2004 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2004
Gender:Women's
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Oman Arena
Fabfourcity: Jackson, Tennessee
Champions:Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm
Titlecount:7th
Champgamecount:9th
Champffcount:13th
Runnerup:Oklahoma City Stars
Gamecount:7th
Runnerffcount:7th
Semifinal1:Brescia Bearcats
Fabfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Houston Baptist Huskies
Fabfourcount2:1st
Coty:Lori Carter
Cotyschool:Southern Nazarene
Mvp:Ndeye Ndiaye
Mvpteam:Southern Nazarene
Poty:Kesha Watson
Potyschool:Oklahoma City
Hustleschool:Brescia
Topscorer:Kesha Watson
Topscorerteam:Oklahoma City
Points:106

The 2004 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 2003–04 basketball season.

In a rematch of the 2003 final, defending champions Southern Nazarene defeated Oklahoma City in the championship game, 77–61, to claim the Crimson Storm's seventh NAIA national title.

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

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1 to 8 within each quadrant.

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. 17 March 2022.