2021 NAIA women's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2021
Gender:Women's
Teams:48
Fabfourarena:Tyson Events Center
Fabfourcity: Sioux City, Iowa
Champions:Westmont Warriors
Titlecount:2nd
Champgamecount:3rd
Champffcount:4th
Runnerup:Thomas More Saints
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:1st
Semifinal1:Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats
Fabfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Morningside Mustangs
Fabfourcount2:1st
Mvp:Stefanie Berberabe
Mvpteam:Westmont
Hustle:Lauren Tsuneishi
Hustleschool:Westmont
Coty:Kirsten Moore
Cotyschool:Westmont
Poty:Stefanie Berberabe
Potyschool:Westmont
Topscorer:Stefanie Berberabe
Topscorerteam:Westmont
Points:14

The 2021 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament was held to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States and Canada, culminating in the 2020–21 Basketball Season.

This was the first tournament after the NAIA consolidated its basketball membership back into a single division, eliminating the separate championships that existed for its Divisions I and II from 1992 to 2020.

Westmont defeated Thomas More in the championship game, 72–61, the Warriors' second NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]

Qualification

After the merger of the two NAIA divisional tournaments back into a single event, the field of the combined event was set to forty-eight teams.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds were played on regional campus sites while all subsequent rounds were played at the final tournament site in Sioux City.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History. NAIA. 4 March 2024.