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1985 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the fifth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada. Southwestern Oklahoma State defeated Saginaw Valley in the championship game, 55–54, to claim the Bulldogs' third NAIA national title. The tournament was played in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Qualification The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams. The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals. Bracket See also *1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament *1985 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament *1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament * 1985 NAIA men's basketball tournament References {{DEFAULTSORT:1985 Naia Women's Division I Basketball Tournament NAIA NAIA Women's Basketball Champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Cedar Rapids () is the second-largest city in Iowa, United States and is the county seat of Linn County. The city lies on both banks of the Cedar River, north of Iowa City and northeast of Des Moines, the state's capital and largest city. It is a part of the Cedar Rapids/Iowa City region of Eastern Iowa, which includes Linn, Benton, Cedar, Iowa, Jones, Johnson, and Washington counties. As of the 2020 United States Census, the city population was 137,710. The estimated population of the three-county Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes the nearby cities of Marion and Hiawatha, was 255,452 in 2008. Cedar Rapids is an economic hub of the state, located at the core of the Interstate 380 corridor. The Cedar Rapids Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) is also a part of a Combined Statistical Area (CSA) with the Iowa City MSA. A flourishing center for arts and culture in Eastern Iowa, the city is home to the Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, the National Czech & Slov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
NAIA Women's Basketball Championships
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Basketball national championship has been held annually since 1981. The NAIA Women's Tournament was established one year before the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament. It was created to crown a women's national title for smaller colleges and universities. From 1992 to 2020, the NAIA sponsored a women's division II championship tournament. The entire tournament is played in Sioux City, Iowa. Prior to the merger of D-I and D-II, a separate Division I tournament was held in Billings, Montana, while the Division II tournament was in Sioux City. Contracts for host cities for both divisions initially expired in 2017. Following renewals, the 2018 and 2019 tournaments were held in the same cities, but in 2020, the tournaments were called off due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Results Single division (1981–1991) For the first eleven years that the NAIA sponsored women's basketball, it held a single national championship for all p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 48th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. Awards and honors *Leading scorers: *Leading rebounder Darryl Smith marycrest college: *Player of the Year: ''est. 1994''. Bracket * * denotes overtime.See also * *[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Scranton defeated New Rochelle in the championship game, 68–59, to claim the Royals' first Division III national title. The championship rounds were hosted in DePere, Wisconsin. Bracket First Round * Muskingum 67, Frostburg St. 65 * Capital 85, Kean 64 * Allegheny 62, Buffalo St. 56 * New Rochelle 70, Rochester (NY) 66 * Stanislaus St. 59, Saint Mary’s (MN) 57 * Pomona-Pitzer 68, Concordia-M’head 59 * St. Norbert 72, Carroll (WI) 53 * Wis.-Whitewater 85, Alma 70 * Rust 83, Wooster 33 * UNC Greensboro 84, LeMoyne-Owen 77 (OT) * Millikin 62, Simpson 60 * William Penn 75, Buena Vista 53 * Bridgewater St. 80, Rhode Island Col. 59 * Salem St. 78, Western Conn. St. 71 * Scranton 79, Gettysburg 57 * Pitt.-Johnstown 72, Susquehanna 62 Regional finals * Muskingum 78, Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States. Cal Poly Pomona defeated defending champions Central Missouri State in the championship game, 80–69, the Broncos' second NCAA Division II national title. The championship rounds were contested at the Springfield Civic Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, hosted by Springfield College. Regionals East Great Lakes New England North Central South South Atlantic South Central West National Finals - Springfield, Massachusetts Visiting team listed first and date March 17 in Elite Eight unless indicated Final Four Location: Springfield Civic Center Host: Springfield College All-tournament team * Vickie Mitchell, Cal Poly Pomona * Kelley Fraser, Cal Poly Pomona * Sheri Jennum, Cal Poly Pomona * Rosie Jones, Central Missouri State * Anita Meadows, M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1985 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 1985 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 14 and ended on March 31 and featured 32 teams. The Final Four consisted of Old Dominion, Northeast Louisiana, Western Kentucky, and Georgia, with Old Dominion defeating Georgia, 70–65 in the championship game. Old Dominion's Tracy Claxton was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. 