1997 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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1997 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Oman Arena

Jackson, Tennessee

Champions

Southern Nazarene Redskins (5th title, 5th title game,
6th Fab Four)

Runner-up

Union (TN) Bulldogs (2nd title game,
3rd Fab Four)

Semifinalists

Arkansas Tech Golden Suns
(4th Fab Four)
SW Oklahoma State Bulldogs
(10th Fab Four)

Coach of the year

Craig Wiginton (Southern Nazarene)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

Tonna Woolery (Southern Nazarene)

Chuck Taylor MVP

Astou Ndiaye (Southern Nazarene)

Top scorer

Hazel Taylor (Wayland Baptist)
(82 points)

NAIA Division I women's tournaments
«1996	1998»

The 1997 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 1996–97 basketball season.

Three-time defending champions Southern Nazarene defeated Union (TN) in the championship game, 78–73, to claim the Redskins' fifth NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.^[1]

Qualification

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, with the top sixteen teams receiving seeds.

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

Bracket

First round			Second round			Elite Eight			Final Four			National championship

1	Arkansas Tech	89**

	Tougaloo	79
			1	Arkansas Tech	73

			16	Lipscomb	49
	St. Mary's (TX)	72

16	Lipscomb	86
						1	Arkansas Tech	60

						9	Wayland Baptist	59
9	Wayland Baptist	90

	Transylvania	72
			9	Wayland Baptist	66

			8	Lewis–Clark State	65
	Concordia Irvine	68

8	Lewis–Clark State	90
									1	Arkansas Tech	58

									4	Southern Nazarene	61
5	Central State (OH)	91

	Indiana–South Bend	55
			5	Central State (OH)	80

				Mary Hardin-Baylor	63
	Mary Hardin-Baylor	71

12	Montana State Northern	62
						5	Central State	61

						4	Southern Nazarene	80
13	East Central (OK)	68

	Freed–Hardeman	76
				Freed–Hardeman	70

			4	Southern Nazarene	77
	Voorhees	53

4	Southern Nazarene	92
												4	Southern Nazarene	78

												3	Union (TN)	73
3	Union (TN)	87

	Daemen	53
			3	Union (TN)	69

			14	SE Oklahoma State	67
	Auburn Montgomery	66

14	SE Oklahoma State	78
						3	Union (TN)	82

						6	Oklahoma Baptist	69
11	Xavier Louisiana	77

	LeTourneau	52
			11	Xavier Louisiana	63

			6	Oklahoma Baptist	71
	North Georgia	78

6	Oklahoma Baptist	104
									3	Union (TN)	68

									7	SW Oklahoma State	69
7	SW Oklahoma State	85

	Rio Grande	55
			7	SW Oklahoma State	57

			10	Harding	56
	Claflin	64

10	Harding	66
						7	SW Oklahoma State	73

						2	Simon Fraser	69
15	Campbellsville	75

	Oklahoma Christian	72
			15	Campbellsville	44

			2	Simon Fraser	71
	Hannibal–LaGrange	35

2	Simon Fraser	71

References

^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 10, 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

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Qualification

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See also

References