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KANSAS CITY, Mo.&nbsp;&ndash; The Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletics Association announced the bracket and seed for its 2025 postseason women&rsquo;s basketball championship, set for March 5-9 in Kansas City&rsquo;s historic Municipal Auditorium. &nbsp; Ten women&rsquo;s teams and 10 men&rsquo;s teams will travel to Kansas City, Mo., this week for the 2025 MIAA Basketball Championships, presented by&nbsp;<a href="https://www.bankwithsouthern.com/">Southern Bank</a>. MIAA Madness tips off Wednesday, March 5, with the men&rsquo;s sessions in the afternoon and the women&rsquo;s sessions in the evening. &nbsp; &nbsp; Pittsburg State captured the regular season title and will be the No. 1 seed in the women&rsquo;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. &nbsp; 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&rsquo;s fourth overall and first since the 2016-17 season. The Gorillas &ndash; the defending MIAA tournament champions &ndash; are currently the top-ranked team in the Central Region and rank No. 10 on the latest Division II top 25 rankings. &nbsp; &nbsp; 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. &nbsp; 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&nbsp;KPI and tiebreakers for seeding in the postseason tournament.&nbsp;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&rsquo;s wins, losses and ties on a positive-to-negative scale after every contest.&nbsp;Adjustments are made to each game&rsquo;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.&nbsp; &nbsp; MIAA Fans can purchase tickets at the&nbsp;<a href="https://kcconvention.com/resources/tickets/">Municipal box office</a>&nbsp;or via&nbsp;<a href="https://www.ticketmaster.com/miaa-basketball-championships-tickets/artist/1546957">Ticketmaster</a>. 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. &nbsp; MIAA fans not traveling to Kansas City can watch all the MIAA Madness action live, exclusively on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.themiaanetwork.com/">The MIAA Network</a>. 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.&nbsp; &nbsp; Below is the official schedule for the 2025 MIAA Women&rsquo;s Basketball Championships presented by Southern Bank. For more information on all things MIAA Madness, visit&nbsp;<a href="https://themiaa.com/feature/2025-miaa-basketball-championships">theMIAA.com/Basketball</a>. &nbsp; 2025 MIAA WOMEN'S BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP SCHEDULE&nbsp;&nbsp; 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</div>

🏀 MIAA releases women's postseason bracket