The 2007 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
held by the
NAIA to determine the national champion of women's
college basketball
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among its
Division I members in the
United States
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and
Canada
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for the
2006–07 basketball season.
Lambuth defeated
Cumberland (TN) in the championship game, 63–50, to claim the Eagles' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the
Oman Arena
The Oman Arena (originally Jackson Coliseum) is a 5,600-seat multi-purpose arena, in Jackson, Tennessee, USA. It was opened in 1967, and is architecturally similar to the Mid-South Coliseum
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in
Jackson, Tennessee
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Jackson ...
.
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into one of four quadrants and seeded from 1 to 8 within each quadrant.
The tournament continued to utilize a simple
single-elimination
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
format.
Bracket
See also
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2007 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2007 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 14 to 20 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 70th annual NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single- ...
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2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament began on March 17, 2007 and concluded on April 3 at Quicken Loans Arena in Cleveland, Ohio. The Final Four consisted of Tennessee, LSU, Rutgers, and North Carolina, with Tennessee defeat ...
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2007 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the 26th annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Southern Connecticut defeated Flo ...
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2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 26th annual NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament, tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of NCAA Division III, Division III women's college bask ...
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2007 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
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References
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