2023 NAIA women's basketball tournament

  • Central Methodist Eagles
    (2nd Fab Four)
  • Dakota State Trojans
    (1st Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Nicole McDermott (Clarke)Chuck Taylor MVPTina Uble (Clarke)
NAIA women's tournaments
«2022 2024»

The 2023 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States and Canada, culminating the 2022–23 NAIA women's basketball season.

Clarke defeated defending champions Thomas More in the championship game, 63–52, the Pride's first NAIA national title. This was additionally Thomas More's third consecutive finals appearance and their final one before departing for NCAA Division II.

The tournament finals were once again played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]

Qualification

The tournament continued to feature sixty-four teams and utilize a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds were played on regional campus sites while all subsequent rounds were played at the final tournament site in Sioux City.

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 8, 2024.
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