2011 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2011 (2011) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Freed–Hardeman Lions
(3rd Fab Four)
  • Shawnee State Bears
    (1st Fab Four)
  • Coach of the yearT.J. Hardeman (Azusa Pacific)
    Player of the yearWhitney Ballinger
    Meribeth Boehler (Campbellsville,
    Freed–Hardeman)
    Charles Stevenson
    Hustle Award
    Maria Bagwell (Freed–Hardeman)
    Chuck Taylor MVPMeribeth Boehler (Freed–Hardeman)
    Top scorerMeribeth Boehler (Freed–Hardeman)
    (104 points)
    NAIA Division I
    women's tournaments
    «2010 2012»

    The 2011 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the

    Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2010–11 basketball season
    .

    In a rematch of the 2010 final,

    Union (TN)
    in the championship game, 65–59, to claim the Cougars' first NAIA national title.

    The tournament was played at the

    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.

    Bracket

    First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
                   
    1
    Oklahoma City
    87
    8
    Montana Tech
    45
    1 Oklahoma City 67
    5 Xavier Louisiana 51
    5
    Xavier Louisiana
    63
    4
    Lee (TN)
    53
    1 Oklahoma City 47
    6 Shawnee State 54
    3
    Saint Xavier
    60
    6 Shawnee State 70
    6 Shawnee State 64
    2 California Baptist 58
    7
    Texas Wesleyan
    75
    2 California Baptist 88
    6 Shawnee State 40
    1 Union (TN) 58
    2
    Westminster (UT)
    60
    7
    Rogers State
    56
    2 Westminster (UT) 49
    6 William Woods 40
    6
    William Woods
    77
    3
    Biola
    69
    2 Westminster (UT) 61
    1 Union (TN) 78
    4
    Olivet Nazarene
    87
    5
    Southern Poly
    79
    4 Olivet Nazarene 69
    1 Union (TN) 81
    8
    Avila
    37
    1
    Union (TN)
    62
    1 Union (TN) 59
    1 Azusa Pacific 65
    1
    Azusa Pacific
    75
    8
    Belhaven
    61
    1 Azusa Pacific 71
    4 Lindsey Wilson 67
    5
    Southern Nazarene
    56
    4
    Lindsey Wilson
    63
    1 Azusa Pacific 79
    6 Lubbock Christian 54
    3
    Columbia (MO)
    64
    6
    Lubbock Christian
    76
    6 Lubbock Christian 66
    2 Bethel (TN) 60
    7
    Evangel
    38
    2
    Bethel (TN)
    47
    1 Azusa Pacific 58
    2 Freed–Hardeman 46
    2
    Freed–Hardeman
    78
    7
    Shorter
    62
    2 Freed–Hardeman 71
    3 Lewis–Clark State 50
    6 Westmont 57
    3
    Lewis–Clark State
    63
    2 Freed–Hardeman 79
    1 Campbellsville 74
    4
    Langston
    54
    5
    Vanguard
    47
    4 Langston 67
    1 Campbellsville 80
    8
    John Brown
    51
    1
    Campbellsville
    76

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 24, 2022.