2003 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2003
Gender:Women's
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Oman Arena
Fabfourcity: Jackson, Tennessee
Champions:Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm
Titlecount:6th
Champgamecount:8th
Champffcount:12th
Runnerup:Oklahoma City Stars
Gamecount:6th
Runnerffcount:6th
Semifinal1:USAO Drovers
Fabfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Vanguard Lions
Fabfourcount2:1st
Coty:Craig Wiginton
Cotyschool:Southern Nazarene
Mvp:Sasha Seriogina
Mvpteam:Southern Nazarene
Poty:Kesha Watson
Potyschool:Oklahoma City
Hustle:Heather McNutt
Hustleschool:Southern Nazarene
Topscorer:Kesha Watson
Topscorerteam:Oklahoma City
Points:122

The 2003 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 2002–03 basketball season.

Southern Nazarene upset four-time defending champions Oklahoma City in the championship game, 71–70, to claim the Crimson Storm's sixth NAIA national title and first since abandoning its prior Redskins nickname.

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

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, although a modification was made to the seeding system utilized for the past twelve tournaments. Instead of seeding just the top sixteen teams, all teams were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1st to 8th within that quadrant.

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

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History. NAIA. 16 March 2022.