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AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament

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1973 tournament

The 1973 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 22–25, 1973. The host site was Queens College in Flushing, New York
Flushing, Queens
Flushing, founded in 1645, is a neighborhood in the north central part of the City of New York borough of Queens, east of Manhattan.Flushing was one of the first Dutch settlements on Long Island. Today, it is one of the largest and most diverse neighborhoods in New York City...

. Sixteen teams participated, and Immaculata University
Immaculata University
Immaculata University is a Catholic University on King Road in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.-History:Immaculata was founded as Villa Maria College, a women's college in 1920. It was the first Catholic college for women in the Philadelphia area...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight year.

Immaculata finished the season undefeated (20–0), becoming the first undefeated national champion

Perfect Season

A perfect season is any sports season, excluding the playoff portion of a season, in which a team remains undefeated and untied. The feat is extremely rare at the professional level of any team sport, and has occurred more commonly at the collegiate level in the United States.A perfect season may...

in women's college basketball.

Main bracket

*Losers in the First Round continued in the consolation bracket (below)
† Overtime

Consolation bracket

1974 tournament

The 1974 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 20–23, 1974. The host site was Kansas State University

Kansas State University

Kansas State University, commonly shortened to K-State, is an institution of higher learning located in Manhattan, Kansas, in the United States...

in Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan, Kansas
Manhattan is a city located in the northeastern part of the state of Kansas in the United States, at the junction of the Kansas River and Big Blue River. It is the county seat of Riley County and the city extends into Pottawatomie County. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 52,281...

. Sixteen teams participated, and Immaculata University
Immaculata University
Immaculata University is a Catholic University on King Road in East Whiteland Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.-History:Immaculata was founded as Villa Maria College, a women's college in 1920. It was the first Catholic college for women in the Philadelphia area...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament for the third straight year.

Main bracket

*Losers in the First Round and Quarterfinals continued in the consolation bracket (below)
‡ Double-overtime

Consolation bracket

1975 Division I tournament

The 1975 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 19–22, 1975. The host site was James Madison University

James Madison University

James Madison University is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U.S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University...

in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg, Virginia
Harrisonburg is an independent city in the Shenandoah Valley region of Virginia in the United States. Its population as of 2010 is 48,914, and at the 2000 census, 40,468. Harrisonburg is the county seat of Rockingham County and the core city of the Harrisonburg, Virginia Metropolitan Statistical...

. Sixteen teams participated, and Delta State University
Delta State University
Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

, coached by Hall-of-Famer Margaret Wade

Margaret Wade (basketball coach)

Lily Margaret Wade was an American basketball player and coach. She played high school basketball for Cleveland High School and college basketball for Delta State University in 1930-1932. The women's basketball program was discontinued at that college after she graduated...

, was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament.

Delta State finished the season undefeated (28–0), becoming the second undefeated national champion.

Main bracket

*Losers in the First Round and Quarterfinals continued in the consolation bracket (below)
† Overtime

Consolation bracket

† Overtime
‡ Double-overtime

1976 Division I tournament

The 1976 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 25–28, 1976. The host site was Pennsylvania State University

Pennsylvania State University

The Pennsylvania State University, commonly referred to as Penn State or PSU, is a public research university with campuses and facilities throughout the state of Pennsylvania, United States. Founded in 1855, the university has a threefold mission of teaching, research, and public service...

in State College, Pennsylvania
State College, Pennsylvania
State College is the largest borough in Centre County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. It is the principal city of the State College, Pennsylvania Metropolitan Statistical Area which encompasses all of Centre County. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 42,034, and roughly double...

. Sixteen teams participated, and Delta State University
Delta State University
Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight season.

Main bracket

*Losers in the First Round and Quarterfinals continued in the consolation bracket (below)

Consolation bracket

‡ Double-overtime

1977 Division I tournament

The 1977 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 23–26, 1977. The host site was the University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota

The University of Minnesota, Twin Cities is a public research university located in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, United States. It is the oldest and largest part of the University of Minnesota system and has the fourth-largest main campus student body in the United States, with 52,557...

in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sixteen teams participated, and Delta State University
Delta State University
Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

was crowned crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament for the third straight season.

