2025 NAIA women's basketball tournament

2025 (2025) NAIA women's basketball tournament

Teams	64
Finals site	Tyson Events Center Sioux City, Iowa
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The 2025 NAIA women's basketball tournament is a tournament currently being 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 will be played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from March 20–25, 2025. ^[1]

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 20–21					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)
											4	Hastings
	5	LSU–Shreveport	56
	12	Huntington (IN)	64
						4	Hastings	90
						12	Huntington (IN)	66
	4	Hastings	112
	13	College of the Ozarks	84
	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)
											2	Southern Oregon
	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 20–21					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
											5	Governors State
	5	Governors State	74
	12	Arizona Christian	53
						4	Dakota State	69
						5	Governors State	75
	4	Dakota State	81
	13	Montana Tech	63
	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
											7	Mid-America Christian
	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 20–21					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
											4	Georgetown (KY)
	5	Providence (MT)	56
	12	Idaho	58
						4	Georgetown (KY)	79
						12	Idaho	70
	4	Georgetown (KY)	93
	13	Jamestown (ND)	62
	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
											2	Freed–Hardeman
	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 20–21					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
											4	Langston
	5	Dakota Wesleyan	91
	12	The Master's	70
						5	Dakota Wesleyan	68
						4	Langston	79
	4	Langston	61*
	13	Blue Mountain Christian	59
	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)
											2	Cumberlands
	7	Shawnee State	70
	10	Loyola (LA)	62
						2	Cumberlands	71
						7	Shawnee State	66
	2	Cumberlands	62
	15	Eastern Oregon	51

See also

• 2025 NAIA men's basketball tournament
• 2025 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2025 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2025 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament

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.