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1990 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

University of Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee

Champions

Stanford University (1st title)

Runner-up

Auburn (3rd title game)

Semifinalists

Virginia (1st Final Four)
Louisiana Tech (7th Final Four)

MOP

Jennifer Azzi Stanford

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«1989

1991»

The 1990 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 11 and ended on April 1. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Virginia, Stanford, Auburn, and Louisiana Tech, with Stanford defeating Auburn 76-60 to win its first NCAA title.^[1] Stanford's Jennifer Azzi was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament. ^[2]

Contents

1 Qualifying teams - automatic
2 Qualifying teams - at-large
3 Bids by conference
4 First and second rounds
5 Regionals and Final Four
6 Bids by state
7 Brackets
8 Game Officials
9 All-Tournament Team
10 See also
11 References

Qualifying teams - automatic

Forty-eight teams were selected to participate in the 1990 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA tournament. ^[3]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Appalachian State University	Southern Conference	0.714 !20–8	0.7 !7–3	11
Auburn University	SEC	0.8 !24–6	0.778 !7–2	2
Bowling Green State University	MAC	0.733 !22–8	0.75 !12–4	12
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.821 !23–5	0.833 !15–3	3
Louisiana Tech University	America East	1.029 !29–0	1.01 !10–0	1
Manhattan College	MAAC	0.6 !18–12	0.8 !8–2	12
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	0.931 !27–2	1.016 !16–0	8
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Big Eight	0.667 !20–10	0.643 !9–5	7
Old Dominion University	Sun Belt Conference	0.69 !20–9	0.667 !4–2	8
Pennsylvania State University	Atlantic 10	0.8 !24–6	0.833 !15–3	7
Providence College	Big East	0.867 !26–4	0.875 !14–2	3
University of Richmond	Colonial	0.862 !25–4	0.917 !11–1	10
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Missouri Valley Conference	0.7 !21–9	0.889 !16–2	11
University of Southern Mississippi	Metro	0.867 !26–4	0.786 !11–3	8
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.964 !27–1	0.944 !17–1	1
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.931 !27–2	1.014 !14–0	3
Tennessee Technological University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.862 !25–4	1.012 !12–0	7
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest	0.862 !25–4	0.938 !15–1	3
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Big West Conference	0.931 !27–2	0.944 !17–1	4
University of Utah	WAC	0.69 !20–9	0.6 !6–4	12
University of Virginia	ACC	0.839 !26–5	0.786 !11–3	2

Qualifying teams - at-large

Twenty-seven additional teams were selected to complete the forty-eight invitations.^[3]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Southwest	0.846 !22–4	0.938 !15–1	7
University of California, Berkeley	Pacific-10	0.607 !17–11	0.5 !9–9	11
Clemson University	Atlantic Coast	0.69 !20–9	0.714 !10–4	5
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.833 !25–5	0.875 !14–2	4
DePaul University	North Star	0.7 !21–9	0.833 !10–2	8
Florida State University	Metro	0.724 !21–8	0.786 !11–3	10
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.862 !25–4	0.667 !6–3	2
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa	Big West	0.893 !25–3	0.889 !16–2	9
California State University, Long Beach	Pacific Coast	0.774 !24–7	0.778 !14–4	6
Louisiana State University	Southeastern	0.724 !21–8	0.444 !4–5	9
University of Maryland, College Park	Atlantic Coast	0.643 !18–10	0.5 !7–7	6
University of Michigan	Big Ten	0.679 !19–9	0.611 !11–7	10
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.69 !20–9	0.778 !7–2	5
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	0.828 !24–5	0.857 !12–2	2
Northern Illinois University	North Star	0.862 !25–4	1.012 !12–0	5
Northwestern University	Big Ten	0.857 !24–4	0.833 !15–3	4
Ohio State University	Big Ten	0.607 !17–11	0.611 !11–7	6
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.786 !22–6	0.778 !14–4	4
Rutgers University	Big East	0.69 !20–9	0.889 !16–2	11
University of South Carolina	Metro	0.733 !22–8	0.929 !13–1	5
Saint Joseph's University	Atlantic 10	0.8 !24–6	0.889 !16–2	9
University of Tennessee	Southeastern	0.833 !25–5	0.889 !8–1	1
Texas Tech University	Southwest	0.655 !19–10	0.688 !11–5	12
University of California, Los Angeles	Pacific-10	0.607 !17–11	0.667 !12–6	10
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	0.677 !21–10	0.556 !5–4	6
University of Washington	Pacific-10	0.929 !26–2	0.944 !17–1	1
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt	0.607 !17–11	0.667 !4–2	9

