1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
Appearance
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Teams | 24 | ||||
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Champions | Central Missouri State Jennies (1st title) | ||||
Runner-up | Virginia Union Panthers (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Jorja Hoehn, CMSU (1st title) | ||||
MOP | Carla Eades (Central Missouri State) | ||||
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The 1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the third annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of women's collegiate basketball among its Division II membership in the United States.[1]
Central Missouri State defeated defending champions Virginia Union in the championship game, 80–73, claiming the Jennies' first Division II national title.
The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, hosted by Springfield College.
Regionals
[edit]East
[edit]First round - site unknown Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Army Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Utica | 53 | ||||||||
Millersville | 58 | Army | 59 | ||||||
Utica | 66 |
Great Lakes
[edit]First round - at Lewis Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Dayton Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Dayton | 97 | ||||||||
Lewis | 63 | Northwest Missouri State | 69 | ||||||
Northwest Missouri State | 81 |
New England
[edit]First round - at Bentley Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Quinnipiac Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Quinnipiac | 71 | ||||||||
Bentley | 61 | Bentley | 50 | ||||||
Central Florida | 44 |
North Central
[edit]First round - at North Dakota Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at St. Cloud State Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
St. Cloud State | 66 | ||||||||
North Dakota | 48 | South Dakota | 55 | ||||||
South Dakota | 49 |
South
[edit]First round - at Alabama A&M Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Valdosta State Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Valdosta State | 81 | ||||||||
Alabama A&M | 59 | North Alabama | 76 | ||||||
North Alabama | 78 |
South Atlantic
[edit]First round - at North Carolina Central Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Mount St. Mary's Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 58 | ||||||||
Virginia Union | 75 | Virginia Union | 59 | ||||||
North Carolina Central | 51 |
South Central
[edit]First round - at Southeast Missouri State Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Central Missouri State Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Central Missouri State | 76 | ||||||||
Howard Payne | 50 | Southeast Missouri State | 64 | ||||||
Southeast Missouri State | 88 |
West
[edit]First round - at Chapman Round of 24 March 6 | Regional finals - at Cal Poly Pomona Sweet 16 March 10 | ||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 60 | ||||||||
Chapman | 75 | Chapman | 69 | ||||||
San Francisco State | 60 |
National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts
[edit]Visiting team listed first in Elite Eight
Final Four Location: Springfield Civic Center Host: Springfield College
National quarterfinals Elite Eight March 15 | National semifinals Final Four March 22 | National championship March 24 | ||||||||||||
SA | Virginia Union | 72 | ||||||||||||
NE | Quinnipiac | 67 | ||||||||||||
SA | Virginia Union | 71 | ||||||||||||
GL | Dayton | 59 | ||||||||||||
NC | St. Cloud State | 56 | ||||||||||||
GL | Dayton | 80 | ||||||||||||
SA | Virginia Union | 73 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 80 | ||||||||||||
S | Valdosta State | 92 | ||||||||||||
E | Army | 65 | ||||||||||||
S | Valdosta State | 70 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 74 | ||||||||||||
W | Chapman | 59 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 77 |
All-tournament team
[edit]- Carla Eades, Central Missouri State
- Veta Williams, Virginia Union
- Janice Washington, Valdosta State
- Rosie Jones, Central Missouri State
- Donna Burks, Dayton
See also
[edit]- 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Division II Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 19, 2021.