2012 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

2012 (2012) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Concordia (Calif.)
Runner-up	Oklahoma Baptist
Semifinalists	Mountain State (W. Va.); Shorter (Ga.);
NAIA Division I ; men's tournaments
«2011	2013»

The 2012 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 75th annual NAIA basketball tournament features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The opening game started on March 14, and the National Championship Game was played on March 20.^[1]

Awards and honors

Leading scorer:
Leading rebounder:
Player of the Year:
Most consecutive tournament appearances: 21st, Georgetown (KY)
Most tournament appearances: 31st, Georgetown (KY)

^[2]

2012 NAIA bracket

First round March 14–15			Second round March 16			Quarterfinals March 17			National Semifinals March 19			National Championship March 20

1	Shorter (Ga.)	105

-	Life (Ga.)	93
			1	Shorter (Ga.)	92

			16	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	77
-	Texas Wesleyan	44

16	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	74
						1	Shorter (Ga.)	63
March 14
						9	Rogers State (Okla.)	60
9	Rogers State (Okla.)	62

-	Tougaloo (Miss.)	57
			9	Rogers State (Okla.)	69

			-	Evangel (Mo.)	63
-	Evangel (Mo.)	60

8	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	49
									1	Shorter (Ga.)	67

									4	Concordia (Calif.)	81
5	Southern Poly. (Ga.)	66

-	Cumberlands (Ky.)	60
			5	Southern Poly (Ga.)	71

			12	LSU Shreveport (La.)	84
-	Xavier (La.)	63

12	LSU Shreveport (La.)	66
						12	LSU Shreveport (La.)	65
March 15
						4	Concordia (Calif.)	84
13	John Brown (Ark.)	83

-	Montana Western	85*
			-	Montana Western	85

			4	Concordia (Calif.)	100
-	Oklahoma Christian	74

4	Concordia (Calif.)	81
												4	Concordia (Calif.)	72

												2	Oklahoma Baptist	69
3	Robert Morris (Ill.)	92

-	Southern New Orleans (La.)	94*
			-	Southern-New Orleans (La.)	52

			14	Georgetown (Ky.)	78
-	Lee (Tenn.)	62

14	Georgetown (Ky.)	70
						14	Georgetown (Ky.)	76
March 14
						11	Mountain State (W. Va.)	83
11	Mountain State (W. Va.)	98

-	MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.)	79
			11	Mountain State (W. Va.)	88

			6	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	74
-	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	68

6	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	81
									11	Mountain State (W. Va.)	56

									2	Oklahoma Baptist	77
7	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	103

-	Baker (Kan.)	88
			7	Our Lady of the Lake (Texas)	90

			10	Biola (Calif.)	94*
-	Campbellsville (Ky.)	57

10	Biola (Calif.)	69
						10	Biola (Calif.)	56
March 15
						2'	Oklahoma Baptist	67
15	Columbia (Mo.)	58

-	Montana State-Northern	52
			15	Columbia (Mo.)	57

			2	Oklahoma Baptist	69
-	Belhaven (Miss.)	62

2	Oklahoma Baptist	68