2017 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

2017 (2017) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark ; Billings, Montana
Champions	Oklahoma City Stars (9th title, 12th title game,; 14th Fab Four)
Runner-up	Lewis–Clark State Warriors (1st title game,; 2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Campbellsville Tigers ; (2nd Fab Four); Vanguard Lions ; (5th Fab Four);
Coach of the year	Bo Overton (Oklahoma City)
Player of the year	Daniela Wallen (Oklahoma City)
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Kelsey Scherder (William Woods)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Daniela Wallen (Oklahoma City)
Top scorer	Daniela Wallen (Oklahoma City); (122 points)
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The 2017 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 2016–17 basketball season.

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.

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

Bracket

First round			Second round			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			National championship

1	Lindsey Wilson	63

8	Martin Methodist	52
			1	Lindsey Wilson	89

			5	Central Methodist	72
5	Central Methodist	52

4	Biola	49
						1	Lindsey Wilson	64

						2	Oklahoma City	80
3	Columbia (MO)	53

6	Montana Western	63
			6	Montana Western	79

			2	Oklahoma City	81
7	MidAmerica Nazarene	63

2	Oklahoma City	73
									2	Oklahoma City	87

										Campbellsville	78
2	Baker (KS)	72

7	Mobile	56
			2	Baker (KS)	56

			3	Campbellsville	73
6	Talladega	75

3	Campbellsville	84
						3	Campbellsville	73

						1	Freed–Hardeman	70
4	Our Lady of the Lake	83

5	The Master's	85
			5	The Master's	58

			1	Freed–Hardeman	79
8	Rocky Mountain	52

1	Freed–Hardeman	62
												2	Oklahoma City	73

												1	Lewis–Clark State	66
1	Lewis–Clark State	59

8	William Penn	45
			1	Lewis–Clark State	69

			5	Bethel (TN)	58
5	Bethel (TN)	70

4	Wayland Baptist	57
						1	Lewis–Clark State	72

						2	Westmont	67
3	Lyon (AR)	71

6	Pikeville	59
			3	Lyon (AR)	53

			2	Westmont	65
7	LSU Shreveport	52

2	Westmont	57
									1	Lewis–Clark State	65

									2	Vanguard	41
2	Vanguard	66

7	Lindenwood Belleville	59
			2	Vanguard	71

			3	Montana State Northern	65
6	Loyola New Orleans	55

3	Montana State Northern	60
						2	Vanguard	71

						8	William Woods	34
4	Benedictine (KS)	72

5	John Brown	74
			5	John Brown	61

			8	William Woods	64
8	William Woods	88

1	Shawnee State	85

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References

↑ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 30 March 2022.

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