2018 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament

2018 (2018) NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark; Billings, Montana
Champions	Freed–Hardeman Lions (1st title, 2nd title game,; 7th Fab Four)
Runner-up	Westmont Warriors (2nd title game,; 3rd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Montana Western Bulldogs ; (1st Fab Four); Wayland Baptist Flying Queens ; (4th Fab Four);
Coach of the year	Dale Neal (Freed–Hardeman)
Player of the year	DaJonee Hale (Central Methodist)
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Joy Krupa (Westmont)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Kim Mallory (Freed–Hardeman)
Top scorer	Kayla Styles (Lindsey Wilson); (63 points)
NAIA Division I ; women's tournaments
«2017	2019»

The 2018 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2017–18 basketball season.

Freed–Hardeman defeated Westmont in the championship game, 76–64, to claim the Lions' first NAIA national title.

Qualification[edit]

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams. For the first time, no teams received a seed.

The tournament continued to utilize a simple single-elimination format.