1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship

The 1982 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship was held on March 21–28, 1982. Sixteen teams participated, and Rutgers University was crowned champion of the tournament.[1] The host site for the Final Four was Villanova University 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, 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.[2] Sports Illustrated 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."[2] This would be the last AIAW basketball tournament.

Opening rounds


East Regional

First Round
March 21, 1982 		Quarterfinals
March 23, 1982
      
1 Rutgers 89
4 Georgia Southern 79
Rutgers 83
Minnesota 75
3 Minnesota 68
2 St. Johns 56

Mideast Regional

First Round
March 21, 1982 		Quarterfinals
March 23, 1982
      
1 Villanova 69
4 Miami (OH) 61
Villanova 87
Delta State 72
3 Delta State 90
2 Vanderbilt 79

Midwest Regional

First Round
March 21, 1982 		Quarterfinals
March 23, 1982
      
1 Texas 67
4 Central Missouri St. 54
Texas 73
Wisconsin 61
3 Wisconsin 60
2 Colorado 59

West Regional

First Round
March 21, 1982 		Quarterfinals
March 23, 1982
      
1 California 66
4 Arkansas 62
California 70
Wayland Baptist 85
3 Wayland Baptist 57
2 Montana 52

Final Four – Philadelphia, PA

Semifinals
March 26, 1982 		Championship
March 28, 1982
      
1 Rutgers 83
4 Villanova 75
Rutgers 83
Texas 77
3 Texas 82
2 Wayland Baptist 63

References

  1. ↑ Gregory Cooper. "Women's College Basketball Championship History Page". Archived from the original on 2009-10-24. Retrieved 2009-06-03.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "CNNSI Recap of 1982 Tournament". Retrieved 2009-07-28.