2022 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 2022 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States for the 2021–22 NCAA Division III women's basketball season.

The championship rounds were played at the UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse in Pittsburgh, March 17–19, 2022. The final game had Hope beating Whitewater 71–58.

This was the first tournament since 2019, as the two previous editions in 2020 and 2021 were both canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Qualifying

Automatic bids (44) Automatic bids Conference Qualifying school RecordAMCCLa Roche20–5American RiversSimpson25–1American SouthwestHardin-Simmons21–4Atlantic EastImmaculata18–8CentennialGettysburg24–3CUNYACBrooklyn21–3Coast to CoastChristopher Newport24–0CCIWIllinois Wesleyan19–8CSACClarks Summit23–4Commonwealth CoastRoger Williams25–2Empire 8St. John Fisher25–2Great NortheastEmmanuel (MA)25–1HCACTransylvania24–0LandmarkScranton25–2LibertyIthaca24–3Little EastRhode Island College23–5MASCACFramingham State22–3MichiganHope26–1MAC CommonwealthMessiah23–3MAC FreedomDeSales23–3MidwestRipon18–9MinnesotaGustavus Adolphus22–4NECCMitchell12–13NESCACBates17–7NEWMACSmith23–2New JerseyNew Jersey City13–9North AtlanticSUNY Poly20–6North CoastWittenberg18–7NACCWisconsin Lutheran23–1NorthwestWhitman26–1OhioBaldwin Wallace21–4Old DominionShenandoah22–5Presidents'Washington & Jefferson23–4St. LouisWebster25–0SkylineMount Saint Mary23–3SAARhodes23–2SCIACWhittier16–8SCACTrinity (TX)25–2SUNYACSUNY New Paltz20–6United EastSUNY Morrisville19–7University AthleticNYU22–1Upper MidwestNorth Central (MN)24–4USA SouthSouthern Virginia24–4WisconsinWisconsin–Eau Claire21–7

At-large bids (20) At-large bids Qualifying school Conference RecordAmherstNESCAC21–3BabsonNEWMAC19–7CUALandmark20–5DePauwNorth Coast23–3East Texas BaptistAmerican Southwest20–5ElizabethtownLandmark20–5John CarrollOhio22–4Johns HopkinsCentennial22–4MariettaOhio21–5Mary Hardin-Baylor American Southwest22–4MillikinCCIW21–6SalisburyCoast-to-Coast20–6SpringfieldNEWMAC22–4SUNY CortlandSUNYAC21–5TrineMichigan24–3TuftsNESCAC20–4Wartburg American Rivers21–5Washington and LeeOld Dominion20–6Wisconsin–OshkoshWisconsin19–6Wisconsin–WhitewaterWisconsin23–4

Sectionals

Amherst Sectional

Whitewater Sectional

Holland Sectional

Lexington Sectional

Final Four

See also 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2022 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 2022 NAIA women's basketball tournament 2022 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References