Current season, competition or edition: 2020 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament | |
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| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1982 |
| No. of teams | 64 |
| Country | NCAA Division II (U.S.) |
| Most recent champion(s) | Lubbock Christian |
| TV partner(s) | CBS Sports Network |
| Official website | NCAA.com |
The NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball national champion. Basketball was one of 12 women's sports added to the NCAA championship program for the 1981-82 school year, as the NCAA and Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) sought for sole governance of women's collegiate athletics. The AIAW continued to conduct its established championships; however, after a year of dual women's championships at the national level, the AIAW disbanded.
The 2020 Elite Eight was due to be held at the Birmingham CrossPlex in Birmingham, AL before the NCAA called off the tournament due to the COVID-19 outbreak.[1]
Lubbock Christian are the defending national champions.
Qualification
As of 2020, a total of 64 bids are available for each tournament: twenty-three automatic bids (awarded to the champions of the twenty-four Division II conferences) and 41 at-large bids.
The sixty-four 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 women's basketball. Each region consists of two or three automatic qualifiers (the teams who won their respective conference tournaments) and five or six at-large bids (awarded regardless of conference affiliation).
Conference tournaments
- The Heartland Conference disbanded after the 2018-19 season, with seven of its nine members moving to the Lone Star Conference and the other two joining the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. Its tournament was discontinued.
Results
Statistics
Championships by school
| School | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Cal Poly Pomona | 5 | 1982, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2002 |
| North Dakota State[Note 1] | 5 | 1991, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 |
| Delta State | 3 | 1989, 1990, 1992 |
| North Dakota[Note 1] | 3 | 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| Central Missouri | 2 | 1984, 2018 |
| California (PA) | 2 | 2004, 2015 |
| Northern Kentucky[Note 1] | 2 | 2000, 2008 |
| Ashland | 2 | 2013, 2017 |
| Lubbock Christian | 2 | 2016, 2019 |
| Bentley | 1 | 2014 |
| Clayton State | 1 | 2011 |
| Emporia State | 1 | 2010 |
| Grand Valley State | 1 | 2006 |
| Hampton[Note 1] | 1 | 1988 |
| Minnesota State | 1 | 2009 |
| New Haven | 1 | 1988 |
| Shaw | 1 | 2012 |
| South Dakota State[Note 1] | 1 | 2003 |
| Southern Connecticut State | 1 | 2007 |
| Virginia Union | 1 | 1983 |
| Washburn | 1 | 2005 |
See also
- NAIA Women's Basketball Championships
- NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament
Notes
References
- ^ "Championship Central". National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2019-03-04. Retrieved .
- ^ "Central Missouri stuns Ashland to win NCAA Div. II Championship". Argus Leader. Retrieved .
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