Just eight teams remain in the DII women’s basketball season. No. 1-seeded North Georgia leads the pack into Birmingham, Ala., for the 2022 DII Women’s Elite Eight, with first tip at 1 p.m. ET on Monday, March 21.
From top to bottom, this field is stacked and very balanced. Here’s one thing to know about each team remaining in the 2022 DII Women’s Elite Eight.
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No. 1 North Georgia: This is the second appearance in the DII Women’s Elite Eight for the Nighthawks after making their first appearance in 2019. Two players — Julianne Sutton and Abbie Franklin — started every game for the 2019 team and are back this time around. The run the Nighthawks have been on since the duo were freshmen in 2017-18 is one of the best in program history: They have reached the regionals in all five seasons with two regional final appearances and the only two DII Women’s Elite Eight appearances in program history.
No. 2 Grand Valley State: Excuse the cliche, but defense wins championships. The Lakers have led DII women’s basketball in scoring defense for pretty much the whole season and allow just 49.8 points per game. To get to the DII Women’s Elite Eight, they held Walsh to 61 points (its…
