by Alan Babbitt

The UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse at Duquesne University will be colorful for the 2022 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball National Championship game.

Two passionate and supportive fan bases proudly will do their school colors on Saturday, March 19, at 2 p.m. in Pittsburgh: Hope College with orange and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater with purple.

"I knew we would travel," Hope head coach Brian Morehouse said after Thursday's national semifinal win against Trine University. "The committee has to be thrilled with the traveling fan bases. Saturday is going to be an amazing atmosphere."

Hope regularly leads the nation in women's basketball and men's basketball attendance in NCAA Division III.

Whitewater senior guard Rebekah Schumacher said her hometown of Whitewater, Wisconsin, is amazing come tournament time.

"We really feel the community's support the whole season but especially as we make these runs they really rally behind us," Schumacher said after Whitewater's national semifinal win against Amherst College (Mass.). "It's pretty special."

VIEWING INFORMATION

The NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Championship game will be broadcast by the CBS Sports Network (on TV or online). The CBS Sports Network is carried by a number of cable providers, but you may want to make sure that you have access ahead of the game. The game will not be broadcast via NCAA.com or the Hope College YouTube channel.

Channels

AT&T U-Verse (channel 643)
DIRECTV (channel 221)
DISH Network (channel 158)
Spectrum (channel 224)
Xfinity/Comcast (channel 734)

It is also available on a number of subscription-based streaming platforms: AT&T TV, Fubo TV, Hulu Live, and YouTube TV.

Fans also can listen to Hope's radio broadcast on 99.7 and 1450 WHTC and whtc.com.

WATCH PARTY AT HOPE COLLEGE

Join us on campus to watch in the National Championship game against Whitewater. We'll be livestreaming the game at the Haworth Hotel.

Doors open at 1:30 pm. Snacks are provided. Wear your orange and blue.

GAME NOTES

Hope is playing in the NCAA Division III title game for the fourth time in team history. The Flying Dutch previously won national titles in 1990 under head coach Sue Wise and 2006 under head coach Brian Morehouse. Hope was national runner-up in 2010 under Morehouse.

The Flying Dutch are one of eight NCAA Division III teams with more than one national championship. Washington-St. Louis tops Division III with five titles. Amherst (Mass.) has three championships. Hope, Capital (Ohio), DePauw (Ind.), Eliazabethtown (Pa.), and Wisconsin-Stevens Point have two titles apiece.

Wisconsin-Whitewater is playing in its second national title game. The Warhawks were national runner-up in 2013.

Hope Game Notes (PDF) | Whitewater Game Notes