2018 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

2018 (2018) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark Billings, Montana
Champions	Freed–Hardeman Lions (1st title, 2nd title game, 7th Fab Four)
Runner-up	Westmont Warriors (2nd title game, 3rd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Montana Western Bulldogs (1st Fab Four) Wayland Baptist Flying Queens (4th Fab Four)
Coach of the year	Dale Neal (Freed–Hardeman)
Player of the year	DaJonee Hale (Central Methodist)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Joy Krupa (Westmont)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Kim Mallory (Freed–Hardeman)
Top scorer	Kayla Styles (Lindsey Wilson) (63 points)
NAIA Division I women's tournaments «2017 2019»

The 2018 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 I members in the United States and Canada for the 2017–18 basketball season.

Freed–Hardeman defeated Westmont in the championship game, 76–64, to claim the Lions' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark in Billings, Montana.

Qualification

See also: 2017–18 NAIA Division I women's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams. For the first time, no teams received a seed.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.

Bracket

	First round				Second round				Quarterfinals				Semifinals				National championship
	Benedictine (KS)	68
	Columbia (MO)	59
					Benedictine (KS)	78
					Menlo	88
	LSU Shreveport	79
	Menlo	91
									Menlo	61
									Montana Western	74
	Campbellsville	79
	Faulkner	63
					Campbellsville	57
					Montana Western	60
	Dillard	54
	Montana Western	66
													Montana Western	50
													Freed–Hardeman	61
	Freed–Hardeman	71
	The Master's	51
					Freed–Hardeman	78
					USAO	50
	Rocky Mountain	52
	USAO	60
									Freed–Hardeman	82
									Central Methodist	74
	Arizona Christian	86
	Central Methodist	98
					Central Missouri	88
					Lindsey Wilson	73
	Lindsey Wilson	75
	Martin Methodist	69
																	Freed–Hardeman	76
																	Westmont	64
	Loyola New Orleans	89
	Our Lady of the Lake	86
					Loyola New Orleans	65
					Westmont	77
	Cumberland (TN)	51
	Westmont	57
									Westmont	65
									MidAmerica Nazarene	54
	Lindenwood Belleville	72
	MidAmerica Nazarene	82
					MidAmerica Nazarene	83
					Providence (MT)	67
	Oklahoma City	76
	Providence (MT)	81
													Westmont	56
													Wayland Baptist	54
	Lyon (AR)	62
	Wayland Baptist	78
					Wayland Baptist	79
					Shawnee State	69
	Grand View	82
	Shawnee State	88
									Wayland Baptist	68
									Vanguard	44
	Carroll (MT)	55
	William Penn	49
					Carroll (MT)	55
					Vanguard	63
	Bethel (TN)	57
	Vanguard	76

See also

• 2018 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2018 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 2018 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 2018 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament