# 2025 NAIA women's basketball tournament

The 2025 NAIA women's basketball tournament is a tournament currently being 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 2024–25 NAIA women's basketball season.
The tournament finals will be played at the Tyson Events Center in Sioux City, Iowa, from March 20–25, 2025.

## Qualification

The tournament will again feature sixty-four teams in a simple single-elimination format. The first two preliminary rounds will be played on regional campus sites on March 14–15, and all subsequent rounds will be played from March 20–25 at the predetermined final tournament site in Sioux City.

## Tournament bracket
### Cramer quadrant

| First round March 14 | First round March 14 | First round March 14 | Second round March 15 | Second round March 15 | Second round March 15 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | | Quarterfinals March 22 |
| 1 | Bethel (TN) | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Sterling (KS) | 50 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Sterling (KS) | 50 | 1 | Bethel (TN) | 67 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Benedictine (KS) | 52 | | | | |
| 8 | Benedictine (KS) | 80 | 8 | Benedictine (KS) | 52 | | | | |
| 9 | LSU–Alexandria | 41 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | LSU–Alexandria | 41 | | | | 1 | Bethel (TN) | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Hastings | | |
| 5 | LSU–Shreveport | 56 | | | | | | 4 | Hastings |
| 12 | Huntington (IN) | 64 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Huntington (IN) | 64 | 4 | Hastings | 90 | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Huntington (IN) | 66 | | | | |
| 4 | Hastings | 112 | 12 | Huntington (IN) | 66 | | | | |
| 13 | College of the Ozarks | 84 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Xavier (LA) | 77 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Southeastern (FL) | 59 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Southeastern (FL) | 59 | 3 | William Carey (MS) | 47 | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Xavier (LA) | 72 | | | | |
| 3 | William Carey (MS) | 70 | 6 | Xavier (LA) | 72 | | | | |
| 14 | Lindsey Wilson | 61 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Lindsey Wilson | 61 | | | | 6 | Xavier (LA) | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Southern Oregon | | |
| 7 | Wayland Baptist (TX) | 72 | | | | | | 2 | Southern Oregon |
| 10 | Carroll (MT) | 63 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Carroll (MT) | 63 | 2 | Southern Oregon | 78 | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Wayland Baptist (TX) | 52 | | | | |
| 2 | Southern Oregon | 86 | 7 | Wayland Baptist (TX) | 52 | | | | |
| 15 | UC Merced | 52 | | | | | | | |

### Duer quadrant

| First round March 14 | First round March 14 | First round March 14 | Second round March 15 | Second round March 15 | Second round March 15 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | | Quarterfinals March 22 |
| 1 | Campbellsville | 77 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Lourdes | 49 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Lourdes | 49 | 1 | Campbellsville | 80 | | | | |
| | | | 9 | Williams Baptist | 64 | | | | |
| 8 | Mobile | 69 | 9 | Williams Baptist | 64 | | | | |
| 9 | Williams Baptist | 82 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Williams Baptist | 82 | | | | 1 | Campbellsville | | |
| | | | | | | 5 | Governors State | | |
| 5 | Governors State | 74 | | | | | | 5 | Governors State |
| 12 | Arizona Christian | 53 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Arizona Christian | 53 | 4 | Dakota State | 69 | | | | |
| | | | 5 | Governors State | 75 | | | | |
| 4 | Dakota State | 81 | 5 | Governors State | 75 | | | | |
| 13 | Montana Tech | 63 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Lewis–Clark State | 75 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Columbia (MO) | 59 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Columbia (MO) | 59 | 3 | Briar Cliff | 71 | | | | |
| | | | 6 | Lewis–Clark State | 60 | | | | |
| 3 | Briar Cliff | 65 | 6 | Lewis–Clark State | 60 | | | | |
| 14 | Spring Arbor | 61 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Spring Arbor | 61 | | | | 3 | Briar Cliff | | |
| | | | | | | 7 | Mid-America Christian | | |
| 7 | Mid-America Christian | 73 | | | | | | 7 | Mid-America Christian |
| 10 | Northwestern (IA) | 63 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Northwestern (IA) | 63 | 7 | Mid-America Christian | 94 | | | | |
| | | | 15 | Kansas Wesleyan | 74 | | | | |
| 2 | MidAmerica Nazarene | 69 | 15 | Kansas Wesleyan | 74 | | | | |
| 15 | Kansas Wesleyan | 70 | | | | | | | |

### Liston quadrant

| First round March 14 | First round March 14 | First round March 14 | Second round March 15 | Second round March 15 | Second round March 15 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | | Quarterfinals March 22 |
| 1 | Indiana Wesleyan | 85 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Philander Smith | 51 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Philander Smith | 51 | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan | 71 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | Grand View | 60 | | | | |
| 8 | Grand View | 95 | 8 | Grand View | 60 | | | | |
| 9 | Olivet Nazarene | 77 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Olivet Nazarene | 77 | | | | 1 | Indiana Wesleyan | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Georgetown (KY) | | |
| 5 | Providence (MT) | 56 | | | | | | 4 | Georgetown (KY) |
| 12 | Idaho | 58 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | Idaho | 58 | 4 | Georgetown (KY) | 79 | | | | |
| | | | 12 | Idaho | 70 | | | | |
| 4 | Georgetown (KY) | 93 | 12 | Idaho | 70 | | | | |
| 13 | Jamestown (ND) | 62 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Rio Grande | 79 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Stillman | 83 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Stillman | 83 | 11 | Stillman | 54 | | | | |
| | | | 14 | Indiana Tech | 64 | | | | |
| 3 | Saint Francis (IN) | 60 | 14 | Indiana Tech | 64 | | | | |
| 14 | Indiana Tech | 64 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Indiana Tech | 64 | | | | 14 | Indiana Tech | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Freed–Hardeman | | |
| 7 | Florida Memorial | 85 | | | | | | 2 | Freed–Hardeman |
| 10 | IU Northwest | 76 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | IU Northwest | 76 | 2 | Freed–Hardeman | 68 | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Florida Memorial | 47 | | | | |
| 2 | Freed–Hardeman | 79 | 7 | Florida Memorial | 47 | | | | |
| 15 | Johnson | 43 | | | | | | | |

### Naismith quadrant

| First round March 14–15 | First round March 14–15 | First round March 14–15 | Second round March 15–16 | Second round March 15–16 | Second round March 15–16 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | Round of 16 March 20–21 | | Quarterfinals March 22 |
| 1 | Dordt | 95 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Haskell | 80 | | | | | | | |
| 16 | Haskell | 80 | 1 | Dordt | 73 | | | | |
| | | | 8 | St. Francis (IL) | 48 | | | | |
| 8 | St. Francis (IL) | 89 | 8 | St. Francis (IL) | 48 | | | | |
| 9 | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 79 | | | | | | | |
| 9 | Rocky Mountain (MT) | 79 | | | | 1 | Dordt | | |
| | | | | | | 4 | Langston | | |
| 5 | Dakota Wesleyan | 91 | | | | | | 4 | Langston |
| 12 | The Master's | 70 | | | | | | | |
| 12 | The Master's | 70 | 5 | Dakota Wesleyan | 68 | | | | |
| | | | 4 | Langston | 79 | | | | |
| 4 | Langston | 61* | 4 | Langston | 79 | | | | |
| 13 | Blue Mountain Christian | 59 | | | | | | | |
| 6 | Oregon Tech | 74 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Milligan | 83 | | | | | | | |
| 11 | Milligan | 83 | 3 | Marian (IN) | 76 | | | | |
| | | | 11 | Milligan | 66 | | | | |
| 3 | Marian (IN) | 73 | 11 | Milligan | 66 | | | | |
| 14 | Saint Xavier | 63 | | | | | | | |
| 14 | Saint Xavier | 63 | | | | 3 | Marian (IN) | | |
| | | | | | | 2 | Cumberlands | | |
| 7 | Shawnee State | 70 | | | | | | 2 | Cumberlands |
| 10 | Loyola (LA) | 62 | | | | | | | |
| 10 | Loyola (LA) | 62 | 2 | Cumberlands | 71 | | | | |
| | | | 7 | Shawnee State | 66 | | | | |
| 2 | Cumberlands | 62 | 7 | Shawnee State | 66 | | | | |
| 15 | Eastern Oregon | 51 | | | | | | | |