Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 1992 |
Gender: | Women's |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Oman Arena |
Fabfourcity: | Jackson, Tennessee |
Champions: | Arkansas Tech Golden Suns |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 2nd |
Runnerup: | Wayland Baptist Pioneers |
Gamecount: | 2nd |
Runnerffcount: | 3rd |
Semifinal1: | St. Edward's Hilltoppers |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | SW Oklahoma State Bulldogs |
Fabfourcount2: | 7th |
Coty: | Joe Foley |
Cotyschool: | Arkansas Tech |
Mvp: | Dawn Grell |
Mvpteam: | Arkansas Tech |
Hustle: | Carin Pinion |
Hustleschool: | Arkansas Tech |
Topscorer: | Dawn Grell |
Topscorerteam: | Arkansas Tech |
Points: | 126 |
The 1992 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the 12th 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 and the first held exclusively for the programs in its newly established Division I.
A separate tournament was held concurrently by the NAIA for the teams sorted into Division II.
Arkansas Tech defeated Wayland Baptist in the championship game, 84–68, to claim the Golden Suns' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tennessee.[1]
The tournament field expanded for the second time in its history, increasing from sixteen to thirty-two teams. The top sixteen teams received seeds.
The tournament continue to utilize a simple single-elimination format.