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1992 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Champions

Stanford (2nd title)

Runner-up

Western Kentucky (1st title game)

Semifinalists

Virginia (3rd Final Four)
Missouri St. (1st Final Four)

MOP

Molly Goodenbour Stanford

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«1991

1993»

The 1992 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament began on March 18 and ended on April 5. The tournament featured 48 teams. The Final Four consisted of Virginia, Stanford, Missouri St., and Western Kentucky, with Stanford defeating Western Kentucky 78-62 to win its second NCAA title.^[1] Stanford's Molly Goodenbour 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 1992 NCAA Tournament. Twenty-two conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1992 NCAA tournament. ^[3]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga	Southern Conference	0.621 !18–11	0.8 !8–2	12
University of Colorado at Boulder	Big Eight	0.733 !22–8	0.786 !11–3	7
Creighton University	WAC	0.9 !27–3	0.929 !13–1	7
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.8 !24–6	0.688 !11–5	8
University of Iowa	Big Ten	0.893 !25–3	0.889 !16–2	1
University of Miami	Big East	0.967 !29–1	1.018 !18–0	2
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.931 !27–2	0.944 !17–1	8
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	0.786 !22–6	0.813 !13–3	11
Northern Illinois University	North Atlantic Conference	0.567 !17–13	0.667 !8–4	11
Old Dominion University	Colonial	0.667 !20–10	0.643 !9–5	10
Santa Clara University	West Coast Conference	0.69 !20–9	0.714 !10–4	12
University of Southern Mississippi	Metro	0.7 !21–9	0.75 !9–3	9
Saint Peter's College	MAAC	0.8 !24–6	0.813 !13–3	11
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.893 !25–3	0.833 !15–3	1
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.931 !27–2	0.944 !17–1	2
University of Tennessee	SEC	0.931 !27–2	0.909 !10–1	1
Tennessee Technological University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.724 !21–8	0.929 !13–1	12
Texas Tech University	Southwest	0.867 !26–4	0.929 !13–1	4
University of Toledo	MAC	0.833 !25–5	0.938 !15–1	10
University of California, Santa Barbara	Big West Conference	0.867 !26–4	0.889 !16–2	9
University of Virginia	ACC	0.967 !29–1	0.938 !15–1	1
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt Conference	0.767 !23–7	0.813 !13–3	4

Qualifying teams - at-large

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

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Alabama	Southeastern	0.786 !22–6	0.636 !7–4	5
Arizona State University	Pacific-10	0.714 !20–8	0.611 !11–7	6
University of California, Berkeley	Pacific-10	0.714 !20–8	0.667 !12–6	5
Clemson University	Atlantic Coast	0.69 !20–9	0.563 !9–7	5
University of Connecticut	Big East	0.688 !22–10	0.722 !13–5	6
DePaul University	Great Midwest	0.69 !20–9	0.8 !8–2	11
University of Houston	Southwest	0.759 !22–7	0.714 !10–4	8
University of Kansas	Big Eight	0.833 !25–5	0.857 !12–2	9
California State University, Long Beach	Big West	0.7 !21–9	0.722 !13–5	10
Louisiana Tech University	Sun Belt	0.69 !20–9	0.75 !12–4	6
University of Maryland, College Park	Atlantic Coast	0.821 !23–5	0.813 !13–3	2
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.931 !27–2	1.011 !11–0	2
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Atlantic Coast	0.724 !21–8	0.563 !9–7	7
University of Notre Dame	Midwestern Collegiate	0.467 !14–16	0.667 !8–4	12
Pennsylvania State University	Independent	0.793 !23–6	- !–-	3
Providence College	Big East	0.724 !21–8	0.722 !13–5	7
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.786 !22–6	0.778 !14–4	3
Rutgers University	Atlantic 10	0.667 !20–10	0.688 !11–5	8
University of Southern California	Pacific-10	0.75 !21–7	0.778 !14–4	3
Southern Illinois University Carbondale	Missouri Valley	0.759 !22–7	0.833 !15–3	10
University of Texas at Austin	Southwest	0.7 !21–9	0.786 !11–3	4
University of California, Los Angeles	Pacific-10	0.679 !19–9	0.667 !12–6	5
Vanderbilt University	Southeastern	0.714 !20–8	0.545 !6–5	3
University of Vermont	North Atlantic	1.029 !29–0	1.014 !14–0	9
West Virginia University	Atlantic 10	0.893 !25–3	1.016 !16–0	4
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Big Ten	0.714 !20–8	0.722 !13–5	6

