2026 NAIA women's basketball tournament
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Teams64
Finals siteTyson Events Center,
Sioux City, Iowa
Sioux City, Iowa
ChampionsMarian (IN) (1st title, 1st title game)
Runner-upDordt (4th title game)
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| Teams | 64 | ||||
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| Finals site | Tyson Events Center, Sioux City, Iowa | ||||
| Champions | Marian (IN) (1st title, 1st title game) | ||||
| Runner-up | Dordt (4th title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Macy Sievers (Dordt) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Abby McNalley (Marian (IN)) | ||||
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The 2026 NAIA women's basketball tournament was a 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 2025–26 NAIA women's basketball season.
The tournament finals were played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from March 19–24, 2026.[1]
Marian (IN) won their first title over Dordt.
The tournament featured sixty-four teams in a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds were played on regional campus sites on March 13–14, and all subsequent rounds were played from March 19–24 in Sioux City, Iowa.[1]