# 1973 AIAW National Basketball Championship

The 1973 AIAW women's basketball tournament was held on March 22–25, 1973. The host site was Queens College in Flushing, New York. Sixteen teams participated, and Immaculata College, now known as Immaculata University, was crowned national champion at the conclusion of the tournament, for the second straight year.
Immaculata finished the season undefeated (20–0), becoming the first undefeated national champion in women's college basketball.

## Tournament bracket
### Main bracket

| First round* March 22, 1973 | First round* March 22, 1973 | Quarterfinals March 23, 1973 | Quarterfinals March 23, 1973 | Semifinals March 24, 1973 | Semifinals March 24, 1973 | Final March 25, 1973 | Final March 25, 1973 |
| Immaculata | 59 | | | | |
| Indiana State | 48 | | | | |
| Indiana State | 48 | Immaculata | 66 | | |
| | | Western Washington | 53 | | |
| Western Washington | 55 | Western Washington | 53 | | |
| East Carolina | 51 | | | | |
| East Carolina | 51 | | | Immaculata | 47 |
| | | | | S. Connecticut St. | 45 |
| S. Connecticut St. | 56 | | | S. Connecticut St. | 45 |
| Kansas State | 52 | | | | |
| Kansas State | 52 | S. Connecticut St. | 58 | | |
| | | Mercer | 46 | | |
| Long Beach State | 46 | Mercer | 46 | | |
| Mercer | 55 | | | | | | |
| Mercer | 55 | | | | | Immaculata | 59 |
| | | | | | | Queens College | 52 |
| Indiana | 46 | | | | | Queens College | 52 |
| Lehman | 43 | | | | | | |
| Lehman | 43 | Indiana | 56 | | | | |
| | | East Stroudsburg St. | 52 | | | | |
| South Carolina | 59 | East Stroudsburg St. | 52 | | | | |
| East Stroudsburg State | 66 | | | | | | |
| East Stroudsburg State | 66 | | | Indiana | 40 | | |
| | | | | Queens College | 52 | Third place | Third place |
| Queens College | 62 | | | Queens College | 52 | Third place | Third place |
| UC Riverside | 36 | | | | | | |
| UC Riverside | 36 | Queens College | 59† | | | S. Connecticut St. | 76 |
| | | Stephen F. Austin | 56 | | | Indiana | 53 |
| Stephen F. Austin | 53 | Stephen F. Austin | 56 | | | Indiana | 53 |
| Utah State | 48 | | | | | | |
* *Losers in the first round continued in the consolation bracket (below)
* † Overtime

### Consolation bracket

| First round March 23, 1973 | First round March 23, 1973 | First round March 23, 1973 | Second round March 23, 1973 | Second round March 23, 1973 | Second round March 23, 1973 | Fifth place game March 24, 1973 | Fifth place game March 24, 1973 | Fifth place game March 24, 1973 |
| Indiana State | Indiana State | 49 | | | | | | |
| East Carolina | East Carolina | 60 | | | | | | |
| East Carolina | East Carolina | 60 | East Carolina | East Carolina | 46 | | | |
| | | | Kansas State | Kansas State | 47 | | | |
| Kansas State | Kansas State | 49 | Kansas State | Kansas State | 47 | | | |
| Long Beach State | Long Beach State | 43 | | | | | | |
| Long Beach State | Long Beach State | 43 | | | | Kansas State | Kansas State | 69 |
| | | | | | | South Carolina | South Carolina | 57 |
| Lehman | Lehman | 53 | | | | | | | South Carolina | South Carolina | 57 |
| South Carolina | South Carolina | 58 | | | | | | |
| South Carolina | South Carolina | 58 | South Carolina | South Carolina | 49 | | | |
| | | | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 36 | | | |
| UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 47 | UC Riverside | UC Riverside | 36 | | | |
| Utah State | Utah State | 41 | | | | | | |