1981 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship
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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Administrator | Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women |
| Host(s) | University of Dayton |
| Venue(s) | Dayton, Ohio |
| Participants | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | William Penn (1st title) |
| Runner-up | College of Charleston |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 16 |
The 1981 AIAW National Division II Basketball Championship was the second annual tournament hosted by the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women to determine the national champion of collegiate basketball among its Division II members in the United States.[1]
The tournament was held at the University of Dayton in Dayton, Ohio.
William Penn defeated College of Charleston in the championship game, 64–51, to capture the Statesmen's first AIAW Division II national title.
Format[edit]
Sixteen teams participated in a single-elimination tournament, a decrease in eight teams from the previous year's championship.
The tournament also included a third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinal games.
Tournament bracket[edit]
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||||||
| Lenoir-Rhyne | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Biola | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lenoir-Rhyne | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Abilene Christian | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Springfield | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lenoir-Rhyne | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Penn | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Penn | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Idaho | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Penn | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Colorado College | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Penn | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana College | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Morgan State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Louisiana College | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Carey | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cal Poly Pomona | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 70 | Third place final | |||||||||||||||||
| SW Missouri State | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| College of Charleston | 85 | Lenoir-Rhyne | 65 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuskegee | 68 | Cal Poly Pomona | 85 | ||||||||||||||||
| Tuskegee | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dayton | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also[edit]
- 1981 AIAW National Division I Basketball Championship
- 1981 AIAW National Division III Basketball Championship
- 1981 NAIA women's basketball tournament
References[edit]
- ^ "PRE-NCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORDS" (PDF). NCAA. NCAA.org. Retrieved January 23, 2022.