2003 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

2003 (2003) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsConcordia (CA) (1st title)
Runner-upMountain State (1st title game)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearKen Ammann (Concordia (CA))
Player of the yearMatt Laur (McKendree)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Tanner Luster (Concordia (CA))
Chuck Taylor MVPRaynardo Curry (Mountain State)
Attendance21,234
Top scorerMatt Laur (McKendree)
(116 points)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
«2002 2004»

The 2003 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 66th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The 2003 National Championship game would feature Concordia (CA) and Mountain State. That game would be the 6th championship game to go into overtime (the most recent as of 2009). The Eagles would defeat the Cougars by an overtime score of 88 to 84. The other teams making it to the NAIA national semifinals were Georgetown (KY), and McKendree.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Matt Laur, McKendree; in 4 games Laur scored a total of 116 points. Including 48 field goals and 20 free throws. Laur averaged 29.0 points per game.
  • Leading rebounder: Matt Laur, McKendree; in 4 games Laur earned 49 rebounds averaging 12.3 per game.
  • Most Three-point Field Goals Made (Individual/Tournament): 21 by Jeremy Groth of Concordia (CA)
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 12th, Georgetown (KY)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 22nd of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

2003 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Houston Baptist 76
– Dillard 79
– Dillard 79
16 Lee 105
– Carroll (MT) 58
16 Lee 68
16 Lee 58
TOP TIER
8 Georgetown (KY) 71
9 St. Xavier 82
– Oklahoma City 56
9 St. Xavier 60
8 Georgetown (KY) 77
– Point Loma Nazarene 63
8 Georgetown (KY) 86
8 Georgetown (KY) 89
4 Mountain State 106
5 Oklahoma Baptist 69
– Lindsey Wilson 66
5 Oklahoma Baptist 72
12 Westmont 66
– Auburn Montgomery 53
12 Westmont 85
5 Oklahoma Baptist 106*
TOP TIER
4 Mountain State 108
13 Columbia (MO) 68
– Wayland Baptist 72
– Wayland Baptist 85
4 Mountain State 94
– Rocky Mountain 80
4 Mountain State 88
4 Mountain State 84*
6 Concordia 88
3 Southern–New Orleans 85
– Reinhardt 72
3 Southern–New Orleans 69
14 Barber–Scotia 72
– Westminster (UT) 48
14 Barber–Scotia 59
14 Barber–Scotia 52
BOTTOM TIER
6 Concordia (CA) 64
11 Cumberland (KY) 73
– Oklahoma Christian 86
– Oklahoma Christian 73
6 Concordia (CA) 76
– Martin Methodist 64
6 Concordia (CA) 87
6 Concordia 81
2 McKendree 58
7 Azusa Pacific 67
– John Brown 70
– John Brown 78
- Olivet Nazarene 83
– Olivet Nazarene 63
10 Faulkner 58
– Olivet Nazarene 62
BOTTOM TIER
2 McKendree 64
15 USAO 79
– Pikeville 68
15 USAO 98
2 McKendree 105
– Jarvis Christian 81
2 McKendree 94
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved March 19, 2008.
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine