1987 NAIA women's basketball tournament

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1987 (1987) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
Teams16
Finals site Kansas City, Missouri
Champions SW Oklahoma State Bulldogs (4th title, 4th title game,
4th Fab Four)
Runner-up North Georgia Saints (1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the year John Loftin (SW Oklahoma State)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Susie Klaubauf (Wisconsin–Green Bay)
Chuck Taylor MVP Brenda Hill (North Georgia)
Top scorer Brenda Hill (North Georgia)
(115 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
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The 1987 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the seventh annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada.

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SW Oklahoma State defeated North Georgia in the championship game, 60–58, to claim the Bulldogs' fourth NAIA national title.

The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri. [1]

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams.

The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals.

Bracket

Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsNational championship
            
1 Wayland Baptist 95
St. Joseph's (ME) 61
1 Wayland Baptist 73
8 Wisconsin–Green Bay74
Auburn Montgomery 61
8 Wisconsin–Green Bay 87
8 Wisconsin–Green Bay 76
4 North Georgia85
5 Wingate 66
Fresno Pacific 52
5 Wingate 51
4 North Georgia82
IUPUI 70
4 North Georgia 86
4 North Georgia 58
2 SW Oklahoma State60
3 Saginaw Valley 87
Bluefield State 70
3 Saginaw Valley 56
6 Arkansas Tech58
Bemidji State 68
6 Arkansas Tech 69
6 Arkansas Tech 58
2 SW Oklahoma State70
7 Western Oregon State 80 National third place
St. Ambrose 90
St. Ambrose 63 8 Wisconsin–Green Bay82
2 SW Oklahoma State786 Arkansas Tech 56
Kearney State 69
2 SW Oklahoma State 74*

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References

  1. "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 13 February 2022.