1985 is the first year ESPN began televising some of the Tournament games. They televised two of the four Regional finals (East and West Regional), as well as the two national semifinals. The Georgia vs Western Kentucky match up was shown live, while the Old Dominion vs. Northeast Louisiana game was shown tape-delayed. The Championship game was broadcast by CBS. Notable events Georgia faced Western Kentucky in the semi-final. This was a rematch of a game played in December, when Western Kentucky prevailed, 72–67. However, in that game, Katrina McClain had been sidelined with an ankle injury. She was available t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indiana Tech Warriors
Indiana Institute of Technology (Indiana Tech) is a private university in Fort Wayne, Indiana. It was founded in 1930 as Indiana Technical College by John A. Kalbfleisch, who was also the school's first president. The university today is organized into three colleges. The university specializes in career-oriented degree programs in business, engineering, computer science, education, criminal justice, and others. In addition to the traditional semester-long class format, Indiana Tech also offers accelerated degree programs and online programs via its College of Professional Studies. Beyond its main campus in Fort Wayne, Indiana Tech maintains regional classroom and enrollment centers in 13 locations, including Elkhart, Evansville, Fishers, Greenwood, Huntington, Indianapolis, Jeffersonville, Kendallville, Mishawaka, Munster, and Warsaw in Indiana; and Louisville and Fort Wright in Kentucky. Indiana Tech also has two enrollment centers in the Chicago area, located in Nape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Portland Pilots Women's Basketball
The Portland Pilots women's basketball team represents the University of Portland, located in Portland, Oregon, United States, in NCAA Division I basketball competition. They play their home games at the Chiles Center and are members of the West Coast Conference. History Portland began play in 1977. They played in the NAIA Tournament from 1983 to 1985, finishing 3rd in 1983 and losing to UNC Asheville in the 1984 final and losing in the Quarterfinals in 1985. They joined Division I in 1986 and played in the West Coast Conference beginning in 1988. They made the NCAA tournament four straight years from 1994 to 1997, winning the WCC conference title in 1994 while getting at-large bids in the next three years, going 23–7, 23–7, and 27–3 with a perfect regular season conference record in 1997, losing in the conference tournament to San Francisco each time. In 2020, they won their second conference title, which qualified them for the cancelled 2020 NCAA Tournament. They have made ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claflin Lady Panthers
Claflin University is a private historically black university in Orangeburg, South Carolina. Founded in 1869 after the American Civil War by northern missionaries for the education of freedmen and their children, it offers bachelor's and master's degrees. History Claflin University was founded in 1869 by Methodist missionaries who freed slaves to take their rightful places as full American citizens. Claflin is the oldest historically black college or university in South Carolina and touts itself as the first college in the state to welcome all students regardless of race or gender. The university was named after two Methodist churchmen: Massachusetts Governor William Claflin and his father, Boston philanthropist Lee Claflin, who provided a large part of the funds to purchase the campus. Claflin's first president was Dr. Alonzo Webster, a minister and educator from Vermont who had previously spent time as a member of Claflin's board of trustees. Webster came to South Caro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louisiana College Lady Wildcats Basketball
The Louisiana Christian Wildcats and Lady Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Louisiana Christian University, located in Pineville, Louisiana, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) for most of its sports since the 2021–22 academic year; while its football team competes in the Sooner Athletic Conference (SAC). The Wildcats and Lady Wildcats previously competed in the American Southwest Conference (ASC) of the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 2000–01 to 2020–21; and in the NAIA's Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) from 1981–82 to 1999–2000. Varsity teams Louisiana Christian competes in nine intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, soccer, softball and volleyball. Former sports include ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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