1995 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:1995
Gender:Women's
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Oman Arena
Fabfourcity: Jackson, Tennessee
Champions:Southern Nazarene Redskins
Titlecount:3rd
Champgamecount:3rd
Champffcount:4th
Runnerup:SE Oklahoma State Savages
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:1st
Semifinal1:David Lipscomb Bisons
Fabfourcount1:2nd
Semifinal2:SW Oklahoma State Bulldogs
Fabfourcount2:9th
Coty:Jerry Finkbeiner
Cotyschool:Southern Nazarene
Mvp:Crystal Robinson
Mvpteam:SE Oklahoma State
Hustle:Cherilyn Morris
Hustleschool:Southern Nazarene
Topscorer:Crystal Robinson
Topscorerteam:SE Oklahoma State
Points:177

The 1995 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 1994–95 basketball season.

Top-seeded defending champions Southern Nazarene defeated Southeastern Oklahoma State in the championship game, 78–77, to claim the Redskins' third NAIA national title. This would ultimately be the second of four consecutive championships for Southern Nazarene.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.[1]

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, with the top sixteen teams receiving seeds.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History. NAIA. 6 March 2022.