2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

2001 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament
	Emmanuel Saints (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Ohio Wesleyan Battling Bishops (1st Final Four)
Winning coach	Nancy Fahey (4th title)
MOP	Tasha Rodgers (Washington-St. Louis)
Attendance	30,212
NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«2000	2002»

The 2001 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 20th annual

NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.^[1]

Three-time defending champions Washington University in St. Louis defeated Messiah University in the championship game, 67–45, to claim the Bears' fourth Division III national title, their fourth of four consecutive.

The championship rounds were hosted at the

Bracket

An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period

First round February 28, 2001 Campus sites		Second round March 3, 2001 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 9, 2001 New York, NY		Sectional finals March 10, 2001 New York, NY

		NYU*	89

		Mount St. Mary's (NY)	47
RPI*	54

Mount St. Mary (NY)	66
				NYU	64

				Bowdoin	60
Eastern Connecticut State *	53

Bowdoin	61
		Bowdoin	72*

		Salem State*	65



						NYU	70

						Emmanuel	74*



		Emmanuel (MA) *	79

		Springfield	56
Springfield *	60

Southern Maine	49
				Emmanuel	87

				Cortland State	70
St. Lawrence*	60

Cortland State	62
		Cortland State	70

		Oneonta State *	64

First round February 28, 2001 Campus sites		Second round March 3, 2001 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 9, 2001 St. Paul, MN		Sectional finals March 10, 2001 St. Paul, MN

		Millikin*	56

		Fontbonne	69
Fontbonne *	83

Rockford	47
				Fontbonne	78

				Wartburg	82
Nebraska Wesleyan *	73

Carleton	51
		Nebraska Wesleyan	71

		Wartburg*	85
Wartburg*	86

Chapman	78
						Wartburg	71

						Washington St. Louis	83



		George Fox*	52

		St. Thomas (MN)	64
St. Thomas (MN)*	69

Claremont-Mudd-Scripps	59
				St. Thomas (MN)	58

				Washington St. Louis	65
Wisconsin–Eau Claire*	71

Lakeland	43
		Wisconsin–Eau Claire	67

		Washington St. Louis*	87

First round February 28, 2001 Campus sites		Second round March 3, 2001 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 9, 2001 Ewing Township, NJ		Sectional finals March 10, 2001 Ewing Township, NJ

		TCNJ*	68

		Ithaca	58
Ithaca *	79

New England	61
				TCNJ	68

				Elizabethtown	45
Swarthmore *	66

Gwynedd Mercy	55
		Swarthmore	58

		Elizabethtown *	79



						TCNJ	61

						Messiah	72



		King's (PA) *	61

		Messiah	68
Messiah *	70

Bethany (WV)	58
				Messiah	97**

				Marymount (VA)	86
Marymount (VA) *	85

Staten Island	65
		Marymount (VA)	64

		Salisbury State *	59

First round February 28, 2001 Campus sites		Second round March 3, 2001 Campus sites		Sectional semifinals March 9, 2001 Berea, OH		Sectional finals March 10, 2001 Berea, OH

		Hope*	71

		Ohio Wesleyan	72
Lake Forest *	55

Ohio Wesleyan	67
				Ohio Wesleyan	71

				Centre (KY)	64
Centre (KY) *	87

Thomas More	86
		Centre (KY)	63

		Maryville (TN)*	57
Maryville (TN) *	77

Christopher Newport	65
						Ohio Wesleyan	66

						Baldwin Wallace	64



		Hardin-Simmons *	106

		Guilford	77
Guilford*	80

Meredith	57
				Hardin-Simmons	71

				Baldwin Wallace*	78
Defiance *	90

Penn State Behrend	59
		Defiance	63

		Baldwin Wallace*	82

Final Four March 16, 2001 O'Neill Center Danbury, CT		National championship March 17, 2001 O'Neill Center Danbury, CT

Emmanuel	62

Washington St. Louis	78
		Washington St. Louis	67

		Messiah	45
Messiah	70

Ohio Wesleyan	57	Third place


		Emmanuel	54

		Ohio Wesleyan	70

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