Bids by conference

Twenty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In eleven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. One conference, North Star sent two representatives as an at-large team. Pacific Coast sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty-four additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.^[3]

Bids	Conference	Teams
6	Southeastern	Auburn, Georgia, LSU, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
5	Big Ten	Iowa, Michigan, Northwestern, Ohio St., Purdue
4	Atlantic Coast	Virginia, Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina St.
4	Pacific-10	Stanford, California, UCLA, Washington
3	Big East	Providence, Connecticut, Rutgers
3	Metro	Southern Miss., Florida St., South Carolina
3	Southwest	Texas, Arkansas, Texas Tech
2	Atlantic 10	Penn St., St. Joseph’s
2	Big West	UNLV, Hawaii
2	North Star	DePaul, Northern Ill.
2	Sun Belt	Old Dominion, Western Ky.
1	American South	Louisiana Tech
1	Big Eight	Oklahoma St.
1	Big Sky	Montana
1	Colonial	Richmond
1	Metro Atlantic	Manhattan
1	Mid-American	Bowling Green
1	Missouri Valley	Southern Ill.
1	Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech
1	Pacific Coast	Long Beach St.
1	Southern	Appalachian St.
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Western Athletic	Utah

First and second rounds

Clemson

Tallahassee

Norfolk

College Park

Chicago

Columbia

Cookeville

Nashville

DeKalb

Columbus

Hattiesburg

Stillwater

Long Beach

University

Missoula

Fayetteville

1990 NCAA first round

Providence

Storrs

Knoxville

Charlottesville

Auburn

Evanston

Iowa City

Seattle

Ruston

Raleigh

Austin

West Lafayette

Athens

Stanford

Las Vegas

Nacogdoches

1990 NCAA second round

In 1990, the field remained at 48 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-12 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 8 and 9 faced each other for the opportunity to face the 1 seed in the second round, seeds 7 and 10 played for the opportunity to face the 2 seed, seeds 5 and 12 played for the opportunity to face the 4 seed, and seeds 6 and 11 played for the opportunity to face the 3 seed. In the first two rounds, the higher seed was given the opportunity to host the first round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:^[4]

Seventh seeded Penn State played tenth seeded Florida State at Florida State

The following table lists the region, host school, venue and the thirty-two first and second round locations:

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
East	1	Florida State University	Tully Gymnasium	Tallahassee	Florida
East	1	Old Dominion University	Old Dominion University Fieldhouse	Norfolk	Virginia
East	1	University of Maryland	Cole Field House	College Park	Maryland
East	2	Providence College	Alumni Hall (Providence)	Providence	Rhode Island
East	2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
East	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
Mideast	1	DePaul University	Alumni Hall (DePaul University)	Chicago	Illinois
Mideast	1	University of South Carolina	Carolina Coliseum	Columbia	South Carolina
Mideast	1	Tennessee Tech	Eblen Center	Cookeville	Tennessee
Mideast	1	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Mideast	2	Auburn University	Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum)	Auburn	Alabama
Mideast	2	Northwestern University	Welsh-Ryan Arena	Evanston	Illinois
Mideast	2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
Mideast	2	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
Midwest	1	Northern Illinois University	Chick Evans Field House	DeKalb	Illinois
Midwest	1	Ohio State University	St. John Arena	Columbus	Ohio
Midwest	1	University of Southern Mississippi	Reed Green Coliseum	Hattiesburg	Mississippi
Midwest	1	Oklahoma State University	Gallagher-Iba Arena	Stillwater	Oklahoma
Midwest	2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Midwest	2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
Midwest	2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
Midwest	2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
West	1	Long Beach State	University Gym (Gold Mine)	Long Beach	California
West	1	University of Mississippi	Tad Smith Coliseum	University, Mississippi	Mississippi
West	1	University of Montana	Dahlberg Arena	Missoula	Montana
West	1	University of Arkansas	Barnhill Arena	Fayetteville	Arkansas
West	2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
West	2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	2	University of Nevada, Las Vegas	South Gym	Paradise	Nevada
West	2	Stephen F. Austin University	William R. Johnson Coliseum	Nacogdoches	Texas

Regionals and Final Four

Norfolk

Iowa City

Austin

Stanford

Knoxville

1990 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 22 to March 24 at these sites:

East Regional E.A. Diddle Arena, Bowling Green, Kentucky (Host: Western Kentucky University )
Mideast Regional Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum), Auburn, Alabama (Host: Auburn University)
Midwest Regional Thomas Assembly Center, Ruston, Louisiana (Host: Louisiana Tech University)
West Regional Frank Erwin Center, Austin, Texas (Host: University of Texas)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held March 30 and April 1 in Knoxville, Tennessee at theThompson-Boling Arena,(Host: University of Tennessee)

Bids by state

The forty-eight teams came from thirty states. California and Illinois had the most teams with four each. Twenty states did not have any teams receiving bids.^[3]

NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1990

Brackets

First and second round games played at higher seed except where noted.

East Regional - Norfolk, VA

First round March 14			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 22			Regional finals March 24


			1	Tennessee	87

			8	Old Dominion	68
8	Old Dominion	91

9	St. Joseph's	69
						1	Tennessee	80

						5	Clemson	62



			4	Connecticut	59

			5	Clemson	61
5	Clemson	79

12	Manhattan	55
									1	Tennessee	75

									2	Virginia	79 (OT)



			2	Virginia	85

			7	Penn St.	64
7	Penn St.	83

10	at Florida St.	73
						2	Virginia	77

						3	Providence	71



			3	Providence	77

			6	Maryland	75
6	Maryland	100

11	Appalachian St.	71

West Regional - Stanford, CA

First round March 14			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 22			Regional finals March 24


			1	Stanford	106

			9	Hawaii	76
8	Montana	78

9	Hawaii	83
						1	Stanford	78

						5	Mississippi	65



			4	UNLV	62

			5	Mississippi	66
5	Mississippi	74

12	Utah	51
									1	Stanford	114

									7	Arkansas	87



			2	Georgia	70

			7	Arkansas	81
7	Arkansas	90

10	UCLA	80 (OT)
						7	Arkansas	98

						3	Stephen F. Austin	74



			3	Stephen F. Austin	78

			6	Long Beach St.	62
6	Long Beach St.	87

11	California	84

Mideast Regional - Iowa City, IA

First round March 14			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 22			Regional finals March 24


			1	Washington	77

			8	DePaul	68
8	DePaul	73

9	Western Kentucky	63
						1	Washington	73

						5	South Carolina	61



			4	Northwestern	67

			5	South Carolina	76
5	South Carolina	93

12	Bowling Green	50
									1	Washington	50

									2	Auburn	76



			2	Auburn	73

			7	Tennessee Tech	54
7	Tennessee Tech	77

10	Richmond	59
						2	Auburn	89

						6	Vanderbilt	67



			3	Iowa	56

			6	Vanderbilt	61
6	Vanderbilt	78

11	Rutgers	75

Midwest Regional - Austin, TX

First round March 14			Second round March 17-18			Regional semifinals March 22			Regional finals March 24


			1	Louisiana Tech	89

			8	Southern Miss	70
8	Southern Miss	75

9	LSU	65
						1	Louisiana Tech	91

						4	Purdue	47



			4	Purdue	86

			5	Northern Illinois	81
5	Northern Illinois	84

12	Texas Tech	63
									1	Louisiana Tech	71

									3	Texas	57



			2	North Carolina St.	81

			10	Michigan	64
7	Oklahoma St.	68

10	Michigan	77
						2	North Carolina St.	63

						3	Texas	72



			3	Texas	95

			6	Ohio St.	66
6	Ohio St.	73

11	Southern Illinois	61

Final Four - Knoxville, TN

National Semifinals March 30			National Championship April 1

2E	Virginia	66
1W	Stanford	75
			1W	Stanford	88
			2ME	Auburn	81
2ME	Auburn	81
1MW	Louisiana Tech	69

Game Officials

Patty Broderick (Semi-Final)
June Courteau (Semi-Final)
Sue Kennedy (Semi-Final)
Bob Trammel (Semi-Final)
Sally Bell (Final)
Art Bomengen (Final) ^[3]

All-Tournament Team

Jennifer Azzi, Stanford
Katy Steding, Stanford
Carolyn Jones, Auburn
Chantel Tremitiere, Auburn
Venus Lacy, Louisiana Tech ^[3]

References

^ Gregory Cooper. "1990 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1990-bracket.html. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
^ "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-16.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Nixon, Rick. "Official 2022 NCAA Women's Final Four Records Book". NCAA. http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/WFF12.pdf. Retrieved 22 April 2012.
^ "Attendance and Sites". NCAA. http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/w_final4/2012/Attend.pdf. Retrieved 19 March 2012.

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