1992 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

1992 (1992) NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

Teams	20
Finals site	Physical Education Building Monmouth, Oregon
Champions	Northern State Wolves (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-up	Tarleton State TexAnns (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Mount St. Joseph Lions (1st Fab Four) Western Oregon Wolves (1st Fab Four)
Coach of the year	Curt Frederickson (Northern State)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Amy Sutter (Mount St. Joseph)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Barb Schmidt (Northern State)
Top scorer	Barb Schmidt (Northern State) (76 points)
NAIA Division II women's tournaments «1991 1993»

The 1992 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 II members in the United States and Canada for the 1991–92 basketball season.

This was the first tournament held exclusively for Division II teams; a separate tournament was held concurrently for the teams the NAIA sorted into its Division I.

Northern State (SD) defeated Tarleton State in the championship game, 73–65, to claim the Wolves' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Physical Education Building at Western Oregon State College in Monmouth, Oregon.

Qualification

See also: 1991–92 NAIA Division II women's basketball season

The tournament field for the inaugural Division II championship was set at 20 teams, a decrease of 12 teams from the last single-division NAIA tournament in 1991. The top eight teams received seeds, with the top four receiving a bye. The lowest ranked teams were placed in a preliminary first round.

The tournament utilized a single-elimination format.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
						1	Northern Montana	104
							Culver–Stockton	58
	Culver–Stockton		93
	Florida Memorial		75
											1	Northern Montana	75
											8	Mount St. Joseph	77
							Concordia (WI)	70
						8	Mount St. Joseph	83
																8	Mount St. Joseph	72
																4	Tarleton State	91
						5	Tabor	53
							Pacific (OR)	71
												Pacific (OR)	66
											4	Tarleton State	68*
	St. Joseph's (ME)		94
	Concordia (NE)		78
							St. Joseph's (ME)	70
						4	Tarleton State	81
																					4	Tarleton State	56
																					6	Northern State (SD)	73
						3	Indiana Tech	64
							Aquinas (MI)	63
	Aquinas (MI)		63
	Bloomfield		48
											3	Indiana Tech	51
											6	Northern State (SD)	71
							Tusculum	60
						6	Northern State (SD)	110
																6	Northern State (SD)	76
																7	Western Oregon	64
						7	Western Oregon	81
							Cardinal Stritch	61
											7	Western Oregon	90
											2	Mount Mercy	76
	Wilmington (DE)		76
	Olivet Nazarene		67
							Wilmington (DE)	61
						2	Mount Mercy	99

See also

• 1992 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
• 1992 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
• 1992 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament