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AIAW Womens Basketball 1978 Championship Tournament

The 1978 AIAW National Large College Basketball Championship was held on March 17?25, 1978. Sixteen teams were invited, and UCLA Bruins were crowned national champions.This was the first AIAW Tournament to divide the first two rounds into four regional sites, and also the first to be held over the course of two weekends. The host site for the Final Four was UCLA in Los Angeles.

  Semifinals
National Championship Game
                 
1  Montclair State 77  
1  UCLA 85  
    1  UCLA 90
  1  Maryland 74
1   Maryland 90
1   Wayland Baptist 85  

East Regional - New Brunswick, New Jersey

  First Round
  Quarterfinals
 
                 
1  Montclair State 74  
4  Utah 50  
      1   Montclair State 75
    2   Queens College 60
2   Queens College 74
3   Mississippi 71  

Central Regional - Denton, Texas

  First Round
  Quarterfinals
 
                 
1  Wayland Baptist 66  
4  Ohio State 56  
      1   Wayland Baptist 72
    2   North Carolina State 55
2   North Carolina State 70
3   Missouri 64  

South Regional - Cleveland, Missouri

  First Round
  Quarterfinals
 
                 
1  Maryland 75  
4  Tennessee 69  
      1   Maryland 93
    3   South Connecticut State 53
2   Valdosta State 75
3   South Connecticut State 82  

West Regional - Long Beach, California

  First Round
  Quarterfinals
 
                 
1  UCLA 102  
4  Bingham Young 57  
      1   UCLA 86
    2   Stephen F. Austin 60
2   Stephen F. Austin 96
3   Washington 55