2026 NCAA DIII women’s basketball championship: Bracket, schedule, scores
The 2026 NCAA DIII women’s basketball championship is right here, and now we have you coated with all the pieces it is advisable to find out about this yr’s event.
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Forty-three groups mechanically certified, with 21 extra incomes at-large bids. The full 64-team discipline was revealed on Monday, Mar. 2 on NCAA.com. The nationwide semifinals and remaining might be held on the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia Mar. 19-21
2026 DIII women’s basketball championship bracket
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2026 NCAA DIII women’s basketball event schedule
*All instances Eastern
- Sectionals: Friday-Saturday, March 13-14
- Semifinals: Thursday, March 19
- End: Saturday, March 21
- Selection Show: Monday, March 2 at 2:30 pm
- First spherical: Friday, March 6
- Smith 73Union (New York) 55
- WashU 65SUNY Geneseo 53
- Baldwin Wallace 75Wm. Paterson 51
- Trine 90Shenandoah 45
- Messiah 64Cortland 58
- Southern Maine 62JWU (Providence) 46
- Chris. Newport 74Gettysburg 62
- SUNY New Paltz 67vs. Immaculate 51
- UChicago 60Gustavus Adolphus 44
- Wisconsin Lutheran 65Saint Mary’s (Minnesota) 47
- Illinois Wesleyan 61Washington & Jeff. 53
- Otterbein 60Randolph-Macon 45
- Wisconsin-La Crosse 78LaGrange 52
- Coe 69Wisconsin-Platteville 51
- Whitman 70Claremont-MS 54
- Ripon 84UW-River Falls 81
- Bates 71Merchant Marine 57
- Ohio Wesleyan 68DeSales 53
- Denison 82Southern Virginia 47
- Johns Hopkins 100Hunter 59
- Bowdoin 51Emmanuel (Massachusetts) 42
- NYU 106Maine-Farmington 44
- John Carroll 84TCNJ 49
- Washington & Lee 73Saint Mary’s (Maryland) 44
- Wisconsin-Oshkosh 53Webster 37
- Wisconsin-Whitewater 70Transylvania 65
- Hope 103Penn State-Behrend 65
- Scranton 104Framingham State 39
- Bethel (Minnesota) 81Millsaps 73
- Carroll (Wisconsin) 74DePauw 67
- Concordia-M’head 73Wisconsin-Superior 61
- Hardin-Simmons 73Austin 51
- Second spherical: Saturday, March 7
- Smith 80Bates 74
- WashU 73Ohio Wesleyan 68
- John Hopkins 59Baldwin Wallace 46
- Trine 63Denison 54
- NYU 70Messiah 47
- Southern ME 67Bowdoin 59
- Wash & Lee 61, Chris Newport 55
- John Carroll 74SUNY New Paltz 54
- Wisconsin-Oshkosh 65, Wis. Lutheran 56
- UChicago 62, Wisconsin-Whitewater 46
- Otterbein 82, Scranton 43
- Hope 90, Ill. Wesleyan 85
- Wisconsin-La Crosse 80, Carroll (WI) 60
- Bethel (MN) 57Coe 48
- Concordia-M’head 68, Ripon 65
2026 NCAA DIII women’s basketball championship historical past
NYU is coming off a back-to-back nationwide titles, going 31-0 in each seasons, and might be in search of its fourth title in program historical past this March. Washington-St. Louis is the usual to satisfy with 5 complete rings, successful 4 in a row between 1998-2001, along with his final coming in 2010.
Here is the whole checklist of nationwide champions relationship again to 1982.
| Year | Champion (Record) | coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | NYU (31-0) | Meg Barber | 77-49 | Smtih | Salem, Virginia |
| 2024 | NYU (31-0) | Meg Barber | 51-41 | Smith | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2023 | Transylvania (33-0) | Julia Fulks | 57-52 | Christopher Newport | Dallas, Texas |
| 2022 | Hope (32-1) | Brian Morehouse | 71-58 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 2021 | Canceled as a result of Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2020 | Canceled as a result of Covid-19 | — | — | — | — |
| 2019 | Thomas More (32-0) | Jeff Hans | 81-67 | bowdoin | Salem, Va. |
| 2018 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacki | 65-45 | bowdoin | Rochester, Minn. |
| 2017 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacki | 52-29 | tufts | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 2016 | Thomas More (33-0) | Jeff Hans | 63-51 | tufts | Indianapolis |
| 2015 | Thomas More (33-0)* | Jeff Hans | 83-63 | George Fox | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 2014 | FDU-Florham (33-0) | Marc Mitchell | 80-72 | Whitman | Stevens Point, Wis. |
| 2013 | DePauw (35-0) | Kris Huffman | 69-51 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Holland, Mich. |
| 2012 | Illinois Wesleyan (28-5) | Mia Smith | 57-48 | George Fox | Holland, Mich. |
| 2011 | Amherst (32-1) | GP Gromacki | 64-55 | Washington-St. louis | Bloomington, Ill. |
| 2010 | Washington-St. Louis (29-2) | Nancy Fahey | 65-59 | Hope | Bloomington, Ill. |
| 2009 | George Fox (32-0) | Scott Rueck | 60-53 | Washington-St. louis | Holland, Mich. |
| 2008 | Howard Payne (33-0) | Chris Kielsmeier | 68-54 | Messiah | Holland, Mich. |
| 2007 | DePauw (31-3) | Kris Huffman | 55-52 | Washington-St. louis | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2006 | Hope (33-1) | Brian Morehouse | 69-56 | Southern Maine | Springfield, Mass. |
| 2005 | Millikin (29-2) | Lori Kerans | 70-50 | Randolph Macon | Norfolk, Va. |
| 2004 | Wilmington (Ohio) (27-6) | Jerry Scheve | 59-53 | bowdoin | Norfolk, Va. |
| 2003 | Trinity (Texas) (28-5) | Becky Geyer | 60-58 | Eastern Connecticut State | Terre Haute, Ind. |
| 2002 | Wisconsin-Stevens Point | Shirley Egner | 67-65 | St. Lawrence | Terre Haute, Ind. |
| 2001 | Washington-St. Louis (28-2) | Nancy Fahey | 67-45 | Messiah | Danbury, Conn. |
| 2000 | Washington-St. Louis (30-0) | Nancy Fahey | 79-33 | Southern Maine | Danbury, Conn. |
| 1999 | Washington-St. Louis (30-0) | Nancy Fahey | 74-65 | St. Benedict | Danbury, Conn. |
| 1998 | Washington-St. Louis (28-2) | Nancy Fahey | 77-69 | Southern Maine | Gorham, Maine |
| 1997 | New York University (29-1) | Janice Quinn | 72-70 | Wisconsin-Eau Claire | New York City |
| 1996 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh (31-0) | Kathi Bennett | 66-50 | Mount Union | Oshkosh, Wis. |
| 1995 | Capital (33-0) | Dixie Jeffers | 59-55 | Wisconsin-Oshkosh | Columbus, Ohio |
| 1994 | Capital (30-1) | Dixie Jeffers | 82-63 | Washington-St. louis | Eau Claire, Wis. |
| 1993 | Central (Iowa) (24-5) | Gary Boeyink | 71-63 | Capital | Pella, Iowa |
| 1992 | Soul (24-3) | Charlie Goffnet | 79-75 | Moravian | Bethlehem, Pa. |
| 1991 | St. Thomas (Minn.) (29-2) | Ted Riverso | 73-55 | Muskingum | St. Paul, Minn. |
| 1990 | Hope (24-2) | Sue Wise | 65-63 | St. John Fisher | Holland, Mich. |
| 1989 | Elizabethtown (29-2) | Yvonne Kauffman | 66-65 | Cal State Stanislaus | Danville, Ky. |
| 1988 | Concordia-Moorhead (29-2) | Duane Siverson | 65-57 | St. John Fisher | Moorhead, Minn. |
| 1987 | Wiscons-Stevens Point (27-2) | Linda Wunder | 81-74 | Concordia-Moorehead | Scranton, Pa. |
| 1986 | Salem State (29-1) | Tim Shea | 89-85 | bishop | Salem, Mass. |
| 1985 | Scranton (31-1) | Mike Strong | 68-59 | New Rochelle | DePere, Wis. |
| 1984 | Rust (26-5) | AJ Stovall | 51-49 | Elizabethtown | Scranton, Pa. |
| 1983 | North Central (Ill.) (26-6) | Wayne Morgan | 83-71 | Elizabethtown | Worcester, Mass. |
| 1982 | Elizabethtown (26-1) | Yvonne Kauffman | 67-66 (ot) | UNC Greensboro | Elizabethtown, Pa. |
*Thomas More’s 2015 nationwide title was vacated
