | |||||||||||||
| New Rochelle | 61 | |||||||||||||
| St. Norbert | 59 | |||||||||||||
| St. Norbert | 69 | |||||||||||||
| Pomona-Pitzer | 55 | |||||||||||||
| New Rochelle | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Scranton | 68 | |||||||||||||
| Millikin | 80 | |||||||||||||
| Rust | 79 | |||||||||||||
| Millikin | 75 | National third-place game | ||||||||||||
| Scranton | 83 | |||||||||||||
| Scranton | 85 | St. Norbert | 73 | |||||||||||
| Salem State | 59 | Millikin | 76 | |||||||||||
All-tournament team[edit]
- Dawn Cillo, New Rochelle
- Lori Kerans, Millikin
- Deanna Kyle, Scranton
- Shelley Parks, Scranton
- Amy Proctor, St. Norbert
See also[edit]
- 1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 1985 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 1985 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
- 1985 NAIA women's basketball tournament
References[edit]
- ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 13, 2021.