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| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| Dates | March 22, 1973–March 25, 1973 |
| Administrator | Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women |
| Host | Queens College |
| Venue | Queens, New York City, New York |
| Participants | 16 |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Immaculata (2nd title) |
| Runner-up | Queens |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 27 |
The1973 AIAW women's basketball tournament was held on March 22–25, 1973. The host site wasQueens College inFlushing, New York. Sixteen teams participated, andImmaculata College, now known asImmaculata University, was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight year.[1][2][3][4]
Immaculata finished the season undefeated (20–0), becoming the firstundefeated national champion in women's college basketball.[5]
| First round* March 22, 1973 | Quarterfinals March 23, 1973 | Semifinals March 24, 1973 | Final March 25, 1973 | |||||||||||
| Immaculata | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Immaculata | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Western Washington | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Western Washington | 55 | |||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 51 | |||||||||||||
| Immaculata | 47 | |||||||||||||
| S. Connecticut St. | 45 | |||||||||||||
| S. Connecticut St. | 56 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 52 | |||||||||||||
| S. Connecticut St. | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Mercer | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Mercer | 55 | |||||||||||||
| Immaculata | 59 | |||||||||||||
| Queens College | 52 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Lehman | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 56 | |||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg St. | 52 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 59 | |||||||||||||
| East Stroudsburg State | 66 | |||||||||||||
| Indiana | 40 | |||||||||||||
| Queens College | 52 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Queens College | 62 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 36 | |||||||||||||
| Queens College | 59† | S. Connecticut St. | 76 | |||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 56 | Indiana | 53 | |||||||||||
| Stephen F. Austin | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Utah State | 48 | |||||||||||||
| *Losers in the first round continued in the consolation bracket (below) † Overtime |
| First round March 23, 1973 | Second round March 23, 1973 | Fifth place game March 24, 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 49 | |||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 60 | |||||||||||||
| East Carolina | 46 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 49 | |||||||||||||
| Long Beach State | 43 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 69 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 57 | |||||||||||||
| Lehman | 53 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 58 | |||||||||||||
| South Carolina | 49 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 36 | |||||||||||||
| UC Riverside | 47 | |||||||||||||
| Utah State | 41 | |||||||||||||