1985 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
Appearance
Teams | 24 | ||||
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Finals site | |||||
Champions | Cal Poly Pomona Broncos (2nd title) | ||||
Runner-up | Central Missouri State Jennies (2nd title game) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Darlene May (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | Vickie Mitchell (Cal Poly Pomona) | ||||
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The 1985 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Cal Poly Pomona defeated defending champions Central Missouri State in the championship game, 80–69, the Broncos' second NCAA Division II national title.
The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, hosted by Springfield College.
Regionals
[edit]East
[edit]First round - site unknown Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at Pace Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Pace | 66 | ||||||||
Mercy | 62 | Utica | 63 | ||||||
Utica | 71 |
Great Lakes
[edit]First round - at Lewis Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at Northern Kentucky Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Northern Kentucky | 81 | ||||||||
Clark Atlanta | 64 | Clark Atlanta | 69 | ||||||
Lewis | 63 |
New England
[edit]First round - at Stonehill Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at Bentley Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Quinnipiac | 74 | ||||||||
Bentley | 67 | Bentley | 58 | ||||||
Stonehill | 52 |
North Central
[edit]First round - at North Dakota Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at South Dakota Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
South Dakota | 55 | ||||||||
North Dakota | 46 | St. Cloud State | 56 | ||||||
St. Cloud State | 66 |
South
[edit]First round - at Mississippi Women Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at North Alabama Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Mercer | 90* | ||||||||
North Alabama | 89 | North Alabama | 86 | ||||||
Mississippi Women | 77 |
South Atlantic
[edit]First round - at Mount St. Mary's Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at Hampton Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Hampton | 81 | ||||||||
Johnson C. Smith | 59 | Mount St. Mary's | 74 | ||||||
Mount St. Mary's | 77 |
South Central
[edit]First round - at Air Force Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at Central Missouri State Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Central Missouri State | 76 | ||||||||
Abilene Christian | 82 | Abilene Christian | 57 | ||||||
Air Force | 61 |
West
[edit]First round - at Cal Poly Pomona Round of 24 March 11 | Regional finals - at Cal Poly Pomona Sweet 16 March 12 | ||||||||
Chapman | 54 | ||||||||
Cal Poly Pomona | 78 | Cal Poly Pomona | 63 | ||||||
San Francisco State | 39 |
National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts
[edit]Visiting team listed first and date March 17 in Elite Eight unless indicated
Final Four Location: Springfield Civic Center Host: Springfield College
National quarterfinals Elite Eight | National semifinals Final Four March 22 | National championship March 23 | ||||||||||||
S | Mercer | 86 | ||||||||||||
NE | Quinnipiac | 76 | ||||||||||||
S | Mercer | 79 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 82 | ||||||||||||
GL | Northern Kentucky | 63 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 79 | ||||||||||||
SC | Central Missouri State | 69 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal Poly Pomona | 80 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal Poly Pomona | 71 | ||||||||||||
NC | St. Cloud State | 59 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal Poly Pomona | 91 | ||||||||||||
site unknown - March 16 | ||||||||||||||
SA | Hampton | 51 | ||||||||||||
SA | Hampton | 90 | ||||||||||||
E | Pace | 82 |
All-tournament team
[edit]- Vickie Mitchell, Cal Poly Pomona
- Kelley Fraser, Cal Poly Pomona
- Sheri Jennum, Cal Poly Pomona
- Rosie Jones, Central Missouri State
- Anita Meadows, Mercer
See also
[edit]- 1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 1985 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1985 NAIA women's basketball tournament
References
[edit]- ^ "Division II Women's Basketball Championship Results" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved February 19, 2021.