1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament

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1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Champions

UNC Asheville (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Fab Four)

Runner-up

Portland (1st title game,
2nd Fab Four)

Semifinalists

Berry
(2nd Fab Four)
Dillard
(1st Fab Four)

Coach of the year

Helen Carroll (UNC Asheville)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

Valencia Allen (Dillard)

Chuck Taylor MVP

Sheila Ford (UNC Asheville)

Top scorer

Sheila Ford (UNC Asheville)
(111 points)

NAIA women's tournaments
«1983	1985»

The 1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the fourth annual tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its members in the United States and Canada.

UNC Asheville defeated Portland in the championship game, 72–70 after one overtime period, to claim the Bulldogs' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.^[1]

Qualification

The tournament field expanded for the first time since its establishment, increasing from eight to sixteen teams. The top eight teams were seeded.

The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals.

Bracket

Round of 16			Quarterfinals			Semifinals			National championship

1	SW Oklahoma State	81

	Georgian Court	52
			1	SW Oklahoma State	54

				UNC Asheville	57
	UNC Asheville	62

8	Central Arkansas	60
							UNC Asheville	81

						4	Dillard	64
5	Carson-Newman	85

	Charleston (WV)	93
				Charleston (WV)	84

			4	Dillard	102
	Jamestown (ND)	73

4	Dillard	81
										UNC Asheville	72*

									3	Portland	70
3	Portland	74

	Wisconsin–Milwaukee	63
			3	Portland	91

			6	Francis Marion	79
	St. Ambrose	68

6	Francis Marion	81
						3	Portland	72

						7	Berry	58
7	Berry	74							National third place

	Tarleton State	65
			7	Berry	70				4	Dillard	70

			2	Saginaw Valley	53				7	Berry	66
	Biola	56

2	Saginaw Valley	76

References

^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 16, 2022.

NAIA Women's Basketball Championships

Non-divisional
(1981–1991,
2021–present)

Divisional era

Division I	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020
Division II	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020

The NAIA canceled the 2020 tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic and removed divisional classifications starting in 2020–21

Categories:

Hidden categories:

Qualification

Bracket

See also

References