The NAIA Division II women's basketball championship is the former tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada.
The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 2019, after which the NAIA consolidated its two divisions, returning to the single national championship for men's and women's basketball that it held between 1981 and 1991. The last separate Division II tournament was scheduled for 2020, but it was ultimately cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, thus making the 2019 the last completed event.
Over its twenty-eight year history, the tournament was played in three cities and at four venues. Unlike the NCAA's annual basketball tournaments, where games are played at an assortment of regional sites over the course of several weeks, all NAIA tournament games were played at a single, centralized arena.NAIA Women's DII History
Northwestern College had the most national titles with five.
Morningside College, the 2015 champion, had the second most national titles with four. Northwestern also had the most tournament championship game appearances, with six.
Results NAIA Division II Women's Basketball ChampionshipYear ArenaLocationChampionshipSemifinalistsChampionScoreRunner-up 1992Details New PE Building Monmouth, Oregon Northern State 73–56 Tarleton StateMount St. Joseph & Western Oregon 1993Details Northern Montana 71–68 Northern State Husson & Tarleton State 1994Details Northern State (2) 48–45 Western Oregon Concordia Wisconsin & Mount Mercy 1995Details Western Oregon 75–67 Northwest Nazarene Mount Mercy & Shawnee State 1996Details Hershey HallAngola, Indiana Western Oregon (2) 80–77 Huron Doane & Evangel 1997Details Northwest Nazarene 64–46 Black Hills State Doane & Southern Oregon 1998Details Sioux City Auditorium Sioux City, Iowa Walsh 73–66 Mary Hardin–Baylor Doane & South Dakota Tech 1999Details Shawnee State 80–65 Saint Francis (IN) Central Methodist & South Dakota Tech 2000Details Mary (ND) 59–49 Northwestern (IA) Northwest Nazarene & Saint Francis (IN) 2001Details Northwestern (IA) 77–50 Albertson Briar Cliff & Sterling 2002Details Hastings 73–69 Cornerstone Briar Cliff & Dakota Wesleyan 2003Details Hastings (2) 59–53 Dakota Wesleyan Concordia Nebraska & Sioux Falls 2004Details Gateway Arena Morningside 87–74 Cedarville Hastings & Mary (ND) 2005Details Morningside (2) 75–65 Cedarville Concordia Nebraska & Evangel 2006Details Hastings (3) 58–39 Ozarks (MO) Northwestern (IA) & Saint Francis (IN) 2007Details Indiana Wesleyan 48–34 Ozarks (MO) Cedarville & MidAmerica Nazarene 2008Details Northwestern (IA) (2) 82–75 Ozarks (MO) Hastings & Morningside 2009Details Morningside (3) 68–62 Hastings Northwestern (IA) & Ozarks (MO) 2010Details Northwestern (IA) (3) 85–66 Shawnee State Briar Cliff & Indiana Wesleyan 2011Details Northwestern (IA) (4) 88–83 Davenport Morningside & Walsh 2012Details Northwestern (IA) (5) 75–62 Ozarks (MO) Briar Cliff & Concordia Nebraska 2013Details Indiana Wesleyan (2) 61–43 Davenport (MI) Morningside & Northwestern (IA) 2014Details Saint Francis (IN) 75–68 Ozarks (MO) Cardinal Stritch & Davenport 2015Details Morningside (4) 59–57 Concordia Nebraska Briar Cliff & Hastings 2016Details Marian (IN) 59–48 Southern Oregon Goshen & Mount Marty 2017Details Marian (IN) (2) 66–52 Saint Xavier Concordia Nebraska & St. Francis (IL) 2018Details Dakota Wesleyan 82–59 Concordia Nebraska Northwestern (IA) & Saint Xavier 2019Details Tyson Events Center Concordia Nebraska 67–59 Southeastern (FL) Dakota Wesleyan & Northwestern (IA) 2020Details Tournament canceled in the middle of the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic None
Champions
Division I titles are not included in this list. Schools in italics are no longer in the NAIA.
Team Championships Winning years Northwestern (IA) 5 2001, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012 Morningside 4 2004, 2005, 2009, 2015 Hastings 3 2002, 2003, 2006 Northern State 2 1992, 1994 Western Oregon 2 1995, 1996 Indiana Wesleyan 2 2007, 2013 Marian 2 2016, 2017 Northern Montana 1 1993 Northwest Nazarene 1 1997 Walsh 1 1998 Shawnee State 1 1999 Mary 1 2000 Saint Francis (IN) 1 2014 Dakota Wesleyan 1 2018 Concordia Nebraska 1 2019
Schools highlight in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA.
See also NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Championship NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championship NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
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