1995 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
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The 1995 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 II members in the United States and Canada for the 1994–95 basketball season.
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
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| Finals site | Physical Education Building, | ||||
| Champions | Western Oregon Wolves (1st title, 2nd title game, 3rd Fab Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Northwest Nazarene Crusaders (1st title game, 1st Fab Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Coach of the year | Rusty Rogers (Western Oregon) | ||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Kari Smith (Northwest Nazarene) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Sandie Graves (Western Oregon) | ||||
| Top scorer | Sandie Graves (Western Oregon) (97 points) | ||||
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This was the fourth NAIA women's tournament held exclusively for Division II teams.
Western Oregon defeated Northwest Nazarene in the championship game, 75–67, to claim the Wolves' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Physical Education Building at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth, Oregon.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field expanded for the second and final time, increasing from 24 to 32 teams. The top sixteen teams received seeds, and no teams received byes to the second round.
The tournament utilized a single-elimination format.
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Northern State (SD) | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| College of the Ozarks | 57 | 1 | Northern State | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Sterling (KS) | 92 | Sterling | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Tusculum | 83 | 1 | Northern State | 62 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Missouri Valley | 76 | 8 | Western Oregon | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Brescia | 81 | Brescia | 65 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Trinity International | 62 | 8 | Western Oregon | 94 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Western Oregon | 92 | 8 | Western Oregon | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Shawnee State | 84 | 5 | Shawnee State | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Houghton | 67 | 5 | Shawnee State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas Aquinas | 43 | 12 | Tri-State | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Tri-State | 58 | 5 | Shawnee State | 81 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Mary (ND) | 66 | Bethany (KS) | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethany (KS) | 70 | Bethany (KS) | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (IN) | 90 | 4 | Doane | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Doane | 100 | 8 | Western Oregon | 75 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Mount Mercy | 94 | 10 | Northwest Nazarene | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Westbrook | 48 | 3 | Mount Mercy | 63* | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Whitworth | 67 | Whitworth | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Culver–Stockton | 60 | 3 | Mount Mercy | 70* | |||||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Midland Lutheran | 76* | 6 | Concordia (WI) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Tennessee Wesleyan | 61 | 11 | Midland Lutheran | 82 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Bloomfield | 46 | 6 | Concordia (WI) | 90 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Concordia (WI) | 60 | 3 | Mount Mercy | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Huron (SD) | 99 | 10 | Northwest Nazarene | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Husson | 62 | 7 | Huron (SD) | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hardin-Simmons | 64 | 10 | Northwest Nazarene | 91** | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Northwest Nazarene | 84 | 10 | Northwest Nazarene | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Indiana Tech | 63 | 2 | Findlay | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Friends (KS) | 50 | 15 | Indiana Tech | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Webber | 48 | 2 | Findlay | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Findlay | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||