2011 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2011
Gender:Women's
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Oman Arena
Fabfourcity: Jackson, Tennessee
Champions:Azusa Pacific Cougars
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:2nd
Champffcount:2nd
Runnerup:Union University Bulldogs
Gamecount:8th
Runnerffcount:12th
Semifinal1:Freed–Hardeman Lions
Fabfourcount1:3rd
Semifinal2:Shawnee State Bears
Fabfourcount2:1st
Coty:T.J. Hardeman
Cotyschool:Azusa Pacific
Mvp:Meribeth Boehler
Mvpteam:Freed–Hardeman
Poty:Whitney Ballinger
Meribeth Boehler
Potyschool:Campbellsville,
Freed–Hardeman
Hustle:Maria Bagwell
Hustleschool:Freed–Hardeman
Topscorer:Meribeth Boehler
Topscorerteam:Freed–Hardeman
Points:104

The 2011 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 2010–11 basketball season.

In a rematch of the 2010 final, Azusa Pacific defeated two-time defending champions Union (TN) in the championship game, 65–59, to claim the Cougars' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.[1] This was the last of twenty-two consecutive tournaments played in Jackson.

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.