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2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 36th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
| Teams | 64 |
|---|---|
| Finals site | Van Noord Arena Grand Rapids, Michigan |
| Champions | Amherst Lord Jeffs (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Tufts Jumbos (2nd title game) |
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | G.P. Gromacki (1st title) |
| MOP | Ali Doswell (Amherst) |
| Attendance | 33,182 |
Amherst defeated Tufts in the championship game, 52–29, to claim the Lord Jeffs' second Division III national title and first since 2011.
The championship rounds were hosted by Calvin University at the Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Bracket edit
Final Four edit
| Final Four | National championship | ||||||||
| Amherst | 66 | ||||||||
| Christopher Newport | 61 | ||||||||
| Amherst | 52 | ||||||||
| Tufts | 29 | ||||||||
| St. Thomas (MN) | 57 | ||||||||
| Tufts | 60 | ||||||||
All-tournament team edit
- Ali Doswell, Amherst
- Meredith Doswell, Amherst
- Devon Byrd, Christopher Newport
- Kaitlin Langer, St. Thomas (MN)
- Michela North, Tufts
See also edit
- 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 2017 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
References edit
- ^ "Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. (PDF) from the original on December 31, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2022.