1987 NAIA women's basketball tournament
- Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix
(1st Fab Four) - Arkansas Tech Golden Suns
(1st Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Hustle Award
(115 points)
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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.
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 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||||||
1 | Wayland Baptist | 95 | |||||||||||||||||
St. Joseph's (ME) | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Wayland Baptist | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Wisconsin–Green Bay | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
Auburn Montgomery | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Wisconsin–Green Bay | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
8 | Wisconsin–Green Bay | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | North Georgia | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Wingate | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
Fresno Pacific | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Wingate | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | North Georgia | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
IUPUI | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | North Georgia | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | North Georgia | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | SW Oklahoma State | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Saginaw Valley | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
Bluefield State | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Saginaw Valley | 56 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Arkansas Tech | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
Bemidji State | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Arkansas Tech | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Arkansas Tech | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | SW Oklahoma State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Oregon State | 80 | National third place | ||||||||||||||||
St. Ambrose | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||
St. Ambrose | 63 | 8 | Wisconsin–Green Bay | 82 | |||||||||||||||
2 | SW Oklahoma State | 78 | 6 | Arkansas Tech | 56 | ||||||||||||||
Kearney State | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | SW Oklahoma State | 74* |
See also
- 1987 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 1987 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 1987 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 1987 NAIA men's basketball tournament
References
- ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved February 13, 2022.
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2021–present)
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The NAIA canceled the 2020 tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic and removed divisional classifications starting in 2020–21