Shelley Dietz had 20 points to lead UW-Oshkosh to a 66-50 victory over Mount Union to capture the 1996 Division III women's basketball championship. The Titans finished with a perfect 30-0 record.

Championship
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 66, Mount Union 50
Oshkosh, Wis. (att: 4,001)

All-Tournament team
Shelley Dietz, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Wendy Wangerin, Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Suzy Venet, Mount Union
Tracy Wilson, Mount Union
Kirsten Vipond, St. Thomas

Third Place
St. Thomas 75, New York University 51

National Semifinals
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 62, New York University 37
Mount Union 71, St. Thomas 57

Sectional Finals
Mount Union 66, Defiance 61
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 62, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 57
New York University 68, Rowan 63
St. Thomas 65, Bethel 57

Sectional Semifinals
Mount Union 79, Southern Maine 62
Defiance 84, Salem State 58
Bethel 96, Randolph-Macon 77
St. Thomas 67, Marymount 62
Rowan 97, William Smith 69
New York University 77, Scranton 48
Wisconsin-Eau Claire 90, Millikin 71
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 75, Washington U. 53

Second Round
Southern Maine 73, Worcester Tech 52 
Mount Union 65, Capital 62
Salem State 58, Middlebury 55
Defiance 94, Salisbury State 64
Randolph-Macon 99, Millsaps 66
Bethel 74, Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 63 
Marymount 89, Maryville (Tenn.) 69
St. Thomas 66, UC San Diego 42 
Rowan 90, Messiah 65
William Smith 85, Geneseo State 68
Scranton 75, Johns Hopkins 62
New York University 82, St. John Fisher 41
Millikin 74, Luther 59
Wisconsin-Eau Claire 68, Calvin 47
Washington U. 68, Wheaton (Ill.) 62
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 69, Beloit 50

First Round
Southern Maine 66, Regis 48
Worcester Tech 63, Westfield State 58
Capital 71, Muskingum 65
Mount Union 64, Wittenberg 51
Middlebury 67, Emmanuel (Mass.) 54
Salem State 69, Eastern Connecticut 47
Salisbury State 77, Goucher 53
Defiance 84, Baldwin-Wallace 73
Randolph-Macon 91, Shenandoah 74
Millsaps 65, Hendrix 57
Claremont-Mudd-Scripps 62, La Verne 61
Bethel 64, Concordia-Moorhead 60
Maryville ( Tenn.) 77, Roanoke 76
Marymount 92, Trinity (Texas) 53
UC San Diego 58, Pomona-Pitzer 57
St. Thomas 68, St. Benedict 52
Rowan 81, Elizabethtown 68
Messiah 75, Allentown 65
William Smith 83, Hartwick 61
Geneseo State 71, Binghamton 66
Johns Hopkins 70, Alvernia 58
Scranton 85, Cabrini 71
St. John Fisher 60, Nazareth 59
New York University 96, CCNY 43
Millikin 44, MacMurray 43
Luther 91, Buena Vista 76
Wisconsin-Eau Claire 70, Wisconsin-Stout 41
Calvin 60, Ripon 50
Wheaton ( Ill.) 72, Carthage 71
Washington U. 68, Illinois Wesleyan 63
Beloit 47, Alma 44
Wisconsin-Oshkosh 77, DePauw 45

Allentown is now known as DeSales University.