AIAW Women's Basketball 1982 Tournament

AIAW Womens Basketball 1982 Championship Tournament

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. The host site for the Final Four was The Palestra on the University of Pennsylvania campus 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. This proved to be the final AIAW basketball tournament.

Semifinals			National Championship Game

1	Rutgers	83
1	Vilainova	75
			1	Rutgers	83
			1	Texas	77
1	Texas	82
3	Wayland Baptist	63

East Regional

First Round			Quarterfinals

1	Rutgers	89
4	Georgia Southern	79
			1	Rutgers	83
			2	Minnesota	75
2	St Johns (NY)	56
3	Minnesota	68

Mideast Regional

First Round			Quarterfinals

1	Vilainova	69
4	Miami (OH)	61
			1	Vilainova	87
			3	Delta State	72
2	Vanderbilt	79
3	Delta State	90

Midwest Regional

First Round			Quarterfinals

1	Texas	67
4	Central Missouri State	54
			1	Texas	73
			3	Wisconsin	61
2	Colorado	59
3	Wisconsin	60

West Regional

First Round			Quarterfinals

1	California	66
4	Arkansas	62
			1	California	70
			3	Wayland Baptist	85
2	Montana	52
3	Wayland Baptist	57