1982 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1982 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Old Dominion University
Norfolk, Virginia
Champions Louisiana Tech (1st title)
Runner-Up Cheyney (1st title game)
Semifinalists Maryland (1st Final Four)
Tennessee (1st Final Four)
MOP Janice Lawrence Louisiana Tech
NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournaments
   1983ยป

The 1982 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament was the first NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament ever held. It featured 32 teams. Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Cheyney, and Maryland were the Final Four, with Louisiana Tech defeating Cheyney for the title, 76-62.[1] Louisiana Tech's Janice Lawrence was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. [2] Her teammate Kim Mulkey went on to become the first (and to date only) woman to win NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and coach, winning the 2005 title as head coach at Baylor.

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[edit] Brackets

[edit] Mideast Regional - University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

  First round
March 12 and 13		 Regional semifinals
March 18 and 19		 Regional finals
March 2
                           
  1  Southern California (20-3) 99  
8  Kent St. (17-13) 55  
  1  Southern California 73  
  4  Penn St. 70  
4  Penn State (23-5) 96
  5  Clemson (20-11) 75  
    1  Southern California 90
  2  Tennessee 91 (OT)
  3  Memphis (25-4) 72  
6  Mississippi (27-4) 70  
  3  Memphis 63
  2  Tennessee 78  
2  Tennessee (19-9) 72
  7  Jackson St. (28-7) 56  

[edit] Midwest Regional - Louisiana Tech - Ruston, LA

  First round
March 12 and 14		 Regional semifinals
March 18		 Regional finals
March 21
                           
  1  Louisiana Tech (30-1) 114  
8  Tennessee Tech (20-10) 53  
  1  Louisiana Tech 92  
  4  Arizona State 54  
4  Arizona St. (23-6) 97'
  5  Georgia (21-8) 77  
    1  Louisiana Tech 82
  2  Kentucky 60
  3  South Carolina (21-7) 79  
6  East Carolina (17-9) 54  
  3  South Carolina 69
  2  Kentucky 73  
2  Kentucky (22-7) 88
  7  Illinois (21-8) 80  

[edit] East Regional - N.C. State - Raleigh, NC

  First round
March 13		 Regional semifinals
March 18		 Regional finals
March 20
                           
  1  Old Dominion (21-5) 75  
8  St. Peter's (25-4) 42  
  1  Old Dominion 67  
  4  Kansas State 76  
4  Kansas State (24-5) 78
  5  Stephen F. Austin (15-8) 75  
    4  Kansas State 71
  2  Cheyney 93
  3  North Carolina State(23-5) 75  
6  Northwestern (21-7) 71  
  3  North Carolina State 68
  2  Cheyney 76  
2  Cheyney (24-2) 75
  7  Auburn (24-4) 64  

[edit] West Regional - Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA

  First round
March 12 - 14		 Regional semifinals
March 19		 Regional finals
March 21
                           
  1  Long Beach State (22-5) 95  
8  Howard (14-10) 57  
  1  Long Beach State 78  
  4  Drake 91  
4  Drake (26-6) 90'
  5  Ohio State (19-6) 79  
    4  Drake 78
  2  Maryland 89
  3  Oregon (20-4) 53  
6  Missouri (23-8) 59  
  6  Missouri 68
  2  Maryland 80  
2  Maryland (22-6) 82
  7  Stanford (19-7) 48  

[edit] Final Four - Old Dominion - Norfolk, VA

  National Semifinals
March 26		 National Championship
March 28
                 
2ME  Tennessee 46  
1MW  Louisiana Tech 69  
    1MW  Louisiana Tech 76
  2E  Cheyney 62
2E  Cheyney 76
2W  Maryland 66  

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ 1982 NCAA National Championship Tournament. Retrieved on 2007-03-29.
  2. ^ CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player. Retrieved on 2007-03-30.


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