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NYU defeated Smith, 51-41, to win the 2024 ɬ�﷬��������ַ DIII women's basketball championship. The Violets capped off a perfect 31-0 season in Columbus, Ohio.

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Transylvania is the defending national champion after defeating Christopher Newport 57-52 to cap off a perfect 33-0 season, winning its first national championship in program history.  

2024 DIII women's basketball final championship bracket

Here's a look at the complete DIII women's basketball championship bracket: 

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2024 DIII women's basketball championship schedule

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Championship game | March 16 at the Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, OH

• NYU 51, Smith 41 

First round | Friday, March 1: 

• Widener 57, Springfield 50
• NYU 78, Millsaps 51
• UMass-Dartmouth 78, New Jersey City 69
• Messiah 58, Shenandoah 57
• Catholic 71, Penn State-Behrend 55
• Baldwin Wallace 59, Trinity (CT) 54
• Ohio Wesleyan 64, Emory 54
• St. John Fisher 55, Gettysburg 46
• Ohio Northern 62, Marymount (VA) 38
• Johns Hopkins 75, Marietta 66
• Hope 65, Ripon 54
• Trine 61, Gustavus Adolphus 58
• Illinois Wesleyan 75, Concordia-Moorhead 62
• Trinity (TX) 75, Mary Hardin-Baylor 71
• Bates 66, Brooklyn 51
• Wisconsin-Stout 71, WashU 61
• Bowdoin 69, Western New England 48
• Millikin 91, Willamette 83
• DeSales 53, Southern Virginia 42
• Smith 61, Maine Maritime 46
• Washington & Lee 68, Vassar 61
• SUNY New Paltz 70, Penn State-Harrisburg 52
• Transylvania 61, Chatham 40
• Rhode Island College 56, St. Joseph's (ME) 37
• Scranton 60, Framingham State 39
• Christopher Newport 104, University of Mount St. Vincent 52
• DePauw 74, Berea 52
• Wisconsin-Oshkosh 57, Webster 42
• Wisconsin-Whitewater 86, Minnesota-Morris 47
• Wartburg 72, Wisconsin Lutheran 65
• Puget Sound 74, Carroll (WI) 65
• Hardin-Simmons 65, Occidental 53

Second round | Saturday, March 2: 

• Bates 79, Widener 66
• Bowdoin 67, UMass Dartmouth 59 
• Smith 69, Messiah 61
•  NYU 93, DeSales 59
• Baldwin Wallace 65, SUNY New Paltz 42 
• Washington & Lee 80, Catholic 70 
• Transylvania 70, Ohio Wesleyan 55
• Rhode Island College 66, St. John Fisher 43
• Johns Hopkins 77, Christopher Newport 75 
• Scranton 60, Ohio Northern 54 
• Hope 70, DePauw 55 vs. 
• Wisconsin-Oshkosh 74, Trine 48 
• Wartburg 62, Illinois Wesleyan 59  
• Wisconsin-Whitewater 89, Millikin 65 
• Wisconsin-Stout 61, Puget Sound 40
• Hardin-Simmons 84, Trinity [TX] 62

Sectionals Day 1 | Friday, March 8: 

• Wartburg 54, Bates 53
• Scranton 65, Johns Hopkins 53
• Smith 61, Wisconsin-Oshkosh 59
• Transylvania 63, Wisconsin-Stout 58
• NYU 73, Hardin-Simmons 55
• Bowdoin 78, Baldwin Wallace 48
• Washington & Lee 61, Rhode Island College 55
• Wisconsin-Whitewater 72, Hope 61 (2OT)

Sectionals Day 2 | March 9:

• NYU 68, Scranton 46 
• Smith 52, Bowdoin 47
• Wartburg 68, Washington & Lee 58 
• Transylvania 62, Wisconsin-Whitewater 48

Semifinals | March 14 at the Capital Center Performance Arena in Columbus, OH

• NYU 57, Transylvania 42 | FULL REPLAY 
• Smith 61, Wartburg 54 | FULL REPLAY

ɬ�﷬��������ַ DIII women's championship history

Beginning in 1982, the DIII women's basketball tournament has been held every year except for 2020 and 2021, seasons that were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Washington University-St. Louis has won a record four championships, followed by Hope with three. 

Here's a complete history of the DIII women's basketball championship game: