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 2025âÂÂ26 NAIA women's basketball season.
The tournament finals were played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from March 19âÂÂ24, 2026.
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 13âÂÂ14, and all subsequent rounds were played from March 19âÂÂ24 in Sioux City, Iowa.
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