2005 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2005 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	50
Finals site	Jane P. Batten Student Center, Virginia Beach, Virginia
Champions	Millikin Big Blue (1st title)
Runner-up	Randolph-Macon Yellow Jackets (1st title game)
Third place	Southern Maine Huskies (4th Final Four)
Fourth place	Scranton Royals (7th Final Four)
Winning coach	Lori Kerans (1st title)
MOP	Joanna Conner (Millikin)
Attendance	31,839
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «2004 2006»

The 2005 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 24th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Millikin defeated Randolph-Macon in the championship game, 70–50, to claim the Big Blue's first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Virginia Wesleyan College from March 18–19 at the Jane P. Batten Student Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia.

Bracket

Top left sectional

	First round March 2, 2005 Campus sites				Second round March 5, 2005 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2005 Gorham, ME				Sectional finals March 12, 2005 Gorham, ME
					Bates*	83
					Emmanuel (GA)	64
	Salem State	41
	Emmanuel (MA)	43
									Bates	64
									Southern Maine	67
	Ithaca*	64
	Colby-Sawyer	46
					Ithaca	52
					Southern Maine*	55
	Maine Maritime	67
	Southern Maine*	83
													Southern Maine	80
													Springfield	69
					Mount Saint Mary*	60
					Springfield	66
	Richard Stockton	60
	Springfield*	64
									Springfield	62
									Wesleyan (CT)	56
	Wesleyan (CT)*	64
	Chestnut Hill	46
					Wesleyan (CT)	73
					Staten Island*	64

Bottom left sectional

	First round March 2, 2005 Campus sites				Second round March 5, 2005 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2005 Grand Rapids, MI				Sectional finals March 12, 2005 Grand Rapids, MI
					Millikin*	67
					Washington St. Louis	58
	Webster	35
	Washington St. Louis*	62
									Millikin	59
									UW Stout	56
	Ripon*	62
	Rockford	57
					Ripon	57
					UW Stout*	65
	Edgewood	59
	UW Stout	70
													Millikin	63
													Calvin	56
					DePauw*	63
					Calvin	72
	Franklin	60
	Calvin*	74
									Calvin	64
									Albion	56
	Baldwin-Wallace*	46
	Denison	51
					Denison	44
					Albion*	63

Top right sectional

	First round March 2, 2005 Campus sites				Second round March 5, 2005 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2005 Scranton, PA				Sectional finals March 12, 2005 Scranton, PA
					Scranton*	72
					McDaniel	69
	Frostburg State	64
	McDaniel*	71
									Scranton	64
									Messiah	43
	Dickinson*	50
	Westminster (PA)	54
					Westminster (PA)	46
					Messiah	69
													Scranton	49
													Bowdoin	43
					Oswego State*	58
					William Smith	68
	Washington & Jefferson	54
	William Smith*	68
									William Smith	51
									Bowdoin	63
	Brockport State	38
	Alvernia*	60
					Alvernia	46
					Bowdoin*	69

Bottom right sectional

	First round March 2, 2005 Campus sites				Second round March 5, 2005 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 11, 2005 Ashland, VA				Sectional finals March 12, 2005 Ashland, VA
					Buena Vista*	71
					Saint Benedict	77
	Simpson	63
	Saint Benedict*	80
									Saint Benedict	69
									George Fox	74
	Chapman*	72
	Cal Lutheran	65
					Chapman	55
					George Fox*	86
													George Fox	51
													Randolph-Macon	63
					Randolph-Macon*	89
					Mary Wawshington	76
	Mary Washington	69
	Maryville (TN)*	66
									Randolph-Macon	82
									Trinity (TX)	79
	Howard Payne*	55
	Trinity (TX)	57
					Trinity (TX)*	79
					Greensboro	64

Final Four

	Final Four March 18, 2005				National championship March 19, 2005
	Southern Maine	60
	Millikin	66
					Millikin	70
					Randolph-Macon	50
	Scranton	65
	Randolph-Macon	70			Third place
					Southern Maine	55
					Scranton	53

All-tournament team

• Joanna Conner, Millikin
• Audrey Minott, Millikin
• Lindsay Ippel, Millikin
• Megan Silva, Randolph-Macon
• Megan Myles, Southern Maine

See also

• 2005 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2005 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2005 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament