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Who's The Best NCAA D2 Women's Basketball Team Ever? Here's A Bracket

Who's The Best NCAA D2 Women's Basketball Team Ever? Here's A Bracket

Could the 2025 Grand Valley State Women's Basketball team beat great Cal Poly Pomona teams and North Dakota State teams? Vote in our bracket.

Mar 11, 2026 by Joe Harrington
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The NCAA Division II women’s basketball tournament has produced more than four decades of elite teams, dynasties and historic seasons. 

Using the official championship game history as a guide, an all-time 64-team tournament field has been constructed by selecting the teams that reached the national title game each season since the tournament began in 1982.

Each title-game participant represents one of the strongest teams in Division II history. In this format, each team is treated as a unique “season team,” meaning a program can appear multiple times if it reached the championship game in different years. 

Programs such as Cal Poly Pomona, North Dakota State, Ashland and Delta State appear frequently because of their repeated success at the highest level of Division II women’s basketball.

To create a balanced 64-team field, all championship-winning teams were automatically included. Remaining spots were filled by runner-up teams from the championship game, with stronger performances—such as close finals or overtime games—serving as the primary tiebreaker when necessary. 

The final 64 teams were seeded and placed into four regions using an S-curve format, ensuring that each region features one team on each seed line from No. 1 through No. 16.

The result is a hypothetical tournament that pits the greatest seasons in NCAA Division II women’s basketball history against one another.

So.... who wins it all?

All-Time NCAA D2 Women’s Basketball Tournament Bracket

East Region

  • No. 1 2017 Ashland vs. No. 16 2002 Southeastern Oklahoma
  • No. 8 1992 Delta State vs. No. 9 1997 North Dakota
  • No. 5 2007 Southern Connecticut State vs. No. 12 2008 South Dakota
  • No. 4 2005 Washburn vs. No. 13 2012 Ashland
  • No. 6 1983 Virginia Union vs. No. 11 1982 Cal Poly Pomona
  • No. 3 2022 Glenville State vs. No. 14 2000 North Dakota State
  • No. 7 2006 Grand Valley State vs. No. 10 2012 Shaw
  • No. 2 2011 Clayton State vs. No. 15 2009 Franklin Pierce

South Region

  • No. 1 2023 Ashland vs. No. 16 2010 Fort Lewis
  • No. 8 1989 Delta State vs. No. 9 2002 Cal Poly Pomona
  • No. 5 2009 Minnesota State vs. No. 12 2016 Alaska Anchorage
  • No. 4 2025 Grand Valley State vs. No. 13 2006 American International
  • No. 6 1987 New Haven vs. No. 11 1985 Cal Poly Pomona
  • No. 3 2004 California (Pa.) vs. No. 14 2014 West Texas A&M
  • No. 7 2003 South Dakota State vs. No. 10 1984 Central Missouri
  • No. 2 2013 Ashland vs. No. 15 2019 Southwestern Oklahoma

Midwest Region

  • No. 1 2014 Bentley vs. No. 16 2025 Cal State Dominguez Hills
  • No. 8 2015 California (Pa.) vs. No. 9 2024 Minnesota State
  • No. 5 2000 Northern Kentucky vs. No. 12 2004 Drury
  • No. 4 1998 North Dakota vs. No. 13 2001 North Dakota
  • No. 6 1996 North Dakota State vs. No. 11 2008 Northern Kentucky
  • No. 3 1988 Hampton vs. No. 14 1984 Virginia Union
  • No. 7 2018 Central Missouri vs. No. 10 1994 North Dakota State
  • No. 2 2021 Lubbock Christian vs. No. 15 2021 Drury

West Region

  • No. 1 2016 Lubbock Christian vs. No. 16 1985 Central Missouri
  • No. 8 2001 Cal Poly Pomona vs. No. 9 2019 Lubbock Christian
  • No. 5 1991 North Dakota State vs. No. 12 1987 Cal Poly Pomona
  • No. 4 1999 North Dakota vs. No. 13 1991 Southeast Missouri State
  • No. 6 1993 North Dakota State vs. No. 11 1992 North Dakota State
  • No. 3 1990 Delta State vs. No. 14 1986 North Dakota State
  • No. 7 1986 Cal Poly Pomona vs. No. 10 2010 Emporia State
  • No. 2 1995 North Dakota State vs. No. 15 2023 Minnesota Duluth

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The NCAA D2 Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket

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Every NCAA D2 Women's Championship Game Final Score

  • 2025 — Grand Valley State 70, Cal State Dominguez Hills 58
  • 2024 — Minnesota State 89, Texas Woman’s 73
  • 2023 — Ashland 78, Minnesota Duluth 67
  • 2022 — Glenville State 85, Western Washington 72
  • 2021 — Lubbock Christian 69, Drury 59
  • 2019 — Lubbock Christian 95, Southwestern Oklahoma 85
  • 2018 — Central Missouri 66, Ashland 52
  • 2017 — Ashland 93, Virginia Union 77
  • 2016 — Lubbock Christian 78, Alaska Anchorage 73
  • 2015 — California (Pa.) 86, Cal Baptist 69
  • 2014 — Bentley 73, West Texas A&M 65
  • 2013 — Ashland 71, Dowling 56
  • 2012 — Shaw 88, Ashland 82
  • 2011 — Clayton State 69, Michigan Tech 50
  • 2010 — Emporia State 65, Fort Lewis 53
  • 2009 — Minnesota State-Mankato 103, Franklin Pierce 94
  • 2008 — Northern Kentucky 63, South Dakota 58
  • 2007 — Southern Connecticut State 61, Florida Gulf Coast 45
  • 2006 — Grand Valley State 58, American International 52
  • 2005 — Washburn 70, Seattle Pacific 53
  • 2004 — California (PA) 75, Drury 72
  • 2003 — South Dakota State 65, Northern Kentucky 50
  • 2002 — Cal Poly Pomona 74, Southeastern Oklahoma 62
  • 2001 — Cal Poly Pomona 87, North Dakota 80
  • 2000 — Northern Kentucky 71, North Dakota State 62
  • 1999 — North Dakota 80, Arkansas Tech 63
  • 1998 — North Dakota 92, Emporia State 76
  • 1997 — North Dakota 94, Southern Indiana 78
  • 1996 — North Dakota State 104, Shippensburg 78
  • 1995 — North Dakota State 98, Portland State 85
  • 1994 — North Dakota State 89, Cal State San Bernardino 56
  • 1993 — North Dakota State 95, Delta State 63
  • 1992 — Delta State 65, North Dakota State 63
  • 1991 — North Dakota State 81, Southeast Missouri State 74
  • 1990 — Delta State 77, Bentley 43
  • 1989 — Delta State 88, Cal Poly Pomona 58
  • 1988 — Hampton 65, West Texas A&M 48
  • 1987 — New Haven 77, Cal Poly Pomona 75
  • 1986 — Cal Poly Pomona 70, North Dakota State 63
  • 1985 — Cal Poly Pomona 80, Central Missouri 69
  • 1984 — Central Missouri 80, Virginia Union 73
  • 1983 — Virginia Union 73, Cal Poly Pomona 60
  • 1982 — Cal Poly Pomona 93, Tuskegee 74

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