NAIA Division II women's basketball championship

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

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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

NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship
YearArenaLocationChampionshipSemifinalists
ChampionScoreRunner-up
1992
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New PE Building Monmouth, Oregon Northern State73–56 Tarleton State Mount St. Joseph & Western Oregon
1993
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Northern Montana 71–68Northern State Husson & Tarleton State
1994
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Northern State (2)48–45Western Oregon Concordia Wisconsin & Mount Mercy
1995
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Western Oregon75–67 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 Nazarene64–46 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 State80–65 Saint Francis (IN) Central Methodist & South Dakota Tech
2000
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Mary (ND) 59–49 Northwestern (IA) Northwest Nazarene & Saint Francis (IN)
2001
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Northwestern (IA)77–50 Albertson Briar Cliff & Sterling
2002
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Hastings 73–69 Cornerstone Briar Cliff & Dakota Wesleyan
2003
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Hastings (2)59–53Dakota 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)75–65CedarvilleConcordia 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 48–34Ozarks (MO)Cedarville & MidAmerica Nazarene
2008
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Northwestern (IA) (2)82–75Ozarks (MO)Hastings & Morningside
2009
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Morningside (3)68–62HastingsNorthwestern (IA) & Ozarks (MO)
2010
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Northwestern (IA) (3)85–66Shawnee StateBriar Cliff & Indiana Wesleyan
2011
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Northwestern (IA) (4)88–83 Davenport Morningside & Walsh
2012
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Northwestern (IA) (5)75–62Ozarks (MO)Briar Cliff & Concordia Nebraska
2013
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Indiana Wesleyan (2)61–43Davenport (MI)Morningside & Northwestern (IA)
2014
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Saint Francis (IN)75–68Ozarks (MO) [3] Cardinal Stritch & Davenport
2015
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Morningside (4)59–57Concordia 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 Wesleyan82–59Concordia Nebraska [6] Northwestern (IA) & Saint Xavier
2019
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Tyson Events Center Concordia Nebraska67–59 Southeastern (FL) Dakota Wesleyan & Northwestern (IA)
2020
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Tournament canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic None

Champions

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Northwestern
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Morningside
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Hastings
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Northern State
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Western Oregon
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IWU
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Marian
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Northern Montana
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Northwest Nazarene
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Mary
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Walsh
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Dak. Wes.
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Shawnee State
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St. Francis
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Concordia
Schools that have won the NAIA Division II Women's Basketball Championship
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TeamChampionshipsWinning years
Northwestern (IA) 52001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012
Morningside 42004, 2005, 2009, 2015
Hastings 32002, 2003, 2006
Northern State 21992, 1994
Western Oregon 21995, 1996
Indiana Wesleyan 22007, 2013
Marian 22016, 2017
Northern Montana 11993
Northwest Nazarene 11997
Walsh 11998
Shawnee State 11999
Mary 12000
Saint Francis (IN) 12014
Dakota Wesleyan 12018
Concordia Nebraska 12019

See also

References

  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.