1990 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1990 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Hope, Michigan
Champions	Hope Flying Dutchmen (1st title)
Runner-up	St. John Fisher Cardinals (2nd title game)
Third place	Heidelberg Student Princes (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Centre Colonels (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Sue Wise (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1989 1991»

The 1990 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the ninth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Hope defeated St. John Fisher in the championship game, 65–63, to claim the Flying Dutchmen's first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Bracket

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

Regional rounds

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Buffalo State		77
	St. John Fisher		81*
						St. John Fisher		69*
						Hartwick		64
	Hartwick		71
	Nazareth		61			Regional Third-place
						Buffalo State		68
						Nazareth		55

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Moravian		84
	Scranton		87
						Scranton		81
						DeSales		70
	DeSales		77*
	Franklin & Marshall		70			Regional Third-place
						Moravian		85
						Franklin & Marshall		71

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Salem State		51
	Western Connecticut State		53
						Western Connecticut State		65
						Southern Maine		72*
	Eastern Connecticut State		50
	Southern Maine		57			Regional Third-place
						Salem State		69
						Eastern Connecticut State		73

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Heidelberg		69
	Wittenberg		56
						Heidelberg		70
						Montclair State		49
	Kean		49
	Montclair State		57			Regional Third-place
						Wittenberg		80
						Kean		73

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Colorado College		63
	Concordia Moorhead		76
						Concordia Moorhead		81*
						St. Thomas (MN)		77
	Cal State San Bernardino		49
	St. Thomas (MN)		78			Regional Third-place
						Colorado College		53
						Cal State San Bernardino		64

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Centre (KY)		95
	Marymount (VA)		80
						Centre (KY)		73
						Maryville (TN)		63
	Maryville (TN)		64
	Roanoke		62			Regional Third-place
						Marymount (VA)		83
						Roanoke		90

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Buena Vista		78
	Washington St. Louis		71
						Buena Vista		78
						Wartburg		63
	Augustana (IL)		57
	Wartburg		72			Regional Third-place
						Washington St. Louis		52
						Augustana (IL)		54

	First Round					Regional Championship
	Hope		73
	St. Benedict		60
						Hope		68
						Wisconsin–Oshkosh		67
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire		65
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh		68			Regional Third-place
						St. Benedict		59
						Wisconsin–Eau Claire		67

National finals

	National quarterfinals					National semifinals					National championship
	St. John Fisher		66
	Scranton		60
						St. John Fisher		77
						Heidelberg		54
	Heidelberg		71
	Southern Maine		62
											St. John Fisher		63
											Hope		65
	Centre College		70
	Concordia–Moorhead		65
						Centre College		62			National third-place game
						Hope		75
	Hope		85*								Heidelberg		71
	Buena Vista		79								Centre (KY)		60

All-tournament team

• Dina Disney, Hope
• Holly VandenBerg, Hope
• Susan Heidt, St. John Fisher
• Michelle Skovrinski, St. John Fisher
• Dortha Ford, Heidelberg

See also

• 1990 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1990 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1990 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1990 NAIA women's basketball tournament