2002 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site |  Terre Haute, Indiana | ||||
| Champions | Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (2nd title) | ||||
| Runner-up | St. Lawrence Saints (1st title game) | ||||
| Third place | DePauw Tigers (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Fourth place | Marymount Saints (1st Final Four) | ||||
| Winning coach | Shirley Egner (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Carry Boehning (Wisconsin–Stevens Point) | ||||
| Attendance | 26,401 | ||||
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The 2002 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 21st annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Wisconsin–Stevens Point defeated St. Lawrence in the championship game, 67–65, to claim the Pointers' second Division III national title and first since 1987.
The championship rounds were hosted by Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology in Terre Haute, Indiana.
Bracket
Final Four
| Final Four | National championship | ||||||||
| DePauw | 54 | ||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 69 | ||||||||
| St. Lawrence | 65 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 67 | ||||||||
| Marymount (VA) | 57 | ||||||||
| Wisconsin–Stevens Point | 80 | Third place | |||||||
| DePauw | 65 | ||||||||
| Marymount (VA) | 58 | ||||||||
All-tournament team
- Carry Boehning, Wisconsin–Stevens Point
- Tara Schmitt, Wisconsin–Stevens Point
- Lindsey Rush, DePauw
- Megan Dietrichsen, St. Lawrence
- Cara Barbierri, St. Lawrence
See also
- 2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2002 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
References
- ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 7, 2022.