1997 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1997 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament was the 16th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
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| Teams | 48 | ||||
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| Finals site |  Grand Forks, North Dakota | ||||
| Champions | North Dakota Fighting Sioux (1st title) | ||||
| Runner-up | Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (1st title game) | ||||
| Third place | UC Davis Aggies (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Fourth place | Bentley Falcons (6th Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Gene Roebuck (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Jaime Pudenz (North Dakota) | ||||
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North Dakota defeated Southern Indiana in the championship game, 94–78, to claim the Fighting Sioux's first NCAA Division II national title. This would go on to be the first of three consecutive titles for North Dakota.
The championship rounds were contested in Grand Forks, North Dakota.
Bracket
Elite Eight
| Elite Eight | Final Four | National Championship | ||||||||||||
| Southern Indiana | 70 | |||||||||||||
| Delta State | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Indiana | 70 | |||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 62 | |||||||||||||
| UC Davis | 73 | |||||||||||||
| West Texas A&M | 70 | |||||||||||||
| Southern Indiana | 78 | |||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 94 | |||||||||||||
| Bentley | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Kennesaw State | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Bentley | 48 | Third Place Game | ||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 70 | |||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 81 | UC Davis | 76 | |||||||||||
| Edinboro | 46 | Bentley | 61 | |||||||||||
All-tournament team
- Jaime Pudenz, North Dakota
- Jenny Crouse, North Dakota
- Kelli Britz, North Dakota
- LeeAnn Freeland, Southern Indiana
- Eileen Weber, Southern Indiana
- Jennifer Gross, UC Davis
See also
- NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Championship
- 1997 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1997 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1997 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
- NAIA Women's Basketball Championships
References
- "Division II Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved 23 February 2021.
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