Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2008 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Oman Arena |
Fabfourcity: | Jackson, Tennessee |
Champions: | Vanguard Lions |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 4th |
Runnerup: | Trevecca Nazarene Trojans |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 1st |
Semifinal1: | Freed–Hardeman Lions |
Fabfourcount1: | 2nd |
Semifinal2: | Union University Bulldogs |
Fabfourcount2: | 9th |
Coty: | Russ Davis |
Cotyschool: | Vanguard |
Mvp: | Jessica Richter |
Mvpteam: | Vanguard |
Poty: | Josephine Owino |
Potyschool: | Union (TN) |
Hustle: | Kiely Schork |
Hustleschool: | Loyola New Orleans |
Topscorer: | Melissa Cook |
Topscorerteam: | Vanguard |
Points: | 88 |
The 2008 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 2007–08 basketball season.
Vanguard defeated Trevecca Nazarene in the championship game, 72–59, to claim the Lions' 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, 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.