The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association women's basketball tournament is the annual conference women's
basketball
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championship tournament for the
Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association
The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (originally and through 1950 known as the Colored Intercollegiate Athletic Association — CIAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NC ...
. The tournament has been held annually since 1975. It is a
single-elimination tournament
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and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the CIAA's automatic bid to the
NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament
The NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament (officially styled as "Championship" instead of "Tournament") is an annual tournament to determine the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II women's college basketball nati ...
.
have been the most successful team at the CIAA tournament, with eleven championships.
Results
Championship records
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Claflin and
Winston-Salem State have not yet won the tournament
*
Chowan and
Saint Paul's never won the tournament as CIAA members
* Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the CIAA
See also
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MEAC women's basketball tournament
References
{{NCAA women's college basketball tournament navbox
NCAA Division II women's basketball conference tournaments
Basketball Tournament, Women's
Recurring sporting events established in 1975