Bids by conference

Twenty-two conferences earned an automatic bid. In eleven cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Three conferences, the Great Midwest, the Midwestern Collegiate, and the North Atlantic conferences sent a single representative as an at-large team. One independent school was selected. Twenty-five additional at-large teams were selected from ten of the conferences.^[3]

Bids	Conference	Teams
5	Pacific-10	Stanford, Arizona St., California, Southern California, UCLA
4	Atlantic Coast	Virginia, Clemson, Maryland, North Carolina
4	Southeastern	Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Vanderbilt
3	Atlantic 10	George Washington, Rutgers, West Virginia
3	Big East	Miami Fla, Connecticut, Providence
3	Big Ten	Iowa, Purdue, Wisconsin
3	Southwest	Texas Tech, Houston, Texas
2	Big Eight	Colorado, Kansas
2	Big West	UC Santa Barb., Long Beach St.
2	Missouri Valley	Missouri St., Southern Ill.
2	Sun Belt	Western Ky., Louisiana Tech
1	Big Sky	Montana
1	Colonial	Old Dominion
1	Great Midwest	DePaul
1	Independent	Penn St.
1	Metro	Southern Miss.
1	Metro Atlantic	St. Peter’s
1	Mid-American	Toledo
1	Midwestern Collegiate	Notre Dame
1	North Atlantic	Vermont
1	North Star	Northern Ill.
1	Ohio Valley	Tennessee Tech
1	Southern	Chattanooga
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	West Coast	Santa Clara
1	Western Athletic	Creighton

First and second rounds

Clemson

Storrs

Washington

Chapel Hill

Providence

Tuscaloosa

Piscataway

Ruston

Boulder

DeKalb

Springfield

Los Angeles

Santa Barbara

Berkeley

Omaha

Madison

1992 NCAA first round

Nashville

Charlottesville

Morgantown

Coral Gables

West Lafayette

College Park

Bowling Green

Knoxville

Iowa City

Austin

University

University Park

Los Angeles

Stanford

Nacogdoches

Lubbock

1992 NCAA second round

In 1992, 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:^[4]

Sixth seeded Arizona State played eleventh seeded DePaul at DePaul
Ninth seeded UC Santa Barbara played eighth seeded Houston at UC Santa Barbara

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	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1	George Washington University	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center	Washington	District of Columbia
East	1	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
East	2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
East	2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
East	2	West Virginia University	WVU Coliseum	Morgantown	West Virginia
East	2	University of Miami	Knight Sports Complex	Coral Gables	Florida
Mideast	1	Providence College	Alumni Hall (Providence)	Providence	Rhode Island
Mideast	1	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
Mideast	1	Rutgers University	Louis Brown Athletic Center	Piscataway	New Jersey
Mideast	1	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Mideast	2	Purdue University	Mackey Arena	West Lafayette	Indiana
Mideast	2	University of Maryland	Cole Field House	College Park	Maryland
Mideast	2	Western Kentucky University	E.A. Diddle Arena	Bowling Green	Kentucky
Mideast	2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Midwest	1	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
Midwest	1	DePaul University	Chick Evans Field House	DeKalb	Illinois
Midwest	1	Missouri State University	Hammons Student Center	Springfield	Missouri
Midwest	1	University of California, Los Angeles	Pauley Pavilion	Los Angeles	California
Midwest	2	University of Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena	Iowa City	Indiana
Midwest	2	University of Texas	Frank Erwin Center	Austin	Texas
Midwest	2	University of Mississippi	Tad Smith Coliseum	University	Mississippi
Midwest	2	Pennsylvania State University	Recreation Building (Rec Hall)	University Park	Pennsylvania
West	1	University of California, Santa Barbara	UC Santa Barbara Events Center	Santa Barbara	California
West	1	University of California	Harmon Gym	Berkeley	California
West	1	Creighton University	Omaha Civic Auditorium	Omaha	Nebraska
West	1	University of Wisconsin	Wisconsin Field House	Madison	Wisconsin
West	2	University of Southern California	Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena	Los Angeles	California
West	2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	2	Stephen F. Austin University	William R. Johnson Coliseum	Nacogdoches	Texas
West	2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas

Regionals and Final Four

Charlottesville

West Lafayette

Boulder

Seattle

Los Angeles

1992 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 26 to March 28 at these sites:

East Regional University Hall (University of Virginia), Charlottesville, Virginia (Host: University of Virginia )
Mideast Regional Mackey Arena, West Lafayette, Indiana (Host: Purdue University)
Midwest Regional CU Events Center (Coors Events Center), Boulder, Colorado (Host: University of Colorado)
West Regional Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four, held April 4 and April 5 in Los Angeles , California at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena,(Co-Hosts: University of Southern California,University of California, Los Angeles)^[5]

