DIII women's basketball: 2025 selection show
The 2025 DIII women's basketball championship kicked off with the selection show on Monday, March 3 at 3 p.m. ET live on krikya18.com. The NCAA released the full list of qualifiers here.
The 64-team, single-elimination tournament consists of 43 automatic qualifiers and 21 at-large bids. The semifinals and championship will be held at the Cregger Center in Salem, Virginia, on March 20 and 22.
2025 DIII women's basketball championship bracket
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2025 DIII women's basketball championship schedule
All times in Eastern:
- Selection show | Monday, March 3 at 3 p.m
- First round | Friday, March 7 — Watch live on krikya18.com
- Messiah vs. Wash. & Jeff., 4 p.m.
- Wash. & Lee vs. Merchant Marine, 4 p.m.
- Amherst vs. Vassar, 4:15 p.m.
- Southern Va. vs. Bates, 4:15 p.m.
- Chris. Newport vs. Montclair St., 4:30 p.m.
- Western New Eng. vs. Tufts, 4:30 p.m.
- Elizabethtown vs. SUNY Brockport, 4:45 p.m.
- Carnegie Mellon vs. Bridgewater State, 4:45 p.m.
- Cortland vs. Endicott, 5 p.m.
- UMass Dartmouth vs. Trinity (CT), 5 p.m.
- Bethel (MN) vs. DePauw, 5:30 p.m.
- Colorado Col. vs. Wis.-La Crosse, 5:30 p.m.
- McMurry vs. Cal Lutheran, 5:45 p.m.
- Whitman vs. Wis.-Superior, 5:45
- Wartburg vs. Wis.-Stevens Point, 6 p.m.
- Trine vs. Transylvania, 6 p.m.
- Ohio Wesleyan vs. Immaculata, 6:30 p.m.
- Baldwin Wallace vs. La Roche, 6:30 p.m.
- Smith vs. SUNY Cobleskill, 6:45 p.m.
- Scranton vs. Mt. St. Mary (NY), 6:45 p.m.
- Catholic vs. SUNY Geneseo, 7 p.m.
- Gettysburg vs. Stevens, 7 p.m.
- Randolph-Macon vs. Piedmont, 7:15 p.m.
- Johns Hopkins vs. Saint Joseph (CT), 7:15 p.m.
- Bowdoin vs. Brooklyn, 7:30 p.m.
- NYU vs. Gallaudet, 7:30 p.m.
- Wis.-Oshkosh vs. Calvin, 8 p.m.
- Wis.-Whitewater vs. Principia, 8 p.m.
- East Texas Baptist vs. Texas Lutheran, 8:15 p.m.
- Wis.-Stout vs. Ripon, 8:15 p.m.
- Gustavus Adolphus vs. Wis. Lutheran, 8:30 p.m.
- Ill. Wesleyan vs. Centre, 8:30 p.m.
- Second round | Saturday, March 8
- Sectionals | March 14-15
- Semifinals | Thursday, March 20
- National championship | Saturday, March 22
2025 DIII women's basketball championship history
Here is every DIII women's basketball champion and runner-up from the last decade:
| Year | Champion (Record) | Coach | Score | Runner-Up | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | NYU (31-0) | Meg Barber | 51-41 | Smith | Columbus, Ohio |
| 2023 | Transylvania (33-0) | Juli Fulks | 57-52 | Christopher Newport | Dallas, Texas |
| 2022 | Hope (32-1) | Brian Morehouse | 71-58 | Wisconsin-Whitewater | Pittsburgh, Pa. |
| 2021 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2020 | Canceled due to Covid-19 | -- | -- | -- | -- |
| 2019 | Thomas More (32-0) | Jeff Hans | 81-67 | Bowdoin | Salem, Va. |
| 2018 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacki | 65-45 | Bowdoin | Rochester, Minn. |
| 2017 | Amherst (33-0) | GP Gromacki | 52-29 | Tufts | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
| 2016 | Thomas More (33-0) | Jeff Hans | 63-51 | Tufts | Indianapolis |
| 2015 | Thomas More (33-0)* | Jeff Hans | 83-63 | George Fox | Grand Rapids, Mich. |
➡️ Tap or click here for the full list of champions since 1982
