NAIA Women's Basketball Tournament Bracket Announced

(Kansas City, Mo.) - [Video Announcement | 1st & 2nd Round Schedule Page | Bracket] The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) has officially announced the teams and bracket for the 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball Championship First and Second Rounds, presented by Ballogy. The 64-team bracket will begin with the First and Second Rounds at host sites nationwide on March 14-15. The 2025 NAIA Second Round winners will meet in Sioux City, Iowa, at the NAIA Championship final site presented by Bomgaars and Sterling. The 44th annual championship occurs at the Tyson Events Center from March 20-25.

This year's First Round field includes 35 automatic qualifiers and 29 at-large selections. Automatic berths were given to teams that either won their respective conference tournament title or regular season championship, finished runner-up at the conference tournament or were otherwise selected by the conference. The NAIA Women's Basketball National Selection Committee determined the at-large bids. The selection committee consists of one representative from each geographical area and six at-large members comprised of coaches and administrators from around the country.

The host will stream all First and Second Round games and each stream may be produced on various platforms.  

The 2025 NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship final site is broadcast FREE on the NAIA Channel of the Urban Edge Network and the newly redesigned NAIA Network for all games at the final site in Sioux City, Iowa. For more information and to pre-register, click HERE.