2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2010
Gender:Women's
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Oman Arena
Fabfourcity: Jackson, Tennessee
Champions:Union University Bulldogs
Titlecount:5th
Champgamecount:7th
Champffcount:11th
Runnerup:Azusa Pacific Cougars
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:1st
Semifinal1:Lee Flames
Fabfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Oklahoma City Stars
Fabfourcount2:10th
Coty:Mark Campbell
Cotyschool:Union (TN)
Mvp:Zeinab Chan
Mvpteam:Union (TN)
Poty:Whitney Ballinger
Bridgette Reyes
Potyschool:Campbellsville,
Vanguard
Hustle:Alex Barone
Hustleschool:Saint Xavier
Topscorer:Whitney Ballinger
Topscorerteam:Campbellsville
Points:91

The 2010 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 2009–10 basketball season.

Defending champions and hometown team Union (TN) defeated Azusa Pacific in the championship game, 73–65, to claim the Bulldogs' fifth NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee from March 17–23, 2010.[1] [2]

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.

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. 24 March 2022.
  2. Web site: Union (Tenn.) Wins Second Consecutive National championship With 73-65 Win Over Azusa Pacific (Calif.) . NAIA.org . NAIA . 25 March 2022.