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1995 NCAA Women's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Target Center
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Champions

Connecticut (1st title)

Runner-up

Tennessee (5th title game)

Semifinalists

Stanford (4th Final Four)
Georgia (3rd Final Four)

NCAA Women's Division I Tournaments

«1994

1996»

The 1995 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament featured 64 teams. The Final Four consisted of Connecticut, Tennessee, Stanford, and Georgia. Connecticut defeated Tennessee, 70-64, to win its first NCAA title and complete a 35-0 undefeated season.

The first two rounds were held at the home court of the top four seeds in each region (except for San Diego State, which hosted three games in the West region). The regional semifinals and finals were held at the University of Connecticut for the East region, UCLA for the West region, the University of Tennessee for the Mideast region, and Drake University for the Midwest region. The Final Four was played in Minneapolis, Minnesota.^[1]

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 Bracket
8 All-Tournament Team
9 Game Officials
10 See also
11 References

Qualifying teams - automatic

Sixty-four teams were selected to participate in the 1994 NCAA Tournament. Thirty-two conferences were eligible for an automatic bid to the 1994 NCAA tournament. ^[2]

Automatic Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Colorado at Boulder	Big Eight	0.931 !27–2	1.014 !14–0	1
University of Connecticut	Big East	1.029 !29–0	1.018 !18–0	1
Dartmouth College	Ivy League	0.615 !16–10	0.857 !12–2	14
Drake University	Missouri Valley Conference	0.828 !24–5	0.722 !13–5	5
Florida International University	Sun Belt Conference	0.867 !26–4	0.938 !15–1	9
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University	MEAC	0.828 !24–5	0.875 !14–2	16
Furman University	Southern Conference	0.621 !18–11	0.714 !10–4	15
The George Washington University	Atlantic 10	0.828 !24–5	0.875 !14–2	4
College of the Holy Cross	Patriot League	0.724 !21–8	0.857 !12–2	16
Jackson State University	SWAC	0.815 !22–5	0.857 !12–2	15
Loyola University Maryland	MAAC	0.714 !20–8	0.538 !7–6	10
University of Maine	North Atlantic Conference	0.828 !24–5	0.875 !14–2	16
Marquette University	Great Midwest	0.633 !19–11	0.75 !9–3	10
University of Montana	Big Sky Conference	0.806 !25–6	0.857 !12–2	12
Mount St. Mary's University	Northeast Conference	0.828 !24–5	0.944 !17–1	13
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	ACC	0.875 !28–4	0.75 !12–4	3
Northern Illinois University	Midwestern Collegiate	0.567 !17–13	0.625 !10–6	16
Old Dominion University	Colonial	0.844 !27–5	0.929 !13–1	8
Pennsylvania State University	Big Ten	0.862 !25–4	0.813 !13–3	2
Radford University	Big South Conference	0.517 !15–14	0.625 !10–6	11
University of San Francisco	West Coast Conference	0.857 !24–4	0.929 !13–1	11
University of Southern Mississippi	Metro	0.724 !21–8	0.583 !7–5	7
Stanford University	Pac-12	0.929 !26–2	0.944 !17–1	2
Stephen F. Austin State University	Southland	0.759 !22–7	0.833 !15–3	11
Tennessee State University	Ohio Valley Conference	0.786 !22–6	0.75 !12–4	12
Texas Tech University	Southwest	0.909 !30–3	0.929 !13–1	2
University of Toledo	MAC	0.8 !24–6	0.833 !15–3	13
University of California, Irvine	Big West Conference	0.655 !19–10	0.667 !12–6	15
University of Utah	WAC	0.793 !23–6	0.857 !12–2	8
Vanderbilt University	SEC	0.813 !26–6	0.727 !8–3	1
Western Carolina University	Mid-Continent	0.607 !17–11	0.778 !14–4	14
Western Kentucky University	Sun Belt Conference	0.897 !26–3	0.857 !12–2	4

Qualifying teams - at-large

Thirty-two additional teams were selected to complete the six-four invitations.^[2]

At-large Bids
		Record
Qualifying School	Conference	Regular Season	Conference	Seed
University of Alabama	Southeastern	0.714 !20–8	0.636 !7–4	4
University of Arkansas at Little Rock	Southeastern	0.786 !22–6	0.636 !7–4	6
DePaul University	Great Midwest	0.714 !20–8	0.75 !9–3	13
Duke University	Atlantic Coast	0.724 !21–8	0.625 !10–6	5
University of Florida	Southeastern	0.742 !23–8	0.636 !7–4	6
University of Georgia	Southeastern	0.857 !24–4	0.727 !8–3	3
Indiana University	Big Ten	0.679 !19–9	0.5 !8–8	14
University of Kansas	Big Eight	0.667 !20–10	0.571 !8–6	7
Louisiana Tech University	Sun Belt	0.867 !26–4	0.929 !13–1	2
University of Louisville	Metro	0.774 !24–7	0.583 !7–5	11
University of Memphis	Great Midwest	0.75 !21–7	0.833 !10–2	8
University of Mississippi	Southeastern	0.75 !21–7	0.545 !6–5	12
Missouri State University	Missouri Valley	0.645 !20–11	0.778 !14–4	9
North Carolina State University	Atlantic Coast	0.679 !19–9	0.688 !11–5	7
Ohio University	Mid-American	0.793 !23–6	0.833 !15–3	14
University of Oklahoma	Big Eight	0.724 !21–8	0.786 !11–3	7
Oklahoma State University–Stillwater	Big Eight	0.607 !17–11	0.5 !7–7	12
University of Oregon	Pacific-10	0.667 !18–9	0.611 !11–7	6
Oregon State University	Pacific-10	0.741 !20–7	0.667 !12–6	5
University of Portland	West Coast	0.793 !23–6	0.857 !12–2	13
Purdue University	Big Ten	0.75 !21–7	0.813 !13–3	4
San Diego State University	Western Athletic	0.828 !24–5	1.014 !14–0	5
Seton Hall University	Big East	0.742 !23–8	0.667 !12–6	6
Southern Methodist University	Southwest	0.69 !20–9	0.643 !9–5	10
University of Southern California	Pacific-10	0.667 !18–9	0.556 !10–8	9
Saint Joseph's University	Atlantic 10	0.714 !20–8	0.688 !11–5	9
University of Tennessee	Southeastern	0.935 !29–2	1.011 !11–0	1
Tulane University	Metro	0.679 !19–9	0.75 !9–3	15
University of Virginia	Atlantic Cost	0.857 !24–4	1.016 !16–0	3
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Metro	0.724 !21–8	0.833 !10–2	8
University of Washington	Pacific-10	0.742 !23–8	0.722 !13–5	3
University of Wisconsin–Madison	Big Ten	0.704 !19–8	0.688 !11–5	10

Bids by conference

Thirty-two conferences earned an automatic bid. In seventeen cases, the automatic bid was the only representative from the conference. Thirty-two additional at-large teams were selected from fifteen of the conferences.^[2]

Bids	Conference	Teams
7	Southeastern	Vanderbilt, Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Tennessee
5	Pacific-10	Stanford, Oregon, Oregon St., Southern California, Washington
4	Big Eight	Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma St.
4	Big Ten	Penn St., Indiana, Purdue, Wisconsin
4	Metro	Southern Miss., Louisville, Tulane, Virginia Tech
3	Atlantic Coast	North Carolina, Duke, North Carolina St.
3	Great Midwest	Marquette, DePaul, Memphis
3	Sun Belt	FIU, Western Ky., Louisiana Tech
2	Atlantic 10	George Washington, St. Joseph’s
2	Big East	Connecticut, Seton Hall
2	Mid-American	Toledo, Ohio
2	Missouri Valley	Drake, Missouri St.
2	Southwest	Texas Tech, SMU
2	West Coast	San Francisco, Portland
2	Western Athletic	Utah, San Diego St.
1	Atlantic Cost	Virginia
1	Big Sky	Montana
1	Big South	Radford
1	Big West	UC Irvine
1	Colonial	Old Dominion
1	Ivy	Dartmouth
1	Metro Atlantic	Loyola Md
1	Mid-Continent	Western Ill.
1	Mid-Eastern	Florida A&M
1	Midwestern Collegiate	Northern Ill.
1	North Atlantic	Maine
1	Northeast	Mt. St. Mary’s
1	Ohio Valley	Tennessee St.
1	Patriot	Holy Cross
1	Southern	Furman
1	Southland	Stephen F. Austin
1	Southwestern	Jackson St.

First and second rounds

Charlottesville

Storrs

Tuscaloosa

Ruston

Bowling Green

Seattle

Knoxville

Lubbock

Athens

University Park

Boulder

Washington

Chapel Hill

Nashville

Stanford

San Diego

1995 NCAA first and second round venues

In 1995, the field remained at 64 teams. The teams were seeded, and assigned to four geographic regions, with seeds 1-16 in each region. In Round 1, seeds 1 and 16 faced each other, as well as seeds 2 and 15, seeds 3 and 14, seeds 4 and 13, seeds 5 and 12, seeds 6 and 11, seeds 7 and 10, and seeds 8 and 9. In the first two rounds, the top four seeds were given the opportunity to host the first round game. In most cases, the higher seed accepted the opportunity. The exception:^[3]

Fourth seeded Purdue was eligible to host, but unable to, so fifth seeded San Diego State hosted three first and second round games

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

Region	Rnd	Host	Venue	City	State
East	1&2	University of Virginia	University Hall (University of Virginia)	Charlottesville	Virginia
East	1&2	University of Connecticut	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion	Storrs	Connecticut
East	1&2	University of Alabama	Coleman Coliseum	Tuscaloosa	Alabama
East	1&2	Louisiana Tech University	Thomas Assembly Center	Ruston	Louisiana
Mideast	1&2	Western Kentucky University	E.A. Diddle Arena	Bowling Green	Kentucky
Mideast	1&2	University of Washington	Hec Edmundson Pavilion	Seattle	Washington
Mideast	1&2	University of Tennessee	Thompson-Boling Arena	Knoxville	Tennessee
Mideast	1&2	Texas Tech University	Lubbock Municipal Coliseum	Lubbock	Texas
Midwest	1&2	University of Georgia	Georgia Coliseum (Stegeman Coliseum)	Athens	Georgia
Midwest	1&2	Pennsylvania State University	Recreation Building (Rec Hall)	University Park	Pennsylvania
Midwest	1&2	University of Colorado	CU Events Center (Coors Events Center)	Boulder	Colorado
Midwest	1&2	George Washington University	Charles E. Smith Athletic Center	Washington	District of Columbia
West	1&2	University of North Carolina	Carmichael Auditorium	Chapel Hill	North Carolina
West	1&2	Vanderbilt University	Memorial Gymnasium (Vanderbilt University)	Nashville	Tennessee
West	1&2	Stanford University	Maples Pavilion	Stanford	California
West	1&2	San Diego State	Peterson Gym	San Diego	California

Regionals and Final Four

Storrs

Knoxville

Los Angeles

Des Moines

Minneapolis

1995 NCAA Regionals and Final Four

The Regionals, named for the general location, were held from March 23 to March 25 at these sites:

East Regional Harry A. Gampel Pavilion, Storrs, Connecticut (Host: University of Connecticut)
Mideast Regional Thompson-Boling Arena, Knoxville, Tennessee (Host: University of Tennessee)
West Regional Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles , California (Host: University of California, Los Angeles)
Midwest Regional Knapp Center, Des Moines, Indiana (Host: Drake University)

Each regional winner advanced to the Final Four held April 1 and April 2 in Minneapolis, Minnesota at the Target Center,

Bids by state

The sixty-four teams came from thirty-three states, plus Washington, D.C. California had the most teams with five bids. Seventeen states did not have any teams receiving bids.^[2]

NCAA Women's basketball Tournament invitations by state 1995

Bracket

East region - Storrs, Connecticut

First round March 16 and 17			Second round March 18 and 19			Regional semifinals March 23			Regional finals March 25

1	Connecticut	105
16	Maine	75
			1	Connecticut	91
Storrs, CT
			8	Virginia Tech	45
8	Virginia Tech	62

9	St. Joseph's	52
						1	Connecticut	87

						4	Alabama	56
5	Duke	76

12	Oklahoma State	64
			5	Duke	120
Tuscaloosa, AL
			4	Alabama	121****
4	Alabama	82

13	Mt. St. Mary's	55
									1	Connecticut	67

									3	Virginia	63
6	Florida	89

11	Radford	49
			6	Florida	67
Charlottesville, VA
			3	Virginia	72
3	Virginia	71

14	Dartmouth	68
						3	Virginia	63

						2	Louisiana Tech	62
7	Oklahoma	90

10	Loyola-MD	55
			7	Oklahoma	36
Ruston, LA
			2	Louisiana Tech	48
2	Louisiana Tech	90

15	Furman	52

West region - Los Angeles, California

First round March 16 and 17			Second round March 18 and 19			Regional semifinals March 23			Regional finals March 25

