NAIA Division II women's basketball championship
The NAIA Division II women's basketball championship is the former tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada.
| Sport | Basketball |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1992 |
| Ceased | 2020 |
| No. of teams | 20 (1992–93) 24 (1994) 32 (1995–2019) |
| Venue(s) | Monmouth, Oregon Angola, Indiana Sioux City, Iowa |
| Most titles | Northwestern (IA) (5) |
| Related competitions | NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championship |
| Official website | NAIA.org NAIA Men's Basketball |
The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 2019, after which the NAIA consolidated its two divisions, returning to the single national championship for men's and women's basketball that it held between 1981 and 1991.[1] The last separate Division II tournament was scheduled for 2020, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thus making the 2019 the last completed event.
Over its twenty-eight year history, the tournament was played in three different cities and at four different venues. Unlike the NCAA's annual basketball tournaments, where games are played at an assortment of regional sites over the course of several weeks, all NAIA tournament games were played at a single, centralized arena.[2]
Northwestern College had the most national titles with five.
Morningside College, the 2015 champion, had the second most national titles with four. Northwestern also had the most tournament championship game appearances, with six.
Results edit
| NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Arena | Location | Championship | Semifinalists | ||||
| Champion | Score | Runner-up | ||||||
| 1992 Details | New PE Building | Monmouth, Oregon | Northern State | 73–56 | Tarleton State | Mount St. Joseph & Western Oregon | ||
| 1993 Details | Northern Montana | 71–68 | Northern State | Husson & Tarleton State | ||||
| 1994 Details | Northern State (2) | 48–45 | Western Oregon | Concordia Wisconsin & Mount Mercy | ||||
| 1995 Details | Western Oregon | 75–67 | Northwest Nazarene | Mount Mercy & Shawnee State | ||||
| 1996 Details | Hershey Hall | Angola, Indiana | Western Oregon (2) | 80–77 | Huron | Doane & Evangel | ||
| 1997 Details | Northwest Nazarene | 64–46 | Black Hills State | Doane & Southern Oregon | ||||
| 1998 Details | Sioux City Auditorium | Sioux City, Iowa | Walsh | 73–66 | Mary Hardin–Baylor | Doane & South Dakota Tech | ||
| 1999 Details | Shawnee State | 80–65 | Saint Francis (IN) | Central Methodist & South Dakota Tech | ||||
| 2000 Details | Mary (ND) | 59–49 | Northwestern (IA) | Northwest Nazarene & Saint Francis (IN) | ||||
| 2001 Details | Northwestern (IA) | 77–50 | Albertson | Briar Cliff & Sterling | ||||
| 2002 Details | Hastings | 73–69 | Cornerstone | Briar Cliff & Dakota Wesleyan | ||||
| 2003 Details | Hastings (2) | 59–53 | Dakota Wesleyan | Concordia Nebraska & Sioux Falls | ||||
| 2004 Details | Gateway Arena | Morningside | 87–74 | Cedarville | Hastings & Mary (ND) | |||
| 2005 Details | Morningside (2) | 75–65 | Cedarville | Concordia Nebraska & Evangel | ||||
| 2006 Details | Hastings (3) | 58–39 | Ozarks (MO) | Northwestern (IA) & Saint Francis (IN) | ||||
| 2007 Details | Indiana Wesleyan | 48–34 | Ozarks (MO) | Cedarville & MidAmerica Nazarene | ||||
| 2008 Details | Northwestern (IA) (2) | 82–75 | Ozarks (MO) | Hastings & Morningside | ||||
| 2009 Details | Morningside (3) | 68–62 | Hastings | Northwestern (IA) & Ozarks (MO) | ||||
| 2010 Details | Northwestern (IA) (3) | 85–66 | Shawnee State | Briar Cliff & Indiana Wesleyan | ||||
| 2011 Details | Northwestern (IA) (4) | 88–83 | Davenport | Morningside & Walsh | ||||
| 2012 Details | Northwestern (IA) (5) | 75–62 | Ozarks (MO) | Briar Cliff & Concordia Nebraska | ||||
| 2013 Details | Indiana Wesleyan (2) | 61–43 | Davenport (MI) | Morningside & Northwestern (IA) | ||||
| 2014 Details | Saint Francis (IN) | 75–68 | Ozarks (MO)[3] | Cardinal Stritch & Davenport | ||||
| 2015 Details | Morningside (4) | 59–57 | Concordia Nebraska[4] | Briar Cliff & Hastings | ||||
| 2016 Details | Marian (IN) | 59–48 | Southern Oregon[5] | Goshen & Mount Marty | ||||
| 2017 Details | Marian (IN) (2) | 66–52 | Saint Xavier | Concordia Nebraska & St. Francis (IL) | ||||
| 2018 Details | Dakota Wesleyan | 82–59 | Concordia Nebraska[6] | Northwestern (IA) & Saint Xavier | ||||
| 2019 Details | Tyson Events Center | Concordia Nebraska | 67–59 | Southeastern (FL) | Dakota Wesleyan & Northwestern (IA) | |||
| 2020 Details | Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic | None | ||||||
Champions edit
- Division I titles are not included in this list. Schools in italics are no longer in the NAIA.
| Team | Championships | Winning years |
|---|---|---|
| Northwestern (IA) | 5 | 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 |
| Morningside | 4 | 2004, 2005, 2009, 2015 |
| Hastings | 3 | 2002, 2003, 2006 |
| Northern State | 2 | 1992, 1994 |
| Western Oregon | 2 | 1995, 1996 |
| Indiana Wesleyan | 2 | 2007, 2013 |
| Marian | 2 | 2016, 2017 |
| Northern Montana | 1 | 1993 |
| Northwest Nazarene | 1 | 1997 |
| Walsh | 1 | 1998 |
| Shawnee State | 1 | 1999 |
| Mary | 1 | 2000 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 1 | 2014 |
| Dakota Wesleyan | 1 | 2018 |
| Concordia Nebraska | 1 | 2019 |
- Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "NAIA to Combine Basketball Divisions" (Press release). NAIA. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
- ^ NAIA Women's DII History
- ^ Smith, Ben (March 19, 2014). "Saint Francis Cougars finish unbeaten, win 1st NAIA Division II title". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
- ^ "Driven Mustangs Will Their Way to National Title, 59-57, Over Concordia". NAIA. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
- ^ "Marian (Ind.) wins first ever national championship". NAIA. March 15, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
- ^ "Dakota Wesleyan wins their program's first national championship". NAIA. March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.