1980 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1980 AIAW National Small College Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women Spokane, Washington 24 Worcester State (1st title) Wisconsin–La Crosse 24 1979 (Small College) 1981 The 1980 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship was the inaugural tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division III members in the United States.PRE-NCAA WOMEN’S BASKETBALL RECORDS http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/2020/AIAW.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 25 January 2022 The tournament was held in Spokane, Washington. Worcester State defeated Wisconsin–La Crosse in the championship game, 76–73, to capture the Lancers' first AIAW Division III national title. Format Twenty-four teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, with eight teams receiving byes into the second round. The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games. Tournament bracket First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship Third place final Adrian 73 Elizabethtown 55 Pitt Johnstown 79 Bridgewater (VA) 70 Eastern Connecticut 69 Christopher Newport 60 Juniata 77 Columbia (SC) 69 Notre Dame de Namur 57 Pacific Lutheran 48 Minnesota–Morris 71 Linfield 46 Tarleton State 69 Spring Arbor 68 Biola 84 Willamette 51 Worcester State 69 Adrian 59 Lee (TN) 89 Pitt Johnstown 78 Scranton 78 Eastern Connecticut 71 McMurry 66 Juniata 68 Wisconsin–La Crosse 80 Notre Dame de Namur 57 San Francisco State 74 Minnesota–Morris 58 Mount Mercy 90 Tarleton State 81 Western Oregon 60 Biola 75 Worcester State 72 Lee (TN) 59 Scranton 76 Juniata 36 Wisconsin–La Crosse 75 San Francisco State 60 Mount Mercy 81 Biola 77 Worcester State 81 Scranton 60 Wisconsin–La Crosse 66 Mount Mercy 63 Worcester State 76 Wisconsin–La Crosse 73 Scranton 78 Mount Mercy 68 See also 1980 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship 1980 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship References Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW Division III AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship Category:1980 in sports in Washington (state) Category:Women's sports in Washington (state)