2002 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2002 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Hulbert Arena, 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
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «2001 2003»

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.

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 played at the Hulbert Arena in Terre Haute, Indiana, hosted by Rose–Hulman Institute of Technology.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round February 27, 2002 Campus sites				Second round March 2, 2002 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8–9, 2002 Wilmington, OH				Sectional finals March 8–9, 2002 Wilmington, OH
					Wilmington (OH)*	83
					Bethany (WV)	66
	Bethany (WV)*	79
	Benedictine (IL)	58
									Wilmington (OH)	89
									Hope	81
	Anderson (IN)*	75
	Thomas More	80
					Thomas More	76
					Hope*	87
													Wilmington (OH)	70
													DePauw	88
					DePauw*	75
					Maryville (TN)	58
	Maryville (TN)*	79
	SCAD	66
									DePauw	84
									Hardin–Simmons	60
	Guilford*	54
	Methodist	47
					Guilford	71
					Hardin–Simmons*	72

Bottom left sectional

	First round February 27, 2002 Campus sites				Second round March 2, 2002 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8–9, 2002 Springfield, MA				Sectional finals March 8–9, 2002 Springfield, MA
					Springfield*	61
					Eastern Connecticut	50
	Eastern Connecticut*	62
	Salem State	61
									Springfield	50
									Bowdoin	64
	Southern Maine*	51
	Emmanuel (MA)	63
					Emmanuel (MA)	66
					Bowdoin*	80
													Bowdoin	51
													St. Lawrence	64
					Ithaca*	67
					Ohio Wesleyan	73
	Buffalo State*	61
	Ohio Wesleyan	71
									Ohio Wesleyan	56
									St. Lawrence	57
	Mount Saint Mary*	56
	Case Reserve	59
					Case Reserve	67
					St. Lawrence*	73

Top right sectional

	First round February 27, 2002 Campus sites				Second round March 2, 2002 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8–9, 2002 Salisbury, MD				Sectional finals March 8–9, 2002 Salisbury, MD
					Messiah*	65
					Scranton	70
	Scranton*	71
	Western Maryland	61
									Scranton	57
									King's (PA)	72
	Alvernia*	62
	Hunter	46
					Alvernia	61
					King's (PA)*	79
													King's (PA)	64
													Marymount (VA)	67
					Salisbury*	67
					Kean	49
	Salve Regina*	82
	Kean	85
									Salisbury	52
									Marymount (VA)	79
	Christopher Newport*	71
	Hood	40
					Christopher Newport	62
					Marymount (VA)*	75

Bottom right sectional

	First round February 27, 2002 Campus sites				Second round March 2, 2002 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8–9, 2002 Stevens Point, WI				Sectional finals March 8–9, 2002 Stevens Point, WI
					Washington St. Louis*	60
					UW Stevens Point	66
	UW Stevens Point*	88
	Lake Forest	52
									UW Stevens Point	71
									Webster	61
	Lakeland*	61
	Millikin	54
					Lakeland	33
					Webster*	48
	Webster*	81
	Aurora	60
													UW Stevens Point	64
													Pacific Lutheran	47
					Pacific Lutheran*	60
					Saint Benedict	54
	Saint Benedict*	91
	UW Stout	80
									Pacific Lutheran	62
									Chapman	54
	Carleton*	71
	Wartburg	61
					Carleton	74
					Chapman*	87
	Chapman*	78
	Pomona-Pitzer	65

Final Four

	Final Four					National championship
	DePauw		54
	St. Lawrence		69
						St. Lawrence		65
						UW Stevens Point		67
	Marymount (VA)		57
	UW 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