NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship

NJCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship
Founded1975
Region24
Number of teams169
Current championsHutchinson Community College 2024
Most successful club(s)Trinity Valley CC (8)
Websitehttps://www.njcaa.org/sports/wbkb/2022-23/div1/index

The NJCAA Division I women's basketball championship is an American intercollegiate basketball tournament conducted by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), and determines the Division I women's national champion. The current champion is Northwest Florida State College who defeated Trinity Valley Community College on March 27, 2023 to capture the 2023 Championship and their second national championship. The tournament has been held since 1975.[1] The most successful program, Trinity Valley Community College, has won the tournament eight times, including three straight championships from 2012-2015. From 1998-2014, the tournament was hosted at Bicentennial Center in Salina, Kansas.[2] Since 2016, the tournament is held at Rip Griffin Center, on the campus of former NJCAA member Lubbock Christian University, in Lubbock, Texas.[2]

Format

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The tournament consists of the top 24 teams with 8 teams receiving a bye in the first round.

Championships

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Year Winner Runner Up Score
1975 Temple Junior College North Iowa Area Community College 59-58
1976 Seminole Junior College Jackson Community College 83-74
1977 Panola College Seminole Junior College 69-68
1978 Panola College East Mississippi Community College 67-63
1979 Northern Oklahoma College Tyler Junior College 74-52
1980 Truett-McConnell College Cloud County Community College 63-61
1981 Louisburg College Moberly Area Community College 65-63
1982 Moberly Junior College Louisburg College 73-72
1983 Northwest Mississippi Community College Cumberland College of Tennessee 75-69
1984 Roane State Community College Northwest Mississippi Community College 69-53
1985 Connors State College Odessa College 73-71
1986 Odessa College Northeast Mississippi Junior College 80-69
1987 Northeast Mississippi Junior College St. Gregory's Community College 68-64
1988 Kilgore College John A. Logan College 78-71
1989 Central Arizona College Connors State College 77-57
1990 Kilgore College Emmanuel College 84-75
1991 Odessa College Palm Beach State College 88-83
1992 Louisburg College Central Florida Community College 104-89
1993 Kilgore College Louisburg College 104-99
1994 Trinity Valley Community College Westark Community College 104-95
1995 Westark Community College Trinity Valley Community College 82-75
1996 Trinity Valley Community College Independence Community College 69-55
1997 Trinity Valley Community College Central Florida Community College 79-69
1998 Central Arizona College Trinity Valley Community College 76-63
1999 Trinity Valley Community College Central Arizona College 77-53
2000 Tyler Junior College Southwestern Illinois College 57-39
2001 Cloud County Community College Midland College 71-56
2002 Seward County Community College Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College 87-80
2003 Gulf Coast Community College Western Nebraska Community College 81-42
2004 Trinity Valley Community College Gulf Coast Community College 77-66
2005 Central Arizona College College of Southern Idaho 83-50
2006 Monroe Community College Odessa College 76-64
2007 Odessa College Central Arizona College 73-50
2008 Gulf Coast Community College Central Arizona College 62-61
2009 Central Arizona College Jefferson College 78-71
2010 Gulf Coast Community College Jefferson College (Missouri) 83-61
2011 North Idaho College Trinity Valley Community College 90-81
2012 Trinity Valley Community College Hutchinson Community College 69-55
2013 Trinity Valley Community College Central Arizona College 83-71
2014 Trinity Valley Community College Hutchinson Community College 65-46
2015 Chipola College Hutchinson Community College 54-46
2016 Gulf Coast State College Trinity Valley Community College 63-47
2017 Gulf Coast State College Trinity Valley Community College 87-63
2018 Tallahassee Community College Trinity Valley Community College 69-51
2019 Gulf Coast State College New Mexico Junior College 68-62
2020 Tournament cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Northwest Florida State College Trinity Valley Community College 67-60
2022 Tyler Junior College Georgia Highlands College 90-82
2023 Northwest Florida State College Trinity Valley Community College 66-63
2024 Hutchinson Community College Northwest Florida State College 88-80 OT

Championship Leaders

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Team Championships Winning year(s)
Trinity Valley Community College 8 1994,1996,1997,1999,2004,2012,2013,2014
Gulf Coast Community College 6 2003,2008,2010,2016,2017,2019
Odessa College 3 1986,1991,2007
Kilgore College 3 1988,1990,1993
Northwest Florida State College 2 2021,2023
Tyler Junior College 2 2000,2022
Louisburg College 2 1981,1992
Panola College 2 1977,1978
Hutchinson Community College 1 2024

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NJCAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL RECORD BOOK" (PDF). NJCAA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-14. Retrieved 10 Oct 2014.
  2. ^ a b "NJCAA moving women's finals to Lubbock". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved November 2, 2015.
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