1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1984 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Scranton, Pennsylvania
Champions	Rust Bearcats (1st title)
Runner-up	Elizabethtown Blue Jays (3rd title game)
Third place	Salem State Vikings (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	North Central Cardinals (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	A.J. Stoval (1st title)
MOP	Page Lutz (Elizabethtown)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1983 1985»

The 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the third annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Rust defeated Elizabethtown in the championship game, 51–49, to claim the Bearcats' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Bracket

First Round

• Susquehanna 77, Allegheny 61
• Elizabethtown 67, Scranton 58
• TCNJ 78, Rochester (NY) 58
• Buffalo St. 81, New Rochelle 67
• Eastern Conn. St. 54, Bridgewater St. 48
• Salem St. 69, WPI 50
• Stockton 77, Ohio Northern 69
• Kean 79, Muskingum 69
• Pitt.-Johnstown 64, Wis.-Whitewater 60
• Wis.-La Crosse 77, Carroll (WI) 67
• North Central (IL) 65, William Penn 57
• Gettysburg 79, Millikin 74
• Concordia-M’head 77, Pomona-Pitzer 58
• Bishop 71, St. Thomas (MN) 67
• Knoxville 82, UNC Greensboro 74
• Rust 83, Va. Wesleyan 65

Regional Finals

• Elizabethtown 73, Susquehanna 71
• TCNJ 63, Buffalo St. 60
• Salem St. 66, Eastern Conn. St. 54
• Kean 62, Stockton 54
• Pitt.-Johnstown 88, Wis.-La Crosse 64
• North Central (IL) 85, Gettysburg 74
• Bishop 73, Concordia-M’head 71
• Rust 80, Knoxville 76

National finals

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship
	Elizabethtown		80
	Trenton State		58
						Elizabethtown		80
						Salem State		58
	Salem State		63
	Kean		58
											Elizabethtown		49
											Rust		51
	North Central (IL)		105
	Pittsburgh–Johnstown		101
						North Central (IL)		78			National third-place game
						Rust		79
	Rust		91								Salem State		90
	Bishop		68								North Central (IL)		85

All-tournament team

• Page Lutz, Elizabethtown (MOP)
• Shelley Parks, Elizabethtown
• Brenda Christian, Rust
• Evelyn Oquendo, Salem State
• Cheryl Juris, North Central (IL)

See also

• 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1984 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament