2013 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2013
Gender:Women's
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Frankfort Convention Center
Fabfourcity: Frankfort, Kentucky
Champions:Westmont Warriors
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:1st
Runnerup:Lee Flames
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:2nd
Semifinal1:Cumberland Phoenix
Fabfourcount1:2nd
Semifinal2:Freed–Hardeman Lions
Fabfourcount2:4th
Mvp:Tugce Canitez
Mvpteam:Westmont
Hustle:Maria Bagwell
Hustleschool:Freed–Hardeman
Coty:Kirsten Moore
Cotyschool:Westmont
Poty:Tugce Canitez
Potyschool:Westmont
Topscorer:Priscila Santos
Topscorerteam:William Woods
Points:62

The 2013 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 2012–13 basketball season.

Westmont defeated Lee (TN) in the championship game, 71–65, to claim the Warriors' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Frankfort Convention Center in Frankfort, Kentucky.[1]

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. 27 March 2022.