1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg March 21, 1982 March 28, 1982 Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 16 Rutgers Texas 15 1981 1983 (NCAA Division I)1983 (NCAA Division II)1983 (NCAA Division III)1983 (NAIA) The 1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship was held on March 21–28, 1982. Sixteen teams participated, and Rutgers University was crowned champion of the tournament.Women's College Basketball Championship History Page http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/ 2009-06-03 Gregory Cooper https://web.archive.org/web/20091026191906/http://geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/ 2009-10-26 dead The host site for the Final Four was The Palestra on the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. This was the first season the NCAA sponsored a women's basketball tournament, and the two tournaments were held at the same time. Many schools, including defending champion Louisiana Tech, chose to participate in the NCAA tournament rather than in the AIAW tournament. Only three top 20 teams appeared in the AIAW tournament: Texas, Rutgers and Villanova.CNNSI Recap of 1982 Tournament http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/women/features/finalfour_history/1982/ https://web.archive.org/web/20010618042900/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/basketball/college/women/features/finalfour_history/1982/ dead June 18, 2001 2009-07-28 Sports Illustrated wrote at the time: "With the NCAA staging women's championships this year for the first time, the AIAW, the 11-year-old organization that put women's college sports on the map, finds itself barely clinging to life. So many of its members have fled to the NCAA that the AIAW's only realistic hope for survival is its pending antitrust suit against the NCAA in U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C." This proved to be the final AIAW basketball tournament. Opening rounds East Regional First Round March 21, 1982 Quarterfinals March 23, 1982 50px 150px Rutgers 89 Georgia Southern 79 Minnesota 68 St. John's (NY) 56 Rutgers 83 Minnesota 75 Mideast Regional First Round March 21, 1982 Quarterfinals March 23, 1982 50px 150px Villanova 69 Miami (OH) 61 Delta State 90 Vanderbilt 79 Villanova 87 Delta State 72 Midwest Regional First Round March 21, 1982 Quarterfinals March 23, 1982 50px 150px Texas 67 Central Missouri State 54 Wisconsin 60 Colorado 59 Texas 73 Wisconsin 61 West Regional First Round March 21, 1982 Quarterfinals March 23, 1982 50px 150px California 66 Arkansas 62 Wayland Baptist 57 Montana 52 California 70 Wayland Baptist 85 Final Four – Philadelphia, PA Semifinals March 26, 1982 Championship March 28, 1982 50px 150px Rutgers 83 Villanova 75 Texas 82 Wayland Baptist 63 Rutgers 83 Texas 77 See also 1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship 1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship 1982 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1982 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1982 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament 1982 NAIA women's basketball tournament References 2 Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship Category:1982 in sports in Pennsylvania Category:Women's sports in Pennsylvania