Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 1998 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Oman Arena |
Fabfourcity: | Jackson, Tennessee |
Champions: | Union (TN) Bulldogs |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 3rd |
Champffcount: | 4th |
Runnerup: | Southern Nazarene Redskins |
Gamecount: | 6th |
Runnerffcount: | 7th |
Semifinal1: | Findlay Oilers |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Simon Fraser Clan |
Fabfourcount2: | 1st |
Coty: | David Blackstock |
Cotyschool: | Union (TN) |
Mvp: | Rose Agnoung |
Mvpteam: | Union (TN) |
Poty: | Marieme Lo |
Potyschool: | Central State (OH) |
Hustle: | April Pearson |
Hustleschool: | Union (TN) |
Topscorer: | Hazel Taylor |
Topscorerteam: | Wayland Baptist |
Points: | 81 |
The 1998 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 1997–98 basketball season.
In a rematch of the 1997 final, Union (TN) defeated four-time defending champions Southern Nazarene in the championship game, 73–70, to claim the Bulldogs' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.[1]
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.