1988 NAIA women's basketball tournament
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{{Infobox college basketball tournament
| Type=NAIA
| Year=1988
| Gender = Women's
| Image = National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics logo.svg
| ImageSize = 200
| Caption =
| Teams = 16
| FabFourArena =
| FabFourCity = {{flagicon|Missouri}} Kansas City, Missouri
| Champions = Oklahoma City Chiefs
| TitleCount = 1st
| ChampGameCount = 1st
| ChampFFCount = 1st
| RunnerUp = Claflin Lady Panthers
| GameCount = 1st
| RunnerFFCount = 1st
| Semifinal1 = Arkansas Tech Golden Suns
| FabFourCount1 = 2nd
| Semifinal2 = Wingate Bulldogs
| FabFourCount2 = 1st
| COTY = Bob Colon
| COTYSchool = Oklahoma City
| MVP = Miriam Walker
| MVPTeam = Claflin
| POTY =
| POTYSchool =
| Hustle = Kala Cooley
| HustleSchool = Arkansas Tech
| Attendance =
| TopScorer = Miriam Walker
| TopScorerTeam = Claflin
| Points = 164
}}
The 1988 NAIA women's basketball tournament was the eighth 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.
Oklahoma City defeated Claflin in the championship game, 113–95, to claim the Chiefs' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played in Kansas City, Missouri.{{cite web|title=NAIA Women's Basketball Championship History|url=https://www.naia.org/sports/wbkb/Records/DIWBB_Championship.pdf|work=NAIA|accessdate=13 February 2022}}
Qualification
{{see also|1987–88 NAIA women's basketball season}}
The tournament field remained fixed at sixteen teams, with seeds assigned to the top eight teams.
The tournament utilized a simple single-elimination format, with an additional third-place game for the two teams that lost in the semifinals.
Bracket
{{4RoundBracket|byes=1
|nowrap=y
| RD1=Round of 16
| RD2=Quarterfinals
| RD3=Semifinals
| RD4=National championship
| RD4b=National third place
| team-width = 145
| RD1-seed01=1
| RD1-team01=Wingate
| RD1-score01=86
| RD1-seed02=
| RD1-team02=Charleston (WV)
| RD1-score02=71
| RD1-seed03=
| RD1-team03=Central Washington
| RD1-score03=68
| RD1-seed04=8
| RD1-team04=Union (TN)
| RD1-score04=91
| RD1-seed05=5
| RD1-team05=St. Ambrose
| RD1-score05=85
| RD1-seed06=
| RD1-team06=Rocky Mountain
| RD1-score06=65
| RD1-seed07=
| RD1-team07=St. Joseph's (ME)
| RD1-score07=84
| RD1-seed08=4
| RD1-team08=Oklahoma City
| RD1-score08=99
| RD1-seed09=3
| RD1-team09=Arkansas Tech
| RD1-score09=62
| RD1-seed10=
| RD1-team10=Southern Utah
| RD1-score10=50
| RD1-seed11=
| RD1-team11=Minnesota Duluth
| RD1-score11=72*
| RD1-seed12=6
| RD1-team12=Wayland Baptist
| RD1-score12=70
| RD1-seed13=7
| RD1-team13=Saginaw Valley
| RD1-score13=70
| RD1-seed14=
| RD1-team14=Dillard
| RD1-score14=104
| RD1-seed15=
| RD1-team15=Cumberland
| RD1-score15=84
| RD1-seed16=2
| RD1-team16=Claflin
| RD1-score16=88*
| RD2-seed01=1
| RD2-team01=Wingate
| RD2-score01=83
| RD2-seed02=8
| RD2-team02=Union (TN)
| RD2-score02=81
| RD2-seed03=5
| RD2-team03=St. Ambrose
| RD2-score03=72
| RD2-seed04=4
| RD2-team04=Oklahoma City
| RD2-score04=75
| RD2-seed05=3
| RD2-team05=Arkansas Tech
| RD2-score05=65
| RD2-seed06=
| RD2-team06=Minnesota Duluth
| RD2-score06=63
| RD2-seed07=
| RD2-team07=Dillard
| RD2-score07=88
| RD2-seed08=2
| RD2-team08=Claflin
| RD2-score08=107
| RD3-seed01=1
| RD3-team01=Wingate
| RD3-score01=74
| RD3-seed02=4
| RD3-team02=Oklahoma City
| RD3-score02=76
| RD3-seed03=3
| RD3-team03=Arkansas Tech
| RD3-score03=74
| RD3-seed04=2
| RD3-team04=Claflin
| RD3-score04=80
| RD4-seed01=4
| RD4-team01=Oklahoma City
| RD4-score01=113
| RD4-seed02=2
| RD4-team02=Claflin
| RD4-score02=95
| RD4-seed03=1
| RD4-team03=Wingate
| RD4-score03=81
| RD4-seed04=3
| RD4-team04=Arkansas Tech
| RD4-score04=86*
}}
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
{{NAIA Women's Basketball Tournaments}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:1988 Naia Women's Division I Basketball Tournament}}
Category:NAIA women's basketball championships