1996 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

none August 2023 March 2026 Women's 1996 III NCAA logo.svg 125px 64 Wisconsin Oshkosh, Wisconsin Wisconsin–Oshkosh Titans 1st Mount Union Purple Raiders 1st St. Thomas Tommies 3rd NYU Violets 1st Kathi Bennett 1st The 1996 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 15th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.Division III Women's Basketball Championship Results http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/w_basketball_RB/D3champs.pdf NCAA NCAA.org 21 March 2024 Wisconsin–Oshkosh defeated Mount Union in the championship game, 66–50, to claim the Titans' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted by the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. Bracket An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period Atlantic sectional Play-in roundFebruary 28, 1996Campus sites Second roundMarch 2, 1996Campus sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 8, 1996Defiance, OH Sectional finalsMarch 9, 1996Defiance, OH no 160 30 high Northeast Region Atlantic Region Northeast Region Atlantic Region Southern Maine* 66 Regis (MA) 48 Worcester Tech 58 Westfield State* 63 Capital* 71 Muskingum 65 Wittenberg 51 Mount Union* 64 Middlebury* 67 Emmanuel (MA) 54 Eastern Connecticut 47 Salem State* 69 Salisbury 77 Goucher* 53 Baldwin Wallace 73 Defiance* 84 Southern Maine* 73 Westfield State 52 Capital 62 Mount Union* 65 Middlebury 55 Salem State* 58 Salisbury 64 Defiance* 94 Southern Maine 62 Mount Union 79 Salem State 58 Defiance 84 Mount Union 66 Defiance 61 South sectional Play-in roundFebruary 28, 1996Campus sites Second roundMarch 2, 1996Campus sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 8, 1996Ashland, VA Sectional finalsMarch 9, 1996Ashland, VA no 165 30 high South Region West Region South Region West Region Randolph-Macon* 91 Shenandoah 74 Hendrix 57 Millsaps* 65 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps* 62 La Verne 61 Concordia Moorhead 60 Bethel (MN)* 64 Maryville (TN)* 77 Roanoke 76 Trinity (TX) 53 Marymount (VA)* 92 UC San Diego* 58 Pomona-Pitzer 57 St. Benedict 52 St. Thomas (MN)* 68 Randolph-Macon* 99 Millsaps 66 Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 60 Bethel (MN)* 64 Maryville (TN) 53 Marymount (VA)* 92 UC San Diego 42 St. Thomas (MN)* 66 Randolph-Macon 77 Bethel (MN)* 96 Marymount (VA) 62 St. Thomas (MN) 67 Bethel (MN) 57 St. Thomas (MN) 65 East sectional Play-in roundFebruary 28, 1996Campus sites Second roundMarch 2, 1996Campus sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 8, 1996New York, NY Sectional finalsMarch 9, 1996New York, NY no 160 30 high Mid-Atlantic Region East Region Mid-Atlantic Region East Region Rowan* 81 Elizabethtown 68 Messiah 75 Allentown* 65 William Smith* 83 Hartwick 61 Binghamton 66 Geneseo State* 71 Johns Hopkins* 70 Alvernia 58 Cabrini 74 Scranton* 85 Nazareth* 59 St. John Fisher 60 CCNY 43 NYU * Rowan* 90 Messiah 65 William Smith* 85 Geneseo State 68 Johns Hopkins 62 Scranton* 75 St. John Fisher 41 NYU* 82 Rowan 97 William Smith 69 Scranton 48 NYU 77 Rowan 63 NYU 68 Central sectional Play-in roundFebruary 28, 1996Campus sites Second roundMarch 2, 1996Campus sites Sectional semifinalsMarch 8, 1996Decatur, IL Sectional finalsMarch 9, 1996Decatur, IL no 160 30 high Central Region Great Lakes Region Central Region Great Lakes Region Millikin* 74 MacMurray 43 Luther 91 Buena Vista* 76 Wisconsin–Eau Claire* 70 Wisconsin–Stout 41 Ripon 50 Calvin* 60 Wheaton (IL)* 72 Carthage 71 Illinois Wesleyan 63 Washington St. Louis* 68 Alma* 44 Beloit 47 DePauw 45 Wisconsin–Oshkosh* 77 Millikin* 74 Luther 59 Wisconsin–Eau Claire* 68 Calvin 47 Wheaton 62 Washington St. Louis* 68 Beloit 50 Wisconsin–Oshkosh* 69 Millikin 71 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 90 Washington St. Louis 53 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 75 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 57 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 62 Final Four Final FourMarch 15, 1996Oshkosh, WI National championshipMarch 16, 1996Oshkosh, WI Third place no 160 30 high Mount Union 71 St. Thomas (MN) 57 NYU 37 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 62 Mount Union 50 Wisconsin–Oshkosh 66 St. Thomas (MN) 75 NYU 51 All-tournament team Shelley Dietz, Wisconsin–Oshkosh Wendy Wangerin, Wisconsin–Oshkosh Suzy Venet, Mount Union Tracy Wilson, Mount Union Kirsten Vipond, St. Thomas (MN) See also 1996 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 1996 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament 1996 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament 1996 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 1996 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament