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1991 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Lakefront Arena
New Orleans, Louisiana

Champions

Tennessee (3rd title)

Runner-up

Virginia (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Stanford (2nd Final Four)
Connecticut (1st Final Four)

MOP

Dawn Staley Virginia

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«1990

1992»

The 1991 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 13 and ended on March 31. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four event was hosted by the University of New Orleans, and held at the Lakefront Arena in New Orleans.^[1] The Final Four teams consisted of Tennessee, Stanford, Connecticut, and Virginia, with Tennessee defeating Virginia 70-67 (OT) to win its third NCAA title.^[2] Virginia's Dawn Staley was named the Most Outstanding Player of the tournament.^[3]

This tournament was the first to adopt the NBA's 10ths-second clock during the final minute of each period.

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 Brackets
7 Game Officials
8 All-Tournament Team
9 See also
10 References

Qualifying teams - automatic

Forty-eight teams were selected to participate in the 1991 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-one conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1991 NCAA tournament. ^[4]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Appalachian State University	Southern Conference	0.594 !19–13	0.5 !5–5	12
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Southwest	0.9 !27–3	0.938 !15–1	3
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.867 !26–4	0.875 !14–2	3
DePaul University	North Atlantic Conference	0.633 !19–11	0.786 !11–3	12
Florida State University	Metro	0.8 !24–6	0.857 !12–2	5
California State University, Long Beach	Big West Conference	0.767 !23–7	0.833 !15–3	4
Louisiana Tech University	America East	0.621 !18–11	0.75 !9–3	10
Louisiana State University	SEC	0.8 !24–6	0.556 !5–4	2
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.862 !25–4	0.889 !16–2	8
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	0.897 !26–3	1.016 !16–0	11
North Carolina State University	ACC	0.839 !26–5	0.643 !9–5	2
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Big Eight	0.833 !25–5	0.786 !11–3	5
Pennsylvania State University	Atlantic 10	0.967 !29–1	0.944 !17–1	1
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.929 !26–2	0.944 !17–1	2
University of Richmond	Colonial	0.867 !26–4	0.917 !11–1	7
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.821 !23–5	0.889 !16–2	2
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.862 !25–4	1.014 !14–0	8
Tennessee Technological University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.759 !22–7	0.917 !11–1	9
University of Toledo	MAC	0.793 !23–6	0.813 !13–3	11
University of Utah	WAC	0.69 !20–9	0.75 !9–3	12
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt Conference	0.933 !28–2	1.006 !6–0	4

Qualifying teams - at-large

Twenty-seven additional teams were selected to complete the forty-eight invitations.^[4]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
Auburn University	Southeastern	0.828 !24–5	0.778 !7–2	3
California State University, Fullerton	Big West	0.774 !24–7	0.778 !14–4	7
Clemson University	Atlantic Coast	0.667 !20–10	0.571 !8–6	4
Fairfield University	Metro Atlantic	0.833 !25–5	0.938 !15–1	12
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.786 !22–6	0.833 !15–3	10
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.897 !26–3	1.009 !9–0	1
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot	0.828 !24–5	1.012 !12–0	11
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.714 !20–8	0.722 !13–5	6
James Madison University	Colonial	0.857 !24–4	0.917 !11–1	8
University of Kentucky	Southeastern	0.714 !20–8	0.444 !4–5	9
Lamar University	American South	0.897 !26–3	1.012 !12–0	10
University of Maryland, College Park	Atlantic Coast	0.586 !17–12	0.643 !9–5	6
Michigan State University	Big Ten	0.75 !21–7	0.722 !13–5	4
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.714 !20–8	0.444 !4–5	9
Northwestern University	Big Ten	0.714 !20–8	0.667 !12–6	6
Providence College	Big East	0.833 !25–5	0.813 !13–3	5
Rutgers University	Atlantic 10	0.793 !23–6	0.833 !15–3	6
University of South Carolina	Metro	0.733 !22–8	0.857 !12–2	7
University of Southern California	Pacific-10	0.607 !17–11	0.611 !11–7	5
University of Tennessee	Southeastern	0.833 !25–5	0.667 !6–3	1
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest	0.724 !21–8	0.875 !14–2	7
Texas Tech University	Southwest	0.767 !23–7	0.75 !12–4	9
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	Big West	0.8 !24–6	0.833 !15–3	8
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	0.607 !17–11	0.444 !4–5	10
University of Virginia	Atlantic Coast	0.931 !27–2	1.014 !14–0	1
University of Washington	Pacific-10	0.852 !23–4	0.833 !15–3	3
Washington State University	Pacific-10	0.643 !18–10	0.556 !10–8	11

Bids by conference

Twenty-one conferences earned an automatic bid. In ten cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Two conferences, Metro Atlantic and Patriot sent a single representative as an at-large team. Twenty-five additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.^[4]

Bids	Conference	Teams
7	Southeastern	LSU, Auburn, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
4	Atlantic Coast	North Carolina St., Clemson, Maryland, Virginia
4	Big Ten	Purdue, Iowa, Michigan St., Northwestern
4	Pacific-10	Stanford, Southern California, Washington, Washington St.
3	Atlantic 10	Penn St., George Washington, Rutgers
3	Big West	Long Beach St., Cal St. Fullerton, UNLV
3	Southwest	Arkansas, Texas, Texas Tech
2	American South	Louisiana Tech, Lamar
2	Big East	Connecticut, Providence
2	Colonial	Richmond, James Madison
2	Metro	Florida St., South Carolina
1	Big Eight	Oklahoma St.
1	Big Sky	Montana
1	Metro Atlantic	Fairfield
1	Mid-American	Toledo
1	Missouri Valley	Missouri St.
1	North Star	DePaul
1	Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Appalachian St.
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Sun Belt	Western Ky.
1	Western Athletic	Utah

First and second rounds

Providence

Piscataway

Harrisonburg

Richmond

Tallahassee

Nashville

Springfield

Worcester

Evanston

Stillwater

Nacogdoches

Austin

Missoula

Las Vegas

Los Angeles

Fullerton

1991 NCAA first round

Clemson

Storrs

University Park

Raleigh

West Lafayette

Bowling Green

Knoxville

Auburn

Stillwater

Charlottesville

Beaumont

Fayetteville

Stanford

Athens

Seattle

Long Beach

1991 NCAA second round

In 1991, 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 exceptions:^[5]

Seventh seeded South Carolina played tenth seeded Vanderbilt at Vanderbilt
Sixth seeded Maryland played eleventh seeded Holy Cross at Holy Cross
Sixth seeded Iowa played eleventh seeded Montana at Montana
Fourth seeded Michigan State played fifth seeded Oklahoma State at Oklahoma State
Second seeded LSU played tenth seeded Lamar at Lamar

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	Providence College	Alumni Hall (Providence)	Providence	Rhode Island
East	1	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
East	1	James Madison University	James Madison University Convocation Center	Harrisonburg	Virginia
East	1	University of Richmond	Robins Center	Richmond	North Carolina
East	2	Clemson University	Littlejohn Coliseum	Clemson	South Carolina
East	2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	2	Pennsylvania State University	Recreation Building (Rec Hall)	University Park	Pennsylvania
East	2	North Carolina State University	Reynolds Coliseum	Raleigh	North Carolina
Mideast	1	Florida State University	Tully Gymnasium	Tallahassee	Florida
Mideast	1	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
Mideast	1	Southwest Missouri State University	Hammons Student Center	Springfield	Missouri
Mideast	1	Holy Cross	Hart Center	Worcester	Massachusetts
Mideast	2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Mideast	2	Western Kentucky University	E.A. Diddle Arena	Bowling Green	Kentucky
Mideast	2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Mideast	2	Auburn University	Memorial Coliseum (Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum)	Auburn	Alabama
Midwest	1	Northwestern University	Welsh-Ryan Arena	Evanston	Illinois
Midwest	1	Oklahoma State University	Gallagher-Iba Arena	Stillwater	Oklahoma
Midwest	1	Stephen F. Austin University	William R. Johnson Coliseum	Nacogdoches	Texas
Midwest	1	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
Midwest	2	Oklahoma State University	Gallagher-Iba Arena	Stillwater	Oklahoma
Midwest	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
Midwest	2	Lamar University	Montagne Center	Beaumont	Texas
Midwest	2	University of Arkansas	Barnhill Arena	Fayetteville	Arkansas
West	1	University of Montana	Dahlberg Arena	Missoula	Montana
West	1	University of Nevada at Las Vegas	Thomas and Mack Center	Paradise	Nevada
West	1	University of Southern California	Lyon Center	Los Angeles	California
West	1	California State University, Fullerton	Titan Gym	Fullerton	California
West	2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
West	2	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
West	2	Long Beach State	University Gym (Gold Mine)	Long Beach	California

Regionals and Final Four

Philadelphia

Knoxville

Austin

Las Vegas

New Orleans

1991 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 March 31 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Lakefront Arena,

Brackets

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

Mideast Regional - Knoxville, TN

First round March 13			Second round March 16-17			Regional semifinals March 21			Regional finals March 23


			1	Tennessee	55

			8	Missouri St.	47
8	Missouri St.	94

9	Tennessee Tech	64
						1	Tennessee	68

						4	Western Kentucky	61



			4	Western Kentucky	72

			5	Florida St.	69
5	Florida St.	96

12	Appalachian St.	57
									1	Tennessee	69

									3	Auburn	65



			2	Purdue	63

			10	Vanderbilt	69
7	South Carolina	64

10	at Vanderbilt	73
						10	Vanderbilt	45

						3	Auburn	58



			3	Auburn	84

			11	Holy Cross	58
6	Maryland	74

11	at Holy Cross	81

West Regional - Las Vegas, NV

First round March 13			Second round March 16-17			Regional semifinals March 21			Regional finals March 23


			1	Georgia	86

			8	UNLV	62
8	UNLV	70

9	Texas Tech	65
						1	Georgia	87

						4	Long Beach St.	77



			4	Long Beach St.	83

			5	Southern California	58
5	Southern California	63

12	Utah	52
									1	Georgia	67

									2	Stanford	75



			2	Stanford	91

			7	Cal St. Fullerton	67
7	Cal St. Fullerton	84

10	Louisiana Tech	80
						2	Stanford	73

						3	Washington	47



			3	Washington	70

			6	Iowa	53
6	Iowa	64

11	at Montana	53

East Regional - Philadelphia, PA

First round March 13			Second round March 16-17			Regional semifinals March 21			Regional finals March 23


			1	Penn State	71

			8	James Madison	73
8	James Madison	70

9	Kentucky	62
						8	James Madison	55

						4	Clemson	57



			4	Clemson	103

			5	Providence	91
5	Providence	88

12	Fairfield	87
									4	Clemson	57

									3	Connecticut	60



			2	North Carolina St.	94

			10	George Washington	83
7	Richmond	62

10	George Washington	73
						2	North Carolina St.	71

						3	Connecticut	82



			3	Connecticut	81

			11	Toledo	80
6	Rutgers	65

11	Toledo	83

Midwest Regional - Austin, TX

First round March 13			Second round March 16-17			Regional semifinals March 21			Regional finals March 23


			1	Virginia	74

			8	Stephen F. Austin	72
8	Stephen F. Austin	73

9	Mississippi	62
						1	Virginia	76

						5	Oklahoma St.	61



			4	Michigan St.	94

			5	at Oklahoma St.	96 (3OT)
5	Oklahoma St.	81

12	DePaul	80
									1	Virginia	85

									10	Lamar	70



			2	LSU	73

			10	at Lamar	93
7	Texas	63

10	Lamar	77
						10	Lamar	91

						3	Arkansas	75



			3	Arkansas	105

			6	Northwestern	68
6	Northwestern	82

11	Washington St.	62

Final Four - New Orleans, LA

National Semifinals March 30			National Championship March 31

1ME	Tennessee	68
2W	Stanford	60
			1ME	Tennessee	70
			1MW	Virginia	67 (OT)
3E	Connecticut	55
1MW	Virginia	61

Game Officials

Mike Brooks (Semi-Final)
June Courteau (Semi-Final)
Art Bomengen (Semi-Final)
John Morningstar (Semi-Final)
Patty Broderick (Final)
Lou Pitt (Final) ^[4]

All-Tournament Team

Dawn Staley, Virginia
Tonya Cardoza, Virginia
Daedra Charles, Tennessee
Dena Head, Tennessee
Sonja Henning, Stanford ^[4]

References

^ "Important Dates in Privateer History". University of New Orleans. http://www.unoprivateers.com/news/2007/12/4/18105.aspx. Retrieved 11 April 2012.
^ Gregory Cooper. "1991 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1991-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 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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