2015 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

The 2015 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament that involved 64 teams playing to determine the winner of the NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship. It began on March 6, 2015, and concluded with the championship game on March 21, 2015, at the Van Noord Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

2015 NCAA Division III
women's basketball tournament

Women's Division III
Teams	64
Finals site	Van Noord Arena Grand Rapids, Michigan
Champions	Thomas More Saints (1st title)
Runner-up	George Fox Bruins (3rd title game)
Third place	Montclair State Red Hawks
Fourth place	Tufts Jumbos
Winning coach	Jeff Hans (1st title)
NCAA Division III women's tournaments «2014 2016»

The Thomas More Saints defeated the George Fox Bruins in the championship game, 83–63, to win their first national championship. The two remaining final four teams were the Montclair State Red Hawks and the Tufts Jumbos.

On November 16, 2016, the championship was vacated due to NCAA violations.

Bracket

* – Denotes overtime period

Regional 1 – Grand Rapids, MI

	First round March 6–7 Regional sites					Second round March 7–8 Regional sites					Third round March 13 Calvin College; Grand Rapids, MI					Regional finals March 14 Calvin College; Grand Rapids, MI
	George Fox		85
	Penn State-Abington		23
						George Fox		67
	Newberg, OR
						Puget Sound		49
	Puget Sound		61
	Claremont-Mudd-Scripps		56
											George Fox		77
											Texas-Dallas		73
	Texas-Dallas		63
	Rhodes		38
						Texas-Dallas		67
	Richardson, Texas
						Texas-Tyler		65
	Texas-Tyler		75
	Southwestern		47
																George Fox		78
																Calvin		63
	Calvin		80
	Baldwin Wallace		66
						Calvin		91
	Grand Rapids, MI
						UW-Oshkosh		71
	North Central, Ill		82
	UW-Oshkosh		87
											Calvin		71
											DePauw		62
	DePauw		83
	Hanover		57
						DePauw		76
	Greencastle, IN
						Maryville		53
	Maryville College		66
	John Carroll		56

Regional 2 – Upper Montclair, NJ

	First round March 6 Regional sites					Second round March 7 Regional sites					Third round March 13 Montclair State University; Upper Montclair, NJ					Regional finals March 14 Montclair State University; Upper Montclair, NJ
	Montclair State		78
	Regis College (Massachusetts)		45
						Montclair State		53
	Upper Montclair, NJ
						Stevenson		48
	Stevenson		67
	Williams		55
											Montclair State		61
											Bowdoin		54
	Bowdoin		70
	Babson		57
						Bowdoin		71
	Brunswick, ME
						Ithaca		66
	Ithaca		82
	Mount St. Vincent		72
																Montclair State		68
																Salisbury		44
	Salisbury		66
	Bridgewater State		63
						Salisbury		61
	Salisbury, MD
						Stockton		54
	Stockton		68
	McDaniel		49
											Salisbury		63
											Amherst		58
	NYU		51
	Virginia Wesleyan		50
						NYU		47
	New York, NY
						Amherst		70
	Amherst		68
	Eastern		51

Regional 3 – Medford, MA

	First round March 6 Regional sites					Second round March 7 Regional sites					Third round March 13 Tufts University;Medford, MA					Regional finals March 14 Tufts University;Medford, MA
	Tufts		87
	Pine Manor		46
						Tufts*		72
	Medford, MA
						St. John Fisher		67
	St. John Fisher*		62
	Skidmore		60
											Tufts		46
											Eastern Connecticut		31
	Scranton		48
	Eastern Connecticut		50
						Eastern Connecticut		71
	Scranton, PA
						Baruch		62
	Stevens		59
	Baruch		70
																Tufts		58
																FDU-Florham		52
	FDU-Florham		84
	Johnson and Wales		40
						FDU-Florham		91
	Teaneck, NJ
						U. of New England		75
	U. of New England		54
	Catholic		50
											FDU-Florham		68
											Geneseo		54
	Geneseo State		84
	Castleton State		40
						Geneseo		69
	Geneseo, NY
						Muhlenberg		54
	Cabrini		57
	Muhlenberg		60

Regional 4 – Crestview Hills, KY

	First round March 6 Regional sites					Second round March 7 Regional sites					Third round March 13 Thomas More College;Crestview Hills, KY					Regional finals March 14 Thomas More College;Crestview Hills, KY
	Thomas More		83
	Greensboro		61
						Thomas More		85
	Crestview Hills, KY
						Eastern Mennonite		65
	Eastern Mennonite		77
	La Roche		76
											Thomas More		103
											Washington University in St. Louis		90
	Washington University in St. Louis		75
	Spalding		64
						Washington University in St. Louis		80
	St. Louis, MO
						Wittenberg		58
	Transylvania		73
	Wittenberg		80
																Thomas More		75
																St. Thomas		58
	St. Thomas		70
	Minnesota-Morris		31
						St. Thomas		60
	St Paul, MN
						Luther		57
	St. Norbert		61
	Luther		72
											St. Thomas		55
											Hope		47
	Wheaton		67
	Wisconsin Lutheran*		70
						Wis. Lutheran		47
	Wheaton, Il
						Hope		72
	Hope		75
	Bethel		63

National Finals – Grand Rapids, Michigan

	Semifinals Friday, March 20					National championship Saturday, March 21
	Tufts		52
	Thomas More		62
						George Fox		63
						Thomas More		83
	George Fox		70
	Montclair State		58			Third place Saturday, March 21
						Montclair State		56
						Tufts		48

See also

• 2015 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2015 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2015 Women's National Invitation Tournament
• 2015 National Invitation Tournament
• 2015 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2015 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2015 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2015 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament