KANSAS CITY, Mo. – The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced the bracket and seed for its 2025 postseason women’s basketball championship, set for March 5-9 in Kansas City’s historic Municipal Auditorium.
 
Ten women’s teams and 10 men’s teams will travel to Kansas City, Mo., this week for the 2025 MIAA Basketball Championships, presented by Southern Bank. MIAA Madness tips off Wednesday, March 5, with the men’s sessions in the afternoon and the women’s sessions in the evening.  
 
Pittsburg State captured the regular season title and will be the No. 1 seed in the women’s tournament. Fort Hays State earned the No. 2 seed and will join Pitt State with a first-round bye. Both the Gorillas and Tigers will play their first MIAA tournament games on Thursday, March 6.
 
The Gorillas finished the 2024-25 season with an MIAA record of 18-1 and enter the postseason with an overall record of 26-3. The regular season championship was Pitt State’s fourth overall and first since the 2016-17 season. The Gorillas – the defending MIAA tournament champions – are currently the top-ranked team in the Central Region and rank No. 10 on the latest Division II top 25 rankings.  
 
Fort Hays State went 16-3 against MIAA opponents and is 25-3 overall. The Tigers currently rank third in the Central Region and rank ahead of the Gorillas in the Division II top 25, coming in at No. 6.
 
Missouri Western (19-8, 14-5 MIAA) will be the No. 3 seed, followed by Nebraska Kearney (20-8, 13-6 MIAA) as the No. 4 seed, Washburn (16-12, 10-8 MIAA) the as No. 5 seed, and MIAA newcomer Arkansas-Fort Smith (18-10, 12-7 MIAA) claimed the No. 6 seed. Central Missouri (16-14, 8-11 MIAA) will be the No. 7 seed, Northwest Missouri (15-14, 8-11 MIAA) was slatted the No. 8 seed, Missouri Southern (18-12, 10-8 MIAA) the No. 9 seed and Emporia State (10-18, 5-14 MIAA) will be the 10 seed.

The MIAA uses KPI and tiebreakers for seeding in the postseason tournament. KPI rankings are a results-based metric meant to quantify how hard it was for a team to achieve a record given their schedule. KPI ranks every team’s wins, losses and ties on a positive-to-negative scale after every contest. Adjustments are made to each game’s value based on the location of the game, opponent quality, and percentage of total points/goals scored. Game values are added together and divided by games played for each team's KPI ranking. 
 
MIAA Fans can purchase tickets at the Municipal box office or via Ticketmaster. Single-Session tickets are $25 and All-Session Tournament Passes are $85. Student Single-Session tickets will also be sold for $10. Children six and under are admitted at no charge.
 
MIAA fans not traveling to Kansas City can watch all the MIAA Madness action live, exclusively on The MIAA Network. Fans can purchase access to single-game broadcasts for $15 or a MIAA Network Tournament Pass for $40. Currently MIAA Network subscribers will not have to pay the additional charge for tournament games. 
 
Below is the official schedule for the 2025 MIAA Women’s Basketball Championships presented by Southern Bank. For more information on all things MIAA Madness, visit theMIAA.com/Basketball.

  2025 MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE  
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 5:
6 PM | No. 8 seed Missouri Southern vs. No. 9 seed Northwest Missouri
8:15 PM | No. 7 seed Central Missouri vs. No. 10 seed Emporia State

THURSDAY, MARCH 6:
6 PM | No. 1 seed Pittsburg State vs. Women's No. 8/9 seed
8:15 PM | No. 2 seed Fort Hays State vs. Women's No. 7/10 seed

FRIDAY, MARCH 7:
6 PM | No. 4 seed Nebraska Kearney vs. No. 5 seed Washburn
8:15 PM | No. 3 seed Missouri Western vs. No. 6 seed Arkansas-Fort Smith

SATURDAY, MARCH 8:
6 PM | Women's Semifinals
8:15 PM | Women's Semifinals

SUNDAY, MARCH 9:
3:30 PM | Women's Championship