Gender: | Women's |
Year: | 2017 |
Division: | III |
Teams: | 64 |
Finalfourarena: | Van Noord Arena |
Finalfourcity: | Grand Rapids, Michigan |
Champions: | Amherst Lord Jeffs |
Titlecount: | 2nd |
Runnerup: | Tufts Jumbos |
Gamecount: | 2nd |
Semifinal1: | Christopher Newport Captains |
Finalfourcount: | 2nd |
Semifinal2: | St. Thomas (MN) Tommies |
Finalfourcount2: | 6th |
Coach: | G.P. Gromacki |
Coachcount: | 1st |
Mop: | Ali Doswell |
Mopteam: | Amherst |
Attendance: | 33182 |
The 2017 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 36th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.[1]
Amherst defeated Tufts in the championship game, 52–29, to claim the Lord Jeffs' second Division III national title and first since 2011.
The championship rounds were hosted by Calvin University at the Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.