Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2023 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 64 |
Fabfourarena: | Tyson Events Center |
Fabfourcity: | Sioux City, Iowa |
Champions: | Clarke Pride |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 1st |
Runnerup: | Thomas More Saints |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 3rd |
Semifinal1: | Central Methodist Eagles |
Fabfourcount1: | 2nd |
Semifinal2: | Dakota State Trojans |
Fabfourcount2: | 1st |
Mvp: | Tina Uble |
Mvpteam: | Clarke |
Hustle: | Nicole McDermott |
Hustleschool: | Clarke |
The 2023 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States and Canada, culminating the 2022–23 NAIA women's basketball season.
Clarke defeated defending champions Thomas More in the championship game, 63–52, the Pride's first NAIA national title. This was additionally Thomas More's third consecutive finals appearance and their final one before departing for NCAA Division II.
The tournament finals were once again played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]
The tournament continued to feature sixty-four teams and 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.