The 2013 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the
tournament
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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
2012–13 basketball season.
Westmont defeated
Lee (TN) in the championship game, 71–65, to claim the Warriors' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the
Frankfort Convention Center in
Frankfort, Kentucky
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.
Qualification
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, which were sorted into four quadrants of eight teams each. Within each quadrant, teams were seeded sequentially from one to eight based on record and season performance.
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 mat ...
format.
Bracket
See also
*
2013 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
*
2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2013 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament was played from March 23 through April 9, 2013. Tennessee continued its streak of making every NCAA women's basketball tournament at 32 consecutive appearances. Kansas made the regional semi ...
*
2013 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The 2013 NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament was the 32nd annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division II women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
Ashland defeated Dowling in the c ...
*
2013 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament
The 2013 NCAA Division III women's basketball tournament was the 32nd annual tournament hosted by the NCAA to determine the national champion of Division III women's collegiate basketball in the United States.
DePauw defeated Wisconsin–Whi ...
*
2013 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
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Albums
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References
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