2018 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
The 2018 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2017–18 basketball season.
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| Teams | 32 |
| Finals Site | Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark Billings, Montana |
| Champions | Freed–Hardeman Lions (1st title, 2nd title game, 7th Fab Four) |
| Runner-Up | Westmont Warriors (2nd title game, 3rd Fab Four) |
| Semifinalists | Montana Western Bulldogs (1st Fab Four) Wayland Baptist Flying Queens (4th Fab Four) |
| Coach of the Year | Dale Neal (Freed–Hardeman) |
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Kim Mallory (Freed–Hardeman) |
| Player of the Year | DaJonee Hale (Central Methodist) |
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Joy Krupa (Westmont) |
| Top scorer | Kayla Styles (Lindsey Wilson) (63 points) |
Freed–Hardeman defeated Westmont in the championship game, 76–64, to claim the Lions' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams. For the first time, no teams received a seed.
The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.
Bracket
| First Round | Second Round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Benedictine (KS) | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Columbia (MO) | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Benedictine (KS) | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Menlo | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| LSU Shreveport | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Menlo | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Menlo | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Western | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Campbellsville | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Faulkner | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Campbellsville | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Western | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Dillard | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Western | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Montana Western | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freed–Hardeman | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freed–Hardeman | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| The Master's | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freed–Hardeman | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USAO | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Rocky Mountain | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| USAO | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freed–Hardeman | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Methodist | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arizona Christian | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Methodist | 98 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Central Missouri | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lindsay Wilson | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lindsey Wilson | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Martin Methodist | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Freed–Hardeman | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola New Orleans | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Our Lady of the Lake | 86 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola New Orleans | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 77 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cumberland (TN) | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MidAmerica Nazarene | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lindenwood Belleville | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MidAmerica Nazarene | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| MidAmerica Nazarene | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence (MT) | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma City | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Providence (MT) | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Westmont | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayland Baptist | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lyon (AR) | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayland Baptist | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayland Baptist | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shawnee State | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Grand View | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Shawnee State | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Wayland Baptist | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vanguard | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carroll (MT) | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| William Penn | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Carroll (MT) | 55 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vanguard | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Bethel (TN) | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Vanguard | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 2018 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2018 NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
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