2015 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

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2015 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Independence Events Center

Independence, Missouri

Champions

Oklahoma City Stars (8th title, 11th title game,
13th Fab Four)

Runner-up

Campbellsville Tigers (1st title game,
1st Fab Four)

Semifinalists

Freed–Hardeman Lions
(6th Fab Four)
Westmont Warriors
(2nd Fab Four)

Coach of the year

Latricia Trammell (Oklahoma City)

Player of the year

Hayley Newby (Freed–Hardeman)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

Chelsea Craig (Campbellsville)

Chuck Taylor MVP

Yvonte Neal (Oklahoma City)

Top scorer

Tayla Foster (Bethel (TN))
(85 points)

NAIA Division I women's tournaments
«2014	2016»

The 2015 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 2014–15 basketball season.

Defending champions Oklahoma City defeated Campbellsville in the championship game, 80–63, to claim the Stars' eighth NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Independence Events Center in Independence, Missouri.^[1]

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	63

8	Lewis–Clark State	61
			1	Oklahoma City	87

			5	Shawnee State	68
5	Shawnee State	69

4	The Master's	57
						1	Oklahoma City	88

						7	Great Falls	52
3	Langston	80

6	Pikeville	71
			3	Langston	69

			7	Great Falls	72
7	Great Falls	73

2	Loyola New Orleans	54
									1	Oklahoma City	77

									4	Westmont	57
2	Oklahoma Baptist	52

7	Baker (KS)	47
			2	Oklahoma Baptist	77

			3	Our Lady of the Lake	75
6	Martin Methodist	67

3	Our Lady of the Lake	83
						2	Oklahoma Baptist	81

						4	Westmont	83***
4	Westmont	74

5	Lyon (AR)	63
			4	Westmont	68

			1	Westminster (UT)	59
8	Cumberland (TN)	38

1	Westminster (UT)	53
												1	Oklahoma City	80

												1	Campbellsville	63
1	Freed–Hardeman	64

8	Cal State San Marcos	54
			1	Freed–Hardeman	69

			4	Benedictine (KS)	62
5	Wiley	61

4	Benedictine (KS)	63
						1	Freed–Hardeman	63

						3	Montana State Northern	50
3	Montana State Northern	60

6	Lindsey Wilson	42
			3	Montana State Northern	73

			2	Southern New Orleans	54
7	Southern New Orleans	84

2	Vanguard	56
									1	Freed–Hardeman	52

									1	Campbellsville	56
2	Bethel (TN)	62

7	William Woods	61
			2	Bethel (TN)	86*

			3	Concordia Irvine	85
6	Carroll (MT)	48

3	Concordia Irvine	59
						2	Bethel (TN)	64

						1	Campbellsville	73
4	MidAmerica Nazarene	72

5	Wayland Baptist	69
			4	MidAmerica Nazarene	45

			1	Campbellsville	52
8	LSU Shreveport	46

1	Campbellsville	55

References

^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 29, 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

Bracket

See also

References