Bids by state

The forty-eight teams came from twenty-nine states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with seven bids, the first time in tournament history a state had more than four bids. Twenty-one states did not have any teams receiving bids.^[3]

NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1992

Brackets

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

East Regional - Charlottesville, VA

First round March 18			Second round March 21-22			Regional semifinals March 26			Regional finals March 28


			1	Virginia	97

			8	George Washington	58
8	George Washington	70

9	Vermont	69
						1	Virginia	103

						4	West Virginia	83



			4	West Virginia	73

			5	Clemson	72
5	Clemson	76

12	Chattanooga	72
									1	Virginia	70

									3	Vanderbilt	58



			2	Miami (FL)	86

			7	North Carolina	72
7	North Carolina	60

10	Old Dominion	54
						2	Miami (FL)	67

						3	Vanderbilt	77



			3	Vanderbilt	75

			6	Connecticut	47
6	Connecticut	83

11	St. Peter's	66

West Regional - Seattle, WA

First round March 18			Second round March 21-22			Regional semifinals March 26			Regional finals March 28


			1	Stanford	82

			9	UC Santa Barbara	73
8	Houston	69

9	UC Santa Barbara	80
						1	Stanford	75

						4	Texas Tech	63



			4	Texas Tech	64

			12	Santa Clara	58
5	California	71

12	at Santa Clara	73
									1	Stanford	82

									3	Southern California	62



			2	Stephen F. Austin	75

			7	Creighton	74
7	Creighton	79

10	Long Beach St.	66
						2	Stephen F. Austin	57

						3	Southern California	61



			3	Southern California	71

			11	Montana	59
6	Wisconsin	74

11	Montana	85

Midwest Regional - Boulder, CO

First round March 18			Second round March 21-22			Regional semifinals March 26			Regional finals March 28


			1	Iowa	60

			8	Missouri St.	61 (OT)
8	Missouri St.	75

9	Kansas	59
						8	Missouri St.	83

						5	UCLA	57



			4	Texas	81

			5	UCLA	82
5	UCLA	93

12	Notre Dame	72
									8	Missouri St.	94

									2	Mississippi	71



			2	Mississippi	72

			10	Southern Illinois	56
7	Colorado	80

10	Southern Illinois	84 (OT)
						2	Mississippi	75

						3	Penn St.	72



			3	Penn St.	77

			11	DePaul	54
6	Arizona St.	65

11	at DePaul	67

Mideast Regional - West Lafayette, IN

First round March 18			Second round March 21-22			Regional semifinals March 26			Regional finals March 28


			1	Tennessee	97

			8	Rutgers	56
8	Rutgers	93

9	Southern Miss	63
						1	Tennessee	70

						4	Western Kentucky	75



			4	Western Kentucky	98

			5	Alabama	68
5	Alabama	100

12	Tennessee Tech	87
									4	Western Kentucky	75

									2	Maryland	70



			2	Maryland	73

			10	Toledo	60
7	Providence	64

10	Toledo	74
						2	Maryland	64

						3	Purdue	58



			3	Purdue	98

			11	Northern Illinois	62
6	Louisiana Tech	71

11	Northern Illinois	77 (OT)

Final Four - Los Angeles, CA

National Semifinals April 4			National Championship April 5

1E	Virginia	65
1W	Stanford	66
			1W	Stanford	78
			4ME	Western Kentucky	62
8MW	Missouri St.	72
4ME	Western Kentucky	84

Game Officials

Art Bomengen (Semi-Final)
Douglas Cloud (Semi-Final)
Dee Kantner (Semi-Final)
Bob Trammell (Semi-Final)
Patty Broderick (Final)
Bill Stokes (Final) ^[3]

All-Tournament Team

Molly Goodenbour, Stanford,
Rachel Hemmer, Stanford,
Val Whiting, Stanford
Kim Pehlke, Western Ky.
Dawn Staley, Virginia ^[3]

References

^ Gregory Cooper. "1992 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1992-bracket.html. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
^ "CHN Basketball History: Most Outstanding Player". http://www.collegehoopsnet.com/history/tournament/womensmop.htm. Retrieved 2007-04-17.
^ ^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.
^ GUSTKEY, EARL (March 31, 1995). Los Angeles Time. http://articles.latimes.com/1995-03-31/sports/sp-49443_1_ncaa-women-s-basketball. Retrieved 15 April 2012.

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