2019 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

2019 (2019) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteRimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark
Montana Billings, Montana
ChampionsMontana Western Bulldogs (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Fab Four)
Runner-upOklahoma City Stars (13th title game,
15th Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearLindsay Wooley (Montana Western)
Player of the yearBri King (Montana Western)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Britt Cooper (Montana Western)
Chuck Taylor MVPBri King (Montana Western)
Top scorerBrianna King (Montana Western)
(126 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2018 2021»

The 2019 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 2018–19 basketball season.

With the cancellation of the 2020 tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the NAIA's coincident consolidation of its two divisions, this was the final completed edition of a separate Division I NAIA women's basketball tournament.

Montana Western defeated Oklahoma City in the championship game, 75–59, to claim the Bulldogs' 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. No teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
          
Bethel (TN) 49
Lindsey Wilson 60
Lindsey Wilson 43
Freed–Hardeman 61
Dillard 53
Freed–Hardeman 63
Freed–Hardeman 82
Lewis–Clark State 60
LSU Alexandria 70
Westmont 63
LSU Alexandria 66
Lewis–Clark State 69
Lewis–Clark State 64
William Penn 58
Freed–Hardeman 71
Montana Western 78
The Master's 54
USAO 40
The Master's 65
MidAmerica Nazarene 45
MidAmerica Nazarene 72
Xavier Louisiana 65
The Master's 55
Montana Western 60
Georgetown (KY) 69
Montana Western 89
Montana Western 70
Lyon (AR) 58
Lyon (AR) 77
Vanguard 73
Montana Western 75
Oklahoma City 59
Loyola New Orleans 84
Our Lady of the Lake 89
Our Lady of the Lake 96
Wayland Baptist 93
Wayland Baptist 83
William Jessup 38
Our Lady of the Lake 94
Campbellsville 88
Talladega 65
Menlo 49
Talladega 56
Campbellsville 74
Providence (MT) 84
Campbellsville 89
Our Lady of the Lake 70
Oklahoma City 85
Clarke (IA) 62
Columbia (MO) 59
Clarke (IA) 71
Shawnee State 68
Shawnee State 65
Rocky Mountain 57
Clarke (IA) 72
Oklahoma City 76
Carroll (MT) 58
Pikeville 45
Carroll (MT) 59
Oklahoma City 60
Arizona Christian 71
Oklahoma City 75

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 31, 2022.