The 1976–1977 season also marked the release of the first AP Poll

AP Poll

The Associated Press College Poll refers to weekly rankings of the top 25 NCAA teams in one of three Division I college sports: football, men's basketball and women's basketball. The rankings are compiled by polling sportswriters across the nation...

for women's basketball. Delta State finished first in the final poll, which was released prior to the 1977 AIAW Tournament.

Main bracket

*Losers in the First Round and Quarterfinals continued in the consolation bracket (below)

Consolation bracket

1978 Division I tournament

The 1978 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 17–25, 1978. Sixteen teams were invited, and UCLA
UCLA Bruins
The UCLA Bruins are the sports teams for University of California, Los Angeles . The Bruin men's and women's teams participate in NCAA Division I as part of the Pacific-12 Conference and the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation . For football, they are in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament.

This was the first AIAW Tournament to divide the first two rounds into four regional sites, and also the first to be held over the course of two weekends. The host site for the Final Four was UCLA in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

. The championship game was televised nationally for the first time, by NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

.

East Regional – New Brunswick, NJ

West Regional – Long Beach, CA

South Regional – Cleveland, MS

Central Regional – Denton, TX

Final Four – Los Angeles, CA

† Overtime

1979 Division I tournament

The 1979 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 16–25, 1979. Sixteen teams were invited, and Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament.

The host site for the Final Four was Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the third-largest city by population in North Carolina and the largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. According to the 2010 U.S...

.

East Regional – The Bronx, NY

Central Regional – Carbondale, IL

South Regional – Cookeville, TN

West Regional – Stanford, CA

Final Four – Greensboro, NC

1980 Division I tournament

The 1980 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 12–23, 1980. Twenty-four teams were invited, with eight teams receiving first round byes. First round games were played at on-campus locations. Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University
Old Dominion University is a state university located in Norfolk, Virginia, United States, and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight season. The championship game was broadcast live on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

.

The host site for the Final Four was Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University

Central Michigan University is a public research university located in Mount Pleasant in the U.S. state of Michigan...

in Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant, Michigan
Mount Pleasant is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan and the county seat of Isabella County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 25,946. The 2008 census estimate places the population at 26,675....

.

Regional

Regional

South Regional

Regional

Final Four – Mount Pleasant, MI

1981 Division I tournament

The 1981 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 18–29, 1981. Twenty-four teams were invited, with eight teams receiving first round byes. First round games were played at on-campus locations. Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University
Louisiana Tech University, often referred to as Louisiana Tech, LA Tech, or Tech, is a coeducational public research university located in Ruston, Louisiana. Louisiana Tech is designated as a Tier 1 school in the national universities category by the 2012 U.S. News & World Report college rankings...

was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament. Louisiana Tech finished undefeated (34–0), becoming the third undefeated national champion.

The host site for the Final Four was Eugene, Oregon
Eugene, Oregon
Eugene is the second largest city in the U.S. state of Oregon and the seat of Lane County. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie and Willamette rivers, about east of the Oregon Coast.As of the 2010 U.S...

, and the championship game was again broadcast live on NBC

NBC

The National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...

.

Central Regional

West Regional

South Regional

East Regional

Final Four – Eugene, OR

1982 Division I tournament

The 1982 AIAW Women's Basketball Tournament was held on March 21–28, 1982. Sixteen teams participated, and Rutgers University
Rutgers University
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey , is the largest institution for higher education in New Jersey, United States. It was originally chartered as Queen's College in 1766. It is the eighth-oldest college in the United States and one of the nine Colonial colleges founded before the American...

was crowned champion of the tournament. The host site for the Final Four was Villanova University

Villanova University

Villanova University is a private university located in Radnor Township, a suburb northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States...

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

Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball

The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The current head coach of the Lady Techsters is Teresa Weatherspoon...

, 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. Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated
Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

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 would be the last AIAW basketball tournament.

East Regional

Mideast Regional

Midwest Regional

West Regional

Final Four – Philadelphia, PA

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