2025 NAIA women's basketball tournament

2025 (2025) NAIA women's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteTyson Events Center,
Sioux City, Iowa
ChampionsDordt (2nd title, 2nd title game)
Runner-upIndiana Wesleyan (3rd title game)
Chuck Taylor MVPMacy Sievers (Dordt)
NAIA women's tournaments
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The 2025 NAIA women's basketball tournament was a 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 2024–25 NAIA women's basketball season.

The tournament finals were played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from March 20–25, 2025.[1]

Defending champion Dordt University won their second consecutive title over Indiana Wesleyan, who was entering their third title game.

Qualification

The tournament will again feature sixty-four teams in a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds will be played on regional campus sites on March 14–15, and all subsequent rounds will be played from March 20–25 at the predetermined final tournament site in Sioux City.[2]

Tournament bracket

Cramer quadrant

First round
March 14 		Second round
March 15 		Round of 16
March 20 		Quarterfinals
March 22
            
1 Bethel (TN) 70
16 Sterling (KS) 50
1 Bethel (TN) 67
8 Benedictine (KS) 52
8 Benedictine (KS) 80
9 LSU–Alexandria 41
1 Bethel (TN) 78
4 Hastings 70
5 LSU–Shreveport 56
12 Huntington (IN) 64
4 Hastings 90
12 Huntington (IN) 66
4 Hastings 112
13 College of the Ozarks 84
1 Bethel (TN) 74
2 Southern Oregon 70
6 Xavier (LA) 77
11 Southeastern (FL) 59
3 William Carey (MS) 47
6 Xavier (LA) 72
3 William Carey (MS) 70
14 Lindsey Wilson 61
6 Xavier (LA) 67
2 Southern Oregon 70
7 Wayland Baptist (TX) 72
10 Carroll (MT) 63
2 Southern Oregon 78
7 Wayland Baptist (TX) 52
2 Southern Oregon 86
15 UC Merced 52

Duer quadrant

First round
March 14 		Second round
March 15 		Round of 16
March 21 		Quarterfinals
March 22
            
1 Campbellsville 77
16 Lourdes 49
1 Campbellsville 80
9 Williams Baptist 64
8 Mobile 69
9 Williams Baptist 82
1 Campbellsville 52
5 Governors State 59
5 Governors State 74
12 Arizona Christian 53
4 Dakota State 69
5 Governors State 75
4 Dakota State 81
13 Montana Tech 63
5 Governors State 43
3 Briar Cliff 65
6 Lewis–Clark State 75
11 Columbia (MO) 59
3 Briar Cliff 71
6 Lewis–Clark State 60
3 Briar Cliff 65
14 Spring Arbor 61
3 Briar Cliff 80
7 Mid-America Christian 64
7 Mid-America Christian 73
10 Northwestern (IA) 63
7 Mid-America Christian 94
15 Kansas Wesleyan 74
2 MidAmerica Nazarene 69
15 Kansas Wesleyan 70

Liston quadrant

First round
March 14 		Second round
March 15 		Round of 16
March 21 		Quarterfinals
March 22
            
1 Indiana Wesleyan 85
16 Philander Smith 51
1 Indiana Wesleyan 71
8 Grand View 60
8 Grand View 95
9 Olivet Nazarene 77
1 Indiana Wesleyan 74
4 Georgetown (KY) 57
5 Providence (MT) 56
12 Idaho 58
4 Georgetown (KY) 79
12 Idaho 70
4 Georgetown (KY) 93
13 Jamestown (ND) 62
1 Indiana Wesleyan 77
2 Freed–Hardeman 46
6 Rio Grande 79
11 Stillman 83
11 Stillman 54
14 Indiana Tech 64
3 Saint Francis (IN) 60
14 Indiana Tech 64
14 Indiana Tech 43
2 Freed–Hardeman 54
7 Florida Memorial 85
10 IU Northwest 76
2 Freed–Hardeman 68
7 Florida Memorial 47
2 Freed–Hardeman 79
15 Johnson 43

Naismith quadrant

First round
March 14–15 		Second round
March 15–16 		Round of 16
March 20 		Quarterfinals
March 22
            
1 Dordt 95
16 Haskell 80
1 Dordt 73
8 St. Francis (IL) 48
8 St. Francis (IL) 89
9 Rocky Mountain (MT) 79
1 Dordt 55
4 Langston 51
5 Dakota Wesleyan 91
12 The Master's 70
5 Dakota Wesleyan 68
4 Langston 79
4 Langston 61*
13 Blue Mountain Christian 59
1 Dordt 82
3 Marian (IN) 61
6 Oregon Tech 74
11 Milligan 83
3 Marian (IN) 76
11 Milligan 66
3 Marian (IN) 73
14 Saint Xavier 63
3 Marian (IN) 77
2 Cumberlands 72
7 Shawnee State 70
10 Loyola (LA) 62
2 Cumberlands 71
7 Shawnee State 66
2 Cumberlands 62
15 Eastern Oregon 51

Semifinals and Finals

Semifinals
March 24 		Finals
March 25
7:00 p.m.
      
1 N Dordt 84
1 C Bethel (TN) 52
1 N Dordt 82
1 L Indiana Wesleyan 73
3 D Briar Cliff 69
1 L Indiana Wesleyan 70

* denotes overtime

See also

References

  1. ^ "Qualifiers for the 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship Announced". NAIA.org. NAIA. Retrieved March 10, 2025.
  2. ^ Battle for the Red Banner. NAIA.
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