1986 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament
1986 | NAIA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament|
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Teams | 16 |
Finals Site | Kansas City, Missouri |
Champions | Francis Marion (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four) |
Runner-Up | Wayland Baptist (1st title game, 2nd Fab Four) |
Semifinalists | Louisiana College (1st Fab Four) Georgia Southwestern (1st Fab Four) |
Coach of the Year | (Francis Marion) |
Chuck Taylor MVP | (Francis Marion) |
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | (Wayland Baptist) |
Top scorer | (Louisiana College) (96 points) |
The 1986 NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament was the sixth 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.
Francis Marion defeated Wayland Baptist in the championship game, 75–65, to claim the Patriots' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri.[1]
Qualification[]
The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams.
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 | Francis Marion | 109 | |||||||||||||||||
Dominican (NY) | 41 | ||||||||||||||||||
1 | Francis Marion | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
Wingate | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Wingate | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
8 | Azusa Pacific | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Francis Marion | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southwestern | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southwestern | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
Ouachita Baptist | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
5 | Georgia Southwestern | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
4 | Oklahoma Christian | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
Wisconsin–Green Bay | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
4 | Oklahoma Christian | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
1 | Francis Marion | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wayland Baptist | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wayland Baptist | 92 | |||||||||||||||||
Charleston (WV) | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
3 | Wayland Baptist | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
6 | Saginaw Valley | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
Morningside | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
6 | Saginaw Valley | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
3 | Wayland Baptist | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana College | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Washington | 72 | National third place | ||||||||||||||||
Cumberland | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
7 | Western Washington | 75 | 5 | Georgia Southwestern | 78 | ||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana College | 83 | 2 | Louisiana College | 85 | ||||||||||||||
Mount Marty | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
2 | Louisiana College | 89 |
See also[]
- 1986 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 NCAA Division II Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 NCAA Division III Women's Basketball Tournament
- 1986 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament
References[]
- ^ "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
Categories:
- 1985–86 in American women's college basketball
- NAIA Women's Basketball Championships
- 1985–86 NAIA women's basketball season
- 1986 in sports in Missouri