1	Vanderbilt	90
16	Northern Illinois	54
			1	Vanderbilt	95
Nashville, TN
			8	Memphis	68
8	Memphis	74

9	USC	72
						1	Vanderbilt	66

						4	Purdue	67
5	San Diego St.	46

12	Montana	57
			12	Montana	51
San Diego, CA
			4	Purdue	62
4	Purdue	74

13	Portland	59
									4	Purdue	58

									2	Stanford	69
6	Seton Hall	73

11	Stephen F. Austin	63
			6	Seton Hall	45
Chapel Hill, NC
			3	North Carolina	59
3	North Carolina	89

14	Western Illinois	48
						3	North Carolina	71

						2	Stanford	81
7	Southern Mississippi	95

10	Southern Methodist	96*
			10	Southern Methodist	73
Stanford, CA
			2	Stanford	95
2	Stanford	88

15	UC-Irvine	55

Mideast region - Knoxville, Tennessee

First round March 16 and 17			Second round March 18 and 19			Regional semifinals March 23			Regional finals March 25

1	Tennessee	96
16	Florida A&M	59
			1	Tennessee	70
Knoxville, TN
			9	Florida International	44
8	Old Dominion	76

9	Florida International	81
						1	Tennessee	87

						4	Western Kentucky	65
5	Oregon State	88*

12	Tennessee State	75
			5	Oregon State	78
Bowling Green, KY
			4	Western Kentucky	85
4	Western Kentucky	77

13	Toledo	63
									1	Tennessee	80

									2	Texas Tech	59
6	Arkansas	67

11	San Francisco	58
			6	Arkansas	50
Seattle, WA
			3	Washington	54
3	Washington	73

14	Ohio	57
						3	Washington	52

						2	Texas Tech	67
7	Kansas	72

10	Wisconsin	73
			10	Wisconsin	65
Lubbock, TX
			2	Texas Tech	88
2	Texas Tech	87

15	Tulane	72

Midwest region - Des Moines, Iowa

First round March 16 and 17			Second round March 18 and 19			Regional semifinals March 23			Regional finals March 25

1	Colorado	83
16	Holy Cross	49
			1	Colorado	78
Boulder, CO
			9	Southwest Missouri State	34
8	Utah	47

9	Southwest Missouri State	49
						1	Colorado	77

						4	George Washington	61
5	Drake	87*

12	Mississippi	81
			5	Drake	93
Washington, DC
			4	George Washington	96*
4	George Washington	87

13	DePaul	79
									1	Colorado	79

									3	Georgia	82
6	Oregon	65

11	Louisville	67
			11	Louisville	68
Athens, GA
			3	Georgia	81
3	Georgia	81

14	Indiana	64
						3	Georgia	98

						7	North Carolina State	71
7	North Carolina State	77

10	Marquette	62
			7	North Carolina State	76
University Park, PA
			2	Penn State	74
2	Penn State	75

15	Jackson State	62

Final Four - Minneapolis, Minnesota

National Semifinals April 1			National Finals April 2

1	Connecticut	87
2	Stanford	60
			1	Connecticut	70
			1	Tennessee	64
1	Tennessee	73
3	Georgia	51

* denotes number of overtime periods

All-Tournament Team

Rebecca Lobo, Connecticut
Jamelle Elliott, Connecticut
Jennifer Rizzotti, Connecticut
Kara Wolters, Connecticut
Nikki McCray, Tennessee ^[2]

Game Officials

Sally Bell (Semi-Final)
Art Bomengen (Semi-Final)
Violet Palmer (Semi-Final)
Sidney Bunch (Semi-Final)
Dee Kantner (Final)
Larry Sheppard (Final) ^[2]

References

^ Gregory Cooper. "1995 NCAA National Championship Tournament". Archived from the original on 2009-10-21. http://www.geocities.com/Colosseum/1244/1995-bracket.html. Retrieved 2008-03-31.
^ ^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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