1990 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1990 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Hope, Michigan

Champions

Hope Flying Dutchmen (1st title)

Runner-up

St. John Fisher Cardinals (2nd title game)

Third place

Heidelberg Student Princes (1st Final Four)

Fourth place

Centre Colonels (2nd Final Four)

Winning coach

Sue Wise (1st title)

NCAA Division III women's tournaments
«1989	1991»

The 1990 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the ninth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.^[1]

Hope defeated St. John Fisher in the championship game, 65–63, to claim the Flying Dutchmen's first Division III national title.

The championship rounds were hosted by Hope College in Holland, Michigan.

Bracket

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

Regional rounds

First Round		Regional Championship

Buffalo State	77

St. John Fisher	81*
		St. John Fisher	69*

		Hartwick	64
Hartwick	71

Nazareth	61	Regional Third-place


		Buffalo State	68

		Nazareth	55

First Round		Regional Championship

Moravian	84

Scranton	87
		Scranton	81

		DeSales	70
DeSales	77*

Franklin & Marshall	70	Regional Third-place


		Moravian	85

		Franklin & Marshall	71

First Round		Regional Championship

Salem State	51

Western Connecticut State	53
		Western Connecticut State	65

		Southern Maine	72*
Eastern Connecticut State	50

Southern Maine	57	Regional Third-place


		Salem State	69

		Eastern Connecticut State	73

First Round		Regional Championship

Heidelberg	69

Wittenberg	56
		Heidelberg	70

		Montclair State	49
Kean	49

Montclair State	57	Regional Third-place


		Wittenberg	80

		Kean	73

First Round		Regional Championship

Colorado College	63

Concordia Moorhead	76
		Concordia Moorhead	81*

		St. Thomas (MN)	77
Cal State San Bernardino	49

St. Thomas (MN)	78	Regional Third-place


		Colorado College	53

		Cal State San Bernardino	64

First Round		Regional Championship

Centre (KY)	95

Marymount (VA)	80
		Centre (KY)	73

		Maryville (TN)	63
Maryville (TN)	64

Roanoke	62	Regional Third-place


		Marymount (VA)	83

		Roanoke	90

First Round		Regional Championship

Buena Vista	78

Washington St. Louis	71
		Buena Vista	78

		Wartburg	63
Augustana (IL)	57

Wartburg	72	Regional Third-place


		Washington St. Louis	52

		Augustana (IL)	54

First Round		Regional Championship

Hope	73

St. Benedict	60
		Hope	68

		Wisconsin–Oshkosh	67
Wisconsin–Eau Claire	65

Wisconsin–Oshkosh	68	Regional Third-place


		St. Benedict	59

		Wisconsin–Eau Claire	67

National finals

National quarterfinals		National semifinals		National championship

St. John Fisher	66

Scranton	60
		St. John Fisher	77

		Heidelberg	54
Heidelberg	71

Southern Maine	62
				St. John Fisher	63

				Hope	65
Centre College	70

Concordia–Moorhead	65
		Centre College	62	National third-place game

		Hope	75
Hope	85*			Heidelberg	71

Buena Vista	79			Centre (KY)	60