2016 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

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2016 (2016) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsMid-America Christian Evangels (1 title, 1 title game)
Runner-upGeorgetown (KY) Tigers (6 title game)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
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The 2016 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 79th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1]

Contents

2016 awards

2016 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Georgetown 103
8 Wayland Baptist 82
1Georgetown80
4 Arizona Christian 78
4 Arizona Christian 84
5 William Carey 77
1Georgetown99
Naismith Bracket
3 William Penn 80
3 William Penn 85
6 Montana Western 77
3William Penn86
2 Columbia 68
2 Columbia '94
7 LSU Shreveport 68
1Georgetown90
3 MidAmerica Nazarene 83
2 Pikeville 69
7 William Jessup 82
7 William Jessup 76
3MidAmerica Nazarene90
3 MidAmerica Nazarene 87*
6 Oklahoma City 82
3MidAmerica Nazarene95
Cramer Bracket
5 Our Lady of the Lake 82
4 Freed-Hardeman 81
5 Our Lady of the Lake 87
5Our Lady of the Lake83
1 Lewis-Clark State 64
1 Lewis-Clark State 69*
8 Xavier 68
1 Georgetown 99
4Mid-America Christian100*
1 Biola 84
8 Faulkner 54
1 Biola 80
4Mid-America Christian88
4 Mid-America Christian 88
5 Park 86
4Mid-America Christian77
Duer Bracket
6 Cumberlands 73
3 Langston 78
6 Cumberlands 80*
6Cumberlands82
2 Talladega 80
2 Talladega 63
7 Westmont 61
4Mid-America Christian93
6 Campbellsville 89
2 Hope International 91
7 Dillard 111
7 Dillard 73
6Campbellsville81
3 Texas Wesleyan 88
6 Campbellsville 91
6Campbellsville83
Lister Bracket
5 Carroll 67
4 Peru State 82
5 Carroll 99
5Carroll66
1 LSU Alexandria 60
1 LSU Alexandria 95
8 SAGU 74

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