Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 1985 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 16 |
Fabfourcity: | Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
Champions: | SW Oklahoma State |
Titlecount: | 3rd |
Champgamecount: | 3rd |
Champffcount: | 3rd |
Runnerup: | Saginaw Valley |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 2nd |
Semifinal1: | Wayland Baptist |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Midland Lutheran |
Fabfourcount2: | 1st |
Coty: | John Loftin |
Cotyschool: | SW Oklahoma State |
Mvp: | Kelli Litsch |
Mvpteam: | SW Oklahoma State |
Hustle: | Carmen Wynn |
Hustleschool: | Wayland Baptist |
Topscorer: | Kelli Litsch |
Topscorerteam: | SW Oklahoma State |
Points: | 82 |
The 1985 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the fifth 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.
Southwestern Oklahoma State defeated Saginaw Valley in the championship game, 55–54, to claim the Bulldogs' third NAIA national title.
The tournament was played in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.[1]
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.