1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship

none August 2023 1982 AIAW National Division II College Basketball Championship AIAW logo.jpg Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women College of Charleston Charleston, South Carolina 8 Francis Marion (1st title) College of Charleston 8 1981 1983 (NCAA Division I)1983 (NCAA Division II)1983 (NCAA Division III)1983 (NAIA) The 1982 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the third annual and final tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division II 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 24 January 2022 The tournament was held at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Francis Marion defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 92–83, to capture the Patriots' first AIAW Division II national title. Format Eight teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in eight teams from the previous year's championship. The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games. Tournament bracket First round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship Third place high 1981 women North Dakota State Bison North Dakota State w/o 1981 none Centenary Ladies Centenary 1981 women College of Charleston Cougars College of Charleston 96 1981 women FIU Sunblazers FIU 44 1981 women Biola Eagles Biola 71 North Dakota State 87 1981 women Livingston Tigers Livingston 48 College of Charleston 65 North Dakota State 73 College of Charleston 88 1981 women Francis Marion Patriots Francis Marion 84 1981 women William Penn Statesmen William Penn 70 College of Charleston 83 Francis Marion 92 North Dakota State 76 William Penn 77 See also 1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship (final edition) 1982 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship (final edition) 1982 NAIA women's basketball tournament References Category:AIAW women's basketball tournament AIAW Division II AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship Category:1982 in sports in South Carolina Category:Women's sports in South Carolina