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| Teams | 16 | ||||
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| Finals site | Cedar Rapids, Iowa | ||||
| Champions | UNC Asheville (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Portland (1st title game, 2nd Fab Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| Coach of the year | Helen Carroll (UNC Asheville) | ||||
| Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Valencia Allen (Dillard) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Sheila Ford (UNC Asheville) | ||||
| Top scorer | Sheila Ford (UNC Asheville) (111 points) | ||||
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The 1984 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the fourth 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.
UNC Asheville defeated Portland in the championship game, 72–70 after one overtime period, to claim the Bulldogs' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played in Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
Qualification
See also: 1983–84 NAIA women's basketball seasonThe tournament field expanded for the first time since its establishment, increasing from eight to sixteen teams. The top eight teams were seeded.
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 | SW Oklahoma State | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| Georgian Court | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | SW Oklahoma State | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Central Arkansas | 60 | |||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dillard | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Carson-Newman | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| Charleston (WV) | 93 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Charleston (WV) | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dillard | 102 | |||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown (ND) | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Dillard | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| UNC Asheville | 72* | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Portland | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Portland | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wisconsin–Milwaukee | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Portland | 91 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Francis Marion | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| St. Ambrose | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Francis Marion | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Portland | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Berry | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Berry | 74 | National third place | ||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Berry | 70 | 4 | Dillard | 70 | ||||||||||||||
| 2 | Saginaw Valley | 53 | 7 | Berry | 66 | ||||||||||||||
| Biola | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Saginaw Valley | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
See also
- 1984 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
- 1984 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
- 1984 NAIA men's basketball tournament
References
- "NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved January 16, 2022.
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| The NAIA canceled the 2020 tournaments due to the coronavirus pandemic and removed divisional classifications starting in 2020–21 | |||||