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NAIA Division II women's basketball championship

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NAIA Division II women's basketball championship
SportBasketball
Founded1992
Ceased2020
No. of teams20 (1992–93)
24 (1994)
32 (1995–2019)
Venue(s)Monmouth, Oregon
Angola, Indiana
Sioux City, Iowa
Most titlesNorthwestern (IA) (5)
Related
competitions
NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
Official websiteNAIA.org
NAIA Men's Basketball

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.

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

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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
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Northern Montana 71–68 Northern State Husson & Tarleton State
1994
Details
Northern State (2) 48–45 Western Oregon Concordia Wisconsin & Mount Mercy
1995
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Western Oregon 75–67 Northwest Nazarene Mount Mercy & Shawnee State
1996
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Hershey Hall Angola, Indiana Western Oregon (2) 80–77 Huron Doane & Evangel
1997
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Northwest Nazarene 64–46 Black Hills State Doane & Southern Oregon
1998
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Sioux City Auditorium Sioux City, Iowa Walsh 73–66 Mary Hardin–Baylor Doane & South Dakota Tech
1999
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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
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Hastings (2) 59–53 Dakota Wesleyan Concordia Nebraska & Sioux Falls
2004
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Gateway Arena Morningside 87–74 Cedarville Hastings & Mary (ND)
2005
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Morningside (2) 75–65 Cedarville Concordia Nebraska & Evangel
2006
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Hastings (3) 58–39 Ozarks (MO) Northwestern (IA) & Saint Francis (IN)
2007
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Indiana Wesleyan 48–34 Ozarks (MO) Cedarville & MidAmerica Nazarene
2008
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Northwestern (IA) (2) 82–75 Ozarks (MO) Hastings & Morningside
2009
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Morningside (3) 68–62 Hastings Northwestern (IA) & Ozarks (MO)
2010
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Northwestern (IA) (3) 85–66 Shawnee State Briar Cliff & Indiana Wesleyan
2011
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Northwestern (IA) (4) 88–83 Davenport Morningside & Walsh
2012
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Northwestern (IA) (5) 75–62 Ozarks (MO) Briar Cliff & Concordia Nebraska
2013
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Indiana Wesleyan (2) 61–43 Davenport (MI) Morningside & Northwestern (IA)
2014
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Saint Francis (IN) 75–68 Ozarks (MO)[3] Cardinal Stritch & Davenport
2015
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Morningside (4) 59–57 Concordia Nebraska[4] Briar Cliff & Hastings
2016
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Marian (IN) 59–48 Southern Oregon[5] Goshen & Mount Marty
2017
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Marian (IN) (2) 66–52 Saint Xavier Concordia Nebraska & St. Francis (IL)
2018
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Dakota Wesleyan 82–59 Concordia Nebraska[6] Northwestern (IA) & Saint Xavier
2019
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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

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NAIA Division II women's basketball championship is located in the United States
Northwestern
Northwestern
Morningside
Morningside
Hastings
Hastings
Northern State
Northern State
Western Oregon
Western Oregon
IWU
IWU
Marian
Marian
Northern Montana
Northern Montana
Northwest Nazarene
Northwest Nazarene
Mary
Mary
Walsh
Walsh
Dak. Wes.
Dak. Wes.
Shawnee State
Shawnee State
St. Francis
St. Francis
Concordia
Concordia
Schools that have won the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship
5, 4, 3, 2, 1
  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA to Combine Basketball Divisions" (Press release). NAIA. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  2. ^ NAIA Women's DII History
  3. ^ Smith, Ben (March 19, 2014). "Saint Francis Cougars finish unbeaten, win 1st NAIA Division II title". The Journal Gazette. Retrieved April 29, 2014.
  4. ^ "Driven Mustangs Will Their Way to National Title, 59-57, Over Concordia". NAIA. March 17, 2015. Retrieved March 24, 2015.
  5. ^ "Marian (Ind.) wins first ever national championship". NAIA. March 15, 2016. Retrieved April 4, 2016.
  6. ^ "Dakota Wesleyan wins their program's first national championship". NAIA. March 14, 2018. Retrieved March 30, 2018.