1982 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Gender=Women's
Year=1982


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Teams=32
FinalFourArena=Old Dominion University
FinalFourCity=Norfolk, Virginia
Champions=Louisiana Tech
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Cheyney
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Maryland
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Tennessee
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=
CoachCount=
MOP=Janice Lawrence
MOPTeam=Louisiana Tech
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TwoTopScorers=
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The 1982 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament was the first NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament ever held. It featured 32 teams. Tennessee, Louisiana Tech, Cheyney, and Maryland were the Final Four, with Louisiana Tech defeating Cheyney for the title, 76-62. [cite web|url=http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1982-bracket.html|title=1982 NCAA National Championship Tournament|accessdate=2007-03-29] Louisiana Tech's Janice Lawrence was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. [cite web|url=http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm|title=CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player|accessdate=2007-03-30] Her teammate Kim Mulkey went on to become the first (and to date only) woman to win NCAA Division I basketball titles as a player and coach, winning the 2005 title as head coach at Baylor.

Brackets

Mideast Regional - University of Tennessee - Knoxville, TN

8TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 12 and 13
RD2=Regional semifinals March 18 and 19
RD3=Regional finals March 2
RD1-team1=Southern California (20-3)
RD1-team2=Kent St. (17-13)
RD1-score1=99
RD1-score2=55

RD1-team3=Penn State (23-5)
RD1-team4=Clemson (20-11)
RD1-score3=96
RD1-score4=75

RD1-team5=Memphis (25-4)
RD1-team6=Mississippi (27-4)
RD1-score5=72
RD1-score6=70

RD1-team7=Tennessee (19-9)
RD1-team8=Jackson St. (28-7)
RD1-score7=72
RD1-score8=56

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Southern California
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Penn St.
RD2-score1=73
RD2-score2=70

RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Tennessee
RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=Memphis
RD2-score4=78
RD2-score3=63

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Southern California
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Tennessee
RD3-score1=90
RD3-score2=91 (OT)

Midwest Regional - Louisiana Tech - Ruston, LA

8TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 12 and 14
RD2=Regional semifinals March 18
RD3=Regional finals March 21

RD1-team1=Louisiana Tech (30-1)
RD1-team2=Tennessee Tech (20-10)
RD1-score1=114
RD1-score2=53

RD1-team3=Arizona St. (23-6)
RD1-team4=Georgia (21-8)
RD1-score3="97"'
RD1-score4=77

RD1-team5=South Carolina (21-7)
RD1-team6=East Carolina (17-9)
RD1-score5=79
RD1-score6=54

RD1-team7=Kentucky (22-7)
RD1-team8=Illinois (21-8)
RD1-score7=88
RD1-score8=80

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Louisiana Tech
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Arizona State
RD2-score1=92
RD2-score2=54

RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Kentucky
RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=South Carolina
RD2-score4=73
RD2-score3=69

RD3-seed1=1
RD3-team1=Louisiana Tech
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Kentucky
RD3-score1=82
RD3-score2=60

East Regional - N.C. State - Raleigh, NC

8TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 13
RD2=Regional semifinals March 18
RD3=Regional finals March 20

RD1-team1=Old Dominion (21-5)
RD1-team2=St. Peter's (25-4)
RD1-score1=75
RD1-score2=42

RD1-team3=Kansas State (24-5)
RD1-team4=Stephen F. Austin (15-8)
RD1-score3=78
RD1-score4=75

RD1-team5=North Carolina State(23-5)
RD1-team6=Northwestern (21-7)
RD1-score5=75
RD1-score6=71

RD1-team7=Cheyney (24-2)
RD1-team8=Auburn (24-4)
RD1-score7=75
RD1-score8=64

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Old Dominion
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Kansas State
RD2-score1=67
RD2-score2=76

RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Cheyney
RD2-seed3=3
RD2-team3=North Carolina State
RD2-score4=76
RD2-score3=68

RD3-seed1=4
RD3-team1=Kansas State
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Cheyney
RD3-score1=71
RD3-score2=93

West Regional - Stanford University - Palo Alto, CA

8TeamBracket | RD1=First round March 12 - 14
RD2=Regional semifinals March 19
RD3=Regional finals March 21

RD1-team1=Long Beach State (22-5)
RD1-team2=Howard (14-10)
RD1-score1=95
RD1-score2=57

RD1-team3=Drake (26-6)
RD1-team4=Ohio State (19-6)
RD1-score3="90"'
RD1-score4=79

RD1-team5=Oregon (20-4)
RD1-team6=Missouri (23-8)
RD1-score5=53
RD1-score6=59

RD1-team7=Maryland (22-6)
RD1-team8=Stanford (19-7)
RD1-score7=82
RD1-score8=48

RD2-seed1=1
RD2-team1=Long Beach State
RD2-seed2=4
RD2-team2=Drake
RD2-score1=78
RD2-score2=91

RD2-seed4=2
RD2-team4=Maryland
RD2-seed3=6
RD2-team3=Missouri
RD2-score4=80
RD2-score3=68

RD3-seed1=4
RD3-team1=Drake
RD3-seed2=2
RD3-team2=Maryland
RD3-score1=78
RD3-score2=89

Final Four - Old Dominion - Norfolk, VA

4TeamBracket | RD1=National Semifinals March 26
RD2=National Championship March 28

RD1-seed1=2ME
RD1-team1=Tennessee
RD1-score1=46
RD1-seed2=1MW
RD1-team2=Louisiana Tech
RD1-score2=69

RD1-seed3=2E
RD1-team3=Cheyney
RD1-score3=76
RD1-seed4=2W
RD1-team4=Maryland
RD1-score4=66

RD2-seed1=1MW
RD2-team1=Louisiana Tech
RD2-score1=76
RD2-seed2=2E
RD2-team2=Cheyney
RD2-score2=62

ee also

* 1982 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

References