2014 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2014 (2014) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteFrankfort Convention Center
Kentucky Frankfort, Kentucky
ChampionsOklahoma City Stars (7th title, 10th title game,
12th Fab Four)
Runner-upFreed–Hardeman Lions (1st title game,
5th Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearLatricia Trammell (Oklahoma City)
Player of the yearNicole Ballestero (Vanguard)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Tia Pappas (Westminster (UT))
Chuck Taylor MVPKayla MacKenzie (Oklahoma City)
Top scorerAlannah Sheets (Shawnee State)
(63 points)
NAIA Division I
women's tournaments
«2013 2015»

The 2014 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 2013–14 basketball season.

Oklahoma City defeated Freed–Hardeman in the championship game, 80–76, to claim the Stars' seventh NAIA national title.

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

Qualification

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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

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First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1 Campbellsville 84
8 Southern Poly 68
1 Campbellsville 59
5 Xavier Louisiana 55
5 Xavier Louisiana 66
4 Westmont 53
1 Campbellsville 76
2 Oklahoma City 79
3 Columbia (MO) 55
6 Montana State Northern 56
6 Montana State Northern 55
2 Oklahoma City 58
7 Langston 71
2 Oklahoma City 79
2 Oklahoma City 67
5 John Brown 65
2 Georgetown (KY) 80
7 Loyola New Orleans 87
7 Loyola New Orleans 72
3 Our Lady of the Lake 67
6 Talladega 94
3 Our Lady of the Lake 97
7 Loyola New Orleans 63
5 John Brown 65
4 Lyon (AR) 53
5 John Brown 70
5 John Brown 62
1 Vanguard 61
8 Cal State San Marcos 47
1 Vanguard 97
2 Oklahoma City 80
1 Freed–Hardeman 76
1 Freed–Hardeman 85
8 Huston–Tillotson 51
1 Freed–Hardeman 99
4 Lewis–Clark State 64
5 Wayland Baptist 79
4 Lewis–Clark State 85
1 Freed–Hardeman 66
7 Bethel (TN) 48
3 Baker (KS) 74
6 Cumberlands (KY) 61
3 Baker 72
7 Bethel (TN) 78
7 Bethel (TN) 82
2 The Master's 67
1 Freed–Hardeman 87
3 Wiley 86
2 Oklahoma Baptist 91
7 Shawnee State 94*
7 Shawnee State 70
3 Wiley 81
6 Mobile 72
3 Wiley 74
3 Wiley 75
1 Westminster (UT) 58
4 MidAmerica Nazarene 97
5 Hope International 64
4 MidAmerica Nazarene 56
1 Westminster (UT) 65
8 William Woods 50
1 Westminster (UT) 66

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 27, 2022.