2008 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2008 (2008) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Union University Bulldogs
(9th Fab Four)
Coach of the yearRuss Davis (Vanguard)
Player of the yearJosephine Owino (Union (TN))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Kiely Schork (Loyola New Orleans)
Chuck Taylor MVPJessica Richter (Vanguard)
Top scorerMelissa Cook (Vanguard)
(88 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2007 2009»

The 2008 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the

Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2007–08 basketball season
.

Trevecca Nazarene
in the championship game, 72–59, to claim the Lions' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1 to 8 within each quadrant.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1
Oklahoma City
64
8
Harris–Stowe State
73
8 Harris–Stowe State 53
4 Carroll (MT) 62
5 Westmont 59
4
Carroll (MT)
61
4 Carroll (MT) 56
2 Vanguard 71
3
Lambuth
73
6
Xavier Louisiana
56
3 Lambuth 67
2 Vanguard 70
7
Cumberlands (KY)
62
2 Vanguard 75
2 Vanguard 74
1 Union (TN) 72
2
Oklahoma Baptist
74
7
Lindsey Wilson
78
7 Lindsey Wilson 61
3 Lewis–Clark State 73
6
McKendree
49
3
Lewis–Clark State
69
3 Lewis–Clark State 57
1 Union (TN) 82
5
Olivet Nazarene
95
4
The Master's
99
4 The Master's 78
1 Union (TN) 95
8
USAO
66
1
Union (TN)
95
2 Vanguard 72
6 Trevecca Nazarene 59
1
Lee (TN)
66
8
Brescia
60
1 Lee (TN) 60
5 Lubbock Christian 76
5
Lubbock Christian
81
4
Saint Xavier
78
5 Lubbock Christian 70
2 Freed–Hardeman 76
3
Azusa Pacific
63
6
Wiley
69
6 Wiley 68
2 Freed–Hardeman 75
7 Georgetown (KY) 61
2
Freed–Hardeman
68
2 Freed–Hardeman 59
6 Trevecca Nazarene 69
2
Langston
75
7
Berry
68
2 Langston 66
6 Trevecca Nazarene 78
6
Trevecca Nazarene
85
3
Southern Nazarene
56
6 Trevecca Nazarene 68
4 Loyola New Orleans 50
5
Westminster (UT)
62
4
Loyola New Orleans
73
4 Loyola New Orleans 71
1 Point Loma Nazarene 64
8
Robert Morris (IL)
41
1
Point Loma Nazarene
60

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 22, 2022.