2005 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

2005 (2005) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsJohn Brown (1 title)
Runner-upAzusa Pacific (1 title game)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearBill Odell (Azusa Pacific)
Player of the yearJarred Merrill (Oklahoma Christian)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Quinton Gibson (Robert Morris (IL))
Chuck Taylor MVPBrandon Cole (John Brown)
Top scorerDaniel Rose (Biola)
(66 points)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
«2004 2006»

The 2005 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held from March 16 to 22 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The sixty-eighth annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The 2005 National Champions were the unranked John Brown University who defeated the 9th ranked Azusa Pacific University by a score of 65 to 55. The other NAIA National semifinalists were Carroll College (MT) and Robert Morris College (IL).

2005 tournament would bring four new teams to the NAIA national semifinals. The first tournament since 2001 tournament to do so. (It would be the 7th time in tournament history this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965, 1969, 2001).

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Daniel Rose, Biola in 3 games Rose scored a total of 66 points, including 26 field goals and 14 free throws to average 22.0 points per game.
  • Leading rebounder: Mersad Terzic, Mountain State in 3 games Terzic earned 31 rebounds averaging 10.3 rebounds per game
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 14th, Georgetown (KY)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 24th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

Bracket

First round
March 16 and 17 		Second round
March 18 		Elite Eight
March 19 		NAIA national semifinals
March 21 		NAIA national championship
March 22
               
1 Mountain State 77
– Columbia (MO) 50
1 Mountain State 88
– Trevecca Nazarene 65
– Lewis–Clark State 71
16 Trevecca Nazarene 79
1 Mountain State 66
TOP TIER
March 16
9 Azusa Pacific 82
9 Azusa Pacific 88
– Houston Baptist 72
9 Azusa Pacific 100
8 Oklahoma Christian 93*
– Brescia 63*
8 Oklahoma Christian 72
9 Azusa Pacific 96
4 Robert Morris (IL) 88
5 Georgetown (KY) 84
– Georgia Southwestern State 62
5 Georgetown (KY) 87
– Oklahoma Baptist 75
– Oklahoma Baptist 75
12 Westminster (UT) 60
5 Georgetown (KY) 87
TOP TIER
March 16
4 Robert Morris (IL) 99
13 Lubbock Christian 66
– California Baptist 77
– California Baptist 71
4 Robert Morris (IL) 105
– Xavier (LA) 79
4 Robert Morris (IL) 81
9 Azusa Pacific 55
– John Brown 65
3 Lindsey Wilson 69
– Faulkner 63
3 Lindsey Wilson 68
14 St. Xavier 78
– Langston 55
14 St. Xavier 72
14 St. Xavier 57
BOTTOM TIER
March 17
– Carroll 76
11 Concordia (CA) 72
– Carroll (MT) 85
– Carroll (MT) 66
– Oklahoma City 65
– Oklahoma City 77
6 Mobile 74
– Carroll (MT) 60
– John Brown 73
7 Union (TN) 72
– John Brown 84
– John Brown 61
10 LSU–Shreveport 56
– Cumberland (KY) 75*
10 LSU Shreveport 79
– John Brown 58
BOTTOM TIER
March 17
– Biola 56
15 Missouri Baptist 70
– Biola 76
– Biola 65
2 Southern Poly 63
– Voorhees 74
2 Southern Poly 88
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

References

  1. ^ "2005 Tournament Bracket>". Archived from the original on March 20, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2008.
  2. ^ "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2008.