2017 Division III women's NCAA Tournament


Amherst went home to Massachusetts with its second Division III national title.
 Photo by Steve Frommell, d3photography.com

In 2017, the NCAA Tournament started with 64 teams and worked its way to a Final Four in Grand Rapids, Mich.

Full coverage of the tournament is below, but here are the key links for historical reference:

Final 2017 bracket

Scoreboard

NCAA Tournament FAQ

More coverage appears below, including Hoopsville shows, our Road to Grand Rapids features and much more.

2017 Women's NCAA Tournament coverage

March 18, 2017 2017 Division III women's basketball NCAA Tournament bracket The 2017 Division III women's basketball season ended with Amherst having lapped the field en route to its second national title.

March 18, 2017 Amherst wins title in clean sweep The last of the three Amherst-Tufts games was the least climactic, but the most rewarding, as Amherst won the 2017 national title in a romp over its NESCAC rival.

March 18, 2017 Amherst-Tufts: The threematch As you may have read previously, Amherst and Tufts are both in the NESCAC and have faced off two times before in 2017. Here's how those games went down, and links to follow tonight's title game.

March 17, 2017 Tufts blocks Tommies out of tourney St. Thomas led 53-41 with five minutes to go in the game, but Tufts had one last run in them, finishing 19-4 the rest of the way to win and advance to the national championship game. The Jumbos will face Amherst, which cruised past CNU. Full semifinal wrapups.

March 16, 2017 All smiles for North as Tufts heads west Tufts has ended its season in the Final Four every year that Michela North has been on the roster. Now, in her final go-round, the senior center is taking everything with a smile and a laugh.

March 16, 2017 The Tommies are all the way back Kaitlin Langer transferred from Division II, then worked patiently for two years behind an All-American. Since taking over the spotlight, she has shined. Now, she has St. Thomas back in the Final Four for the first time since 2012. Nathan Ford has more in a Road to Grand Rapids feature.

March 15, 2017 Purple & White make opponents see red If your opponent can’t score, it can’t win. But the preparation and effort that goes into playing such stifling defense? That’s something that has to be taught, and few teach it better than Amherst women's basketball coach G.P. Gromacki.

March 14, 2017 Captains roommates take the next step together Sam Porter and Devon Byrd bonded the first time they met on Christopher Newport's campus. Three years later, the roommates have the Captains two wins away from a national championship. Brian Lester has more in a Road to Grand Rapids feature.

March 12, 2017 Hoopsville: Sectional Thrillers The Roads to Grand Rapids and Salem are now complete, but not without some surprising curves and some challenging passes. On Sunday's Hoopsville, Dave talks to some of the teams who have advanced to the national semifinals. Hoopsville hits the air LIVE at 7:00 p.m. ET.

March 11, 2017 Four book return trips to semifinals At halftime, one of the games was close, but by the end, there were four clear victors in the Division III women's basketball national quarterfinals, and only two unbeaten teams remaining for the 2017 season.


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