1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

1999 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Teams	48
Finals site	O'Neill Center Danbury, Connecticut
Champions	Washington University Bears (2nd title)
Runner-up	St. Benedict Blazers (1st title game)
Third place	Salem State Vikings (4th Final Four)
Fourth place	Scranton Royals (5th Final Four)
Winning coach	Nancy Fahey (2nd title)
Attendance	27,128
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «1998 2000»

The 1999 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 18th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.

Defending champions Washington St. Louis defeated St. Benedict in the championship game, 74–65, to claim the Bears' second Division III national title, their second of four consecutive.

The championship rounds were hosted at the O'Neill Center at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury, Connecticut from March 18–19, 1999.

Bracket

• An asterisk by a team indicates the host of first and second round games
• An asterisk by a score indicates an overtime period

Northeast sectional

	First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Williamstown, MA				Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Williamstown, MA
					TCNJ*	71
	Atlantic Region
					Gallaudet	81
	St. Mary's (MD)*	73
	Gallaudet	80
									Gallaudet	65
									Salem State	75
	Southern Maine*	56
	Babson	43
					Southern Maine	46
	Northeast Region
					Salem State*	53
													Salem State	76
													Williams	60
					Rowan*	72
	Atlantic Region
					Colby–Sawyer	50
	Colby–Sawyer*	74
	Hunter College	60
									Rowan	56
									Williams	62
	Bowdoin*	49
	Bates	44
					Bowdoin	48
	Northeast Region
					Williams*	72

West sectional

	First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 St. Joseph, MN				Sectional finals March 13, 1999 St. Joseph, MN
					DePauw*	67
	South Region
					Austin	62
	Randolph-Macon*	49
	Austin	77
									DePauw	67
									St. Benedict	78
	Wartburg*	41
	St. Thomas (MN)	67
					St. Thomas (MN)	68
	West Region
					St. Benedict*	76
													St. Benedict	61
													Pacific Lutheran	55
					Hardin-Simmons*	84
	South Region
					N.C. Wesleyan	62
	Bridgewater (VA)*	60
	N.C. Wesleyan	69
									Hardin-Simmons	34
									Pacific Lutheran	54
	Cal Lutheran	54
	Pacific Lutheran*	56
					Pacific Lutheran	60
	West Region
					Simpson*	57

Mid-Atlantic sectional

	First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Scranton, PA				Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Scranton, PA
					NYU*	59
	East Region
					St. Lawrence	48
	St. Lawrence	61
	Elmira*	52
									NYU	87
									Elizabethtown	70
	Johns Hopkins*	61
	Cabrini	53
					Johns Hopkins	53
	Mid-Atlantic Region
					Elizabethtown*	77
													NYU	60
													Scranton	81
					Cortland State*	56
	East Region
					William Smith	64
	William Smith*	62
	Hartwick	47
									William Smith	47
									Scranton	64
	Susquehanna*	63
	Gwynedd Mercy	66
					Gwynedd Mercy	64
	Mid-Atlantic Region
					Scranton*	75

Great Lakes sectional

	First round March 3, 1999 Campus sites				Second round March 6, 1999 Campus sites				Sectional semifinals March 12, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI				Sectional finals March 13, 1999 Grand Rapids, MI
					Washington St. Louis*	75
	Central Region
					Wheaton (IL)	38
	Lakeland*	50
	Wheaton (IL)	58
									Washington St. Louis	77*
									Capital	70
	Capital*	86
	Hope	75
					Capital	82
	Great Lakes Region
					Defiance*	72
													Washington St. Louis	56
													Wisconsin–Oshkosh	55
					Wisconsin–Oshkosh*	70
	Central Region
					Wisconsin–Eau Claire	60
	Wisconsin–Eau Claire*	82
	Lawrence	57
									Wisconsin–Oshkosh	61
									Calvin	59
	Calvin*	60
	Ohio Wesleyan	50
					Calvin	75
	Great Lakes Region
					Baldwin Wallace*	67

Final Four

	Final Four O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999				National championship O'Neill Center Danbury, CT March 19, 1999
	Salem State	54
	St. Benedict	74
					St. Benedict	65
					Washington St. Louis	74
	Scranton	65
	Washington St. Louis	74			Third place
					Salem State	75
					Scranton	65

All-tournament team

• Tasha Rodgers, Washington University in St. Louis
• Alia Fischer, Washington University in St. Louis
• Molly Mark, St. Benedict
• Robyn Ruschmeier, St. Benedict
• Dee Jackson, Salem State

See also

• 1999 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1999 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1999 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament