The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association women's basketball tournament (formerly Missouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association women's basketball tournament) is the annual conference women's basketball championship tournament for the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association. The tournament has been held annually since 1983. It is a single-elimination tournament and seeding is based on regular season records.
The winner receives the MIAA's automatic bid to the NCAA Division II women's basketball tournament.
Washburn have been the most successful team at the MIAA tournament, with ten championships.
History MIAA women's basketball tournamentYearChampionsScoreRunner-upVenueMissouri Intercollegiate Athletics Association 1983 Central Missouri State (1) 91–69 Northwest Missouri State UCM Multipurpose Building (Warrensburg, MO) 1984 Central Missouri State (2) 88–65 Southeast Missouri State 1985 Central Missouri State (3) 72–67 Southeast Missouri State 1986 Central Missouri State (4) 77–69 Southeast Missouri State Houck Field House (Cape Girardeau, MO) 1987 Southeast Missouri State (1) 78–55 Central Missouri State 1988 Central Missouri State (5) 80–68 Southeast Missouri State Show Me Center (Cape Girardeau, MO) 1989 Central Missouri State (6) 68–64 Southeast Missouri State UCM Multipurpose Building (Warrensburg, MO)Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association 1990 Central Missouri State (7) 72–60 Southeast Missouri State UCM Multipurpose Building (Warrensburg, MO) 1991 Southeast Missouri State (2) 85–83 Central Missouri State 1992 Washburn (1) 54–46 Pittsburg State John Lance Arena (Pittsburg, KS) 1993 Washburn (2) 78–65 Missouri Southern Lee Arena (Topeka, KS) 1994 Missouri Southern State (1) 81–79 Missouri Western MWSU Fieldhouse (St. Joseph, MO) 1995 Missouri Western State (1) 76–62 Washburn 1996 Missouri Southern State (2) 68–61 Southwest Baptist Meyer Center (Bolivar, MO) 1997 Missouri Western State (2) 53–46 Central Missouri State MWSU Fieldhouse (St. Joseph, MO) 1998 Emporia State (1) 91–80 Missouri Western StateWilliam L. White Auditorium (Emporia, KS) 1999 Emporia State (2) 84–74 Missouri Western State 2000 Emporia State (3) 88–76 Missouri Western State 2001 Emporia State (4) 78–52 Missouri Western State 2002 Missouri Western State (3) 54–51 Washburn MWSU Fieldhouse (St. Joseph, MO) 2003 Washburn (3) 71–60 Missouri Western State Municipal Auditorium (Kansas City, MO) 2004 Northwest Missouri State (1) 76–62 Emporia State 2005 Washburn (4) 63–41 Emporia State 2006 Washburn (5) 75–71 Central Missouri State 2007 Washburn (6) 71–70 Missouri Western State 2008 Northwest Missouri State (2) 82–58 Southwest Baptist 2009 Washburn (7) 78–69 Emporia State 2010 Washburn (8) 68–56 Central Missouri 2011 Northwest Missouri State (3) 79–63 Emporia State 2012 Washburn (9) 68–59 Emporia State 2013 Emporia State (5) 67–51 Central Missouri 2014 Emporia State (6) 75–71 Central Missouri 2015 Emporia State (7) 49–46 Fort Hays State 2016 Emporia State (8) 80–66 Pittsburg State 2017 Emporia State (9) 62–54 Central Oklahoma 2018 Lindenwood (1) 58–51 Fort Hays State 2019 Fort Hays State (1) 63–56 Central Missouri 2020 Central Missouri (8) 82–75 Emporia State 2021 Nebraska–Kearney (1) 57–51 Fort Hays State Gross Memorial Coliseum (Hays, KS) 2022 Fort Hays State (2) 48–42 Missouri Southern State Memorial Auditorium (Kansas City, MO) 2023 Missouri Southern (3) 78–63 Central Missouri 2024 Pittsburg State (1) 63–53 Fort Hays State 2025 Pittsburg State (1) 81–73 Fort Hays State 2026 Washburn (10) 53–44 Central Missouri
Championship records School Finals Record Finals YearsWashburn10–212 1992, 1993, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2026Emporia State9–615 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017Central Missouri(Central Missouri State)8–1018 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 2020 Northwest Missouri State3–14 2004, 2008, 2011 Missouri Southern(Missouri Southern State)3–25 1994, 1996, 2023 Missouri Western(Missouri Western State)3–710 1995, 1997, 2002 Southeast Missouri State2–68 1987, 1991 Fort Hays State2–57 2019, 2022 Pittsburg State2–24 2024, 2025 Nebraska–Kearney1–0 1 2021 Lindenwood1–0 1 2018 Central Oklahoma0–11 Southwest Baptist0–22
Arkansas–Fort Smith, Newman, Northeastern State (OK), and Rogers State have not yet qualified for the MIAA tournament finals Lincoln (MO), Missouri–Rolla (Missouri S&T), UMSL, Nebraska–Omaha (Omaha), and Truman (Northeast Missouri State) never won the tournament as MIAA members Schools highlighted in pink are former members of the MIAA
See also MIAA men's basketball tournament
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