The 2022 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of women's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
The championship rounds were held March 21–25, 2022, at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama. Glenville State won its first title by defeating Western Washington, 85–72.
The tournament returned to its pre-COVID-19 pandemic field of sixty-four teams.NCAA Division II Women’s Basketball Committee Announces 2022 Championship Field. NCAA.org. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
Tournament schedule and venues
Regionals First, second, and third-round games, which comprise each regional championship, will take place on campus sites on March 11, 12, and 14. The top-seeded team in each regional serves as host.
These eight locations were chosen to host regional games for the 2022 tournament: Atlantic: Waco Center, Glenville State University, Glenville, West Virginia Central: Gross Memorial Coliseum, Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kansas East: Stan Spirou Field House, Southern New Hampshire University, Manchester, New Hampshire Midwest: Kates Gymnasium, Ashland University, Ashland, Ohio South: Fred DeLay Gymnasium, Union University, Jackson, Tennessee South Central: First United Bank Center, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, Texas Southeast: UNG Convocation Center, University of North Georgia, Dahlonega, Georgia West: Pioneer Gym, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, California
Elite Eight The national quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals were held on March 21, 23, and 25 at a pre-determined site, the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, Alabama.
Qualification A total of sixty-four bids are available for the tournament: 23 automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-one Division II conferences) and 41 at-large bids.
The bids are allocated evenly among the eight NCAA-designated regions (Atlantic, Central, East, Midwest, South, South Central, Southeast, and West), each of which contains either two or three of the twenty-three Division II conferences that sponsor men's basketball (after the Heartland Conference disbanded in 2019, the South Region now features only two conferences). Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and either five or six at-large bids, awarded regardless of conference affiliation.
Automatic bids (23) Automatic bids Region (Bids) Conference School Record (Conf.) AppearanceLast bidAtlantic (3)CIAALincoln (PA)22–71stNeverMountain EastCharleston21–810th2014PSACGannon24–613th2020Central (3)Great AmericanSW Oklahoma State29–47th2021MIAAFort Hays State28–38th2021Northern SunMinnesota–Duluth24–414th2021East (3)CACCU Sciences23–47th2020 East Coast Daemen20–43rd2021 Northeast-10 Bentley19–836th2019Midwest (3) GLIAC Ferris State22–96th2020 GLVC Drury31–419th2021 G-MAC Ashland28–212th2021South (3) Gulf South Union (TN)26–27th2021 SIAC Benedict23–79th2020 Sunshine StateTampa29–514th2020South Central (2) Lone Star West Texas A&M23–1027th2020 RMAC Metro State22–89th2018Southeast (3) Carolinas Barton28–110th2021 Peach Belt North Georgia25–36th2021 South Atlantic Carson–Newman26–512th2021West (3)CCAACal State East Bay22–24th2017GNACCentral Washington23–74th2003 PacWest Azusa Pacific24–36th2021
At-large bids (41) At-large bids Region (Bids) School Conference Record (Conf.) Appearance Last bidAtlantic (5)California (PA)PSAC24–518th2020Glenville StateMountain East29–115th2021Indiana (PA)PSAC21–815th2020KutztownPSAC26–62nd1996ShepherdPSAC24–73rd2015Central (5)Minnesota StateNSIC21–67th2015Missouri SouthernMIAA24–64th1996Missouri WesternMIAA21–913th2016Nebraska–KearneyMIAA23–714th2021St. Cloud StateNSIC23–414th2021East (5)Chestnut HillCACC24–61stNeverJeffersonCACC23–813th2020Le MoyneNE-1017–74th2020PaceNE-1021–717th2012Southern New HampshireNE-1021–63rd1990Midwest (5)Grand Valley StateGLIAC27–217th2021UMSLGLVC23–53rd2014Southern IndianaGLVC23–512th2020WalshG-MAC26–44th2021Wayne StateGLIAC18–95th2015South (5)EckerdSunshine State20–46th2020Florida SouthernSunshine State20–916th2020Lee (TN)Gulf South24–75th2021Savannah StateSIAC27–22nd1995Valdosta StateGulf South23–514th2021South Central (6)Colorado MesaRMAC23–67th2020Colorado MinesRMAC25–54th2021CSU PuebloRMAC23–811th2018Lubbock ChristianLone Star26–66th2021Texas A&M–CommerceLone Star26–45th2021Texas Woman'sLone Star19–83rd2016Southeast (5)CatawbaSAC23–67th2021Columbus StatePeach Belt17–1112th2018Georgia SouthwesternPeach Belt22–61stNeverLanderPeach Belt22–416th2021WingateSAC24–519th2019West (5)Academy of ArtPacWest18–104th2016Alaska AnchorageGNAC20–619th2020Cal State San MarcosCCAA22–32nd2020Northwest NazareneGNAC18–99th2020Western WashingtonGNAC20–518th2020
Regionals
Atlantic Regional Site: Glenville, West Virginia (Glenville State)
* – Denotes overtime period
Central Regional Site: Hays, Kansas (Fort Hays State)
* – Denotes overtime period
East Regional Site: Manchester, New Hampshire (Southern New Hampshire)
Midwest Regional Site: Ashland, Ohio (Ashland)
South Regional Site: Jackson, Tennessee (Union (TN))
South Central Regional Site: Canyon, Texas (West Texas A&M)
* – Denotes overtime period
Southeast Regional Site: Dahlonega, Georgia (North Georgia)
West Regional Site: Hayward, California (Cal State East Bay)
* – Denotes overtime period
Elite Eight - Birmingham, Alabama Location: Birmingham CrossPlex
All-tournament team Re'Shawna Stone, Glenville State Zakiyah Winfield, Glenville State Dazha Congleton, Glenville State Emma Duff, Western Washington Brooke Walling, Western Washington
See also 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 2022 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 2022 NAIA women's basketball tournament 2022 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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