Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 1987 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 16 |
Fabfourcity: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Champions: | SW Oklahoma State Bulldogs |
Titlecount: | 4th |
Champgamecount: | 4th |
Champffcount: | 4th |
Runnerup: | North Georgia Saints |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 1st |
Semifinal1: | Wisconsin–Green Bay Phoenix |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Arkansas Tech Golden Suns |
Fabfourcount2: | 1st |
Coty: | John Loftin |
Cotyschool: | SW Oklahoma State |
Mvp: | Brenda Hill |
Mvpteam: | North Georgia |
Hustle: | Susie Klaubauf |
Hustleschool: | Wisconsin–Green Bay |
Topscorer: | Brenda Hill |
Topscorerteam: | North Georgia |
Points: | 115 |
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]
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.