2008 NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship :: 28th Annual tournament will be held at Oman Arena in Jackson, Tenn.

March 17, 2008

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The 28th Annual NAIA Division I Women's Basketball National Championship will be held at the Oman Arena in Jackson, Tenn. on March 19-28, 2008.

The 32-team, single elimination tournament will start with first round games on Wednesday, March 19 and Thursday, March 20 and will end with the championship game on Tuesday, March 25.

Union (Tenn.), Lee (Tenn.), Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) and Oklahoma City earned No. 1 seeds this season and will face the eight-seeds Science and Arts (Okla.), Harris-Stowe (Mo.), Robert Morris (Ill.) and Brescia( Ky.) respectively.

The defending national champion Lambuth (Tenn.) comes into the tournament as the No. 3 seed in Quarter-2 and will face No. Xavier (La.).

In 2007 Lambuth (Tenn.) defeated Cumberland (Tenn.), 63-50, to win the first NAIA title in program history. The Eagles are just the fourth different team to claim a title over the past 14 seasons. Lambuth, seeded fifth in the tournament bracket, is the lowest-seeded champion since the NAIA implemented bracketed quarters in 2003.

Southern Nazarene (Okla.) has captured the most championships with seven and will be making its 17th trip to the NAIA National Championship Tournament.

Union is making its 19th appearance in the tournament, most by any Division I women's basketball teams. The Lady Bulldogs are perfect on the season with 32-0 record. Union occupied the top spot in every regular season poll this year.

The first 30 games of the Championships will be video-streamed live on the Internet, while the National Championship Game will air live nationwide on College Sports Television (CSTV).