1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1991 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Saint Paul, Minnesota
Champions	St. Thomas (MN) Tommies (1st title)
Runner-up	Muskingum Fighting Muskies (1st title game)
Third place	Eastern Connecticut State Warriors (1st Final Four)
Fourth place	Washington University Bears (2nd Final Four)
Winning coach	Ted Riverso (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1990 1992»

The 1991 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the tenth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

St. Thomas (MN) defeated Muskingum in the championship game, 73–55, to claim the Tommies' first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by the University of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Format

There was a slight adjustment to the tournament's format in 1991, even though the field size remained fixed at 32 teams.

The bracket was reorganized from eight regional tournaments of four teams, with each regional winner advancing to the national quarterfinal round, to a new structure of four sectionals of eight teams. Under the new format, the four sectional champions advanced to the national semifinal, or Final Four, round.

Bracket

• An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
• An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period

Atlantic sectional

	Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 New Concord, OH				Sectional finals March 9, 1991 New Concord, OH
	St. John Fisher*	74
	Buffalo State	66
					St. John Fisher	79
	East Regional
					Frostburg State	50
	NYU*	54
	Hartwick	55*
									St. John Fisher	70
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
									Muskingum	81
	Kean	57
	Frostburg State*	61
					Hartwick	57
	Atlantic Regional
					Muskingum	67
	Capital (OH)*	74
	Muskingum	76

South sectional

	Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 Salem, VA				Sectional finals March 9, 1991 Salem, VA
	Washington St. Louis*	69
	Augustana (IL)	62
					Washington St. Louis	73
	Central Regional
					Maryville (TN)	59
	Luther*	78
	Wartburg	54
									Washington St. Louis	67
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
									Roanoke	51
	Maryville (TN)*	88
	Centre (KY)	80
					Luther	74
	South Regional
					Roanoke	84
	Roanoke*	86
	Marymount	66

Northeast sectional

	Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 Willimantic, CT				Sectional finals March 9, 1991 Willimantic, CT
	Susquehanna*	70
	Carnegie Mellon	54
					Susquehanna	74
	Mid-Atlantic Regional
					Southern Maine	83
	Franklin & Marshall	76
	Moravian*	81
									Southern Maine	62
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
									Eastern Connecticut	63
	Southern Maine	60
	Salem State*	57
					Moravian	62
	Northeast Regional
					Eastern Connecticut	71
	Eastern Connecticut	62
	Western Connecticut*	50

West sectional

	Regionals March 1–2, 1991 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 8, 1991 St. Paul, MN				Sectional finals March 9, 1991 St. Paul, MN
	Wisconsin–Stevens Point	62
	Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	67
					Wisconsin–Oshkosh	63
	Great Lakes Regional
					St. Thomas (MN)	87
	Calvin	50
	Adrian*	57
									St. Thomas (MN)	76
	(Pairings are reseeded after the first round)
									Concordia Moorhead	62
	Saint Benedict	62
	St. Thomas (MN)*	76
					Adrian	75
	West Regional
					Concordia Moorhead	100
	Gustavus Adolphus	62
	Concordia Moorhead*	75

Final Four

	Final Four					National championship
	Muskingum		85
	Washington St. Louis		60
						Muskingum		55
						St. Thomas (MN)		73
	Eastern Connecticut		55
	St. Thomas (MN)		91			Third place
						Washington St. Louis		74
						Eastern Connecticut		83

All-tournament team

• Tonja Englund, St. Thomas (MN)
• Laurie Trow, St. Thomas (MN)
• Michelle Snow, Muskingum
• Kate Titus, Muskingum
• Bernice Laferriere, Eastern Connecticut State

See also

• 1991 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1991 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1991 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1991 NAIA women's basketball tournament