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2023 NAIA women's basketball tournament

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2023 (2023) NAIA women's basketball tournament
Teams64
Finals siteTyson Events Center
Iowa Sioux City, Iowa
ChampionsClarke Pride (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Runner-upThomas More Saints (1st title game,
3rd Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Nicole McDermott (Clarke)
Chuck Taylor MVPTina Uble (Clarke)
NAIA women's tournaments
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The 2023 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its member programs in the United States and Canada, culminating the 2022–23 NAIA women's basketball season.

Clarke defeated defending champions Thomas More in the championship game, 63–52, the Pride's first NAIA national title. This was additionally Thomas More's third consecutive finals appearance and their final one before departing for NCAA Division II.

The tournament finals were once again played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]

Qualification

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The tournament continued to feature sixty-four teams and utilize a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds were played on regional campus sites while all subsequent rounds were played at the final tournament site in Sioux City.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved March 8, 2024.