NAIA Division II men's basketball championship

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NAIA Division II men's basketball championship
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Sport College basketball
Founded1992
Ceased2020
No. of teams20 (1992–93)
24 (1994)
32 (1995–2019)
Venue(s) Stephenville, Texas
Nampa, Idaho
Point Lookout, Missouri
Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Most titles Bethel (IN) (3)
Cornerstone (3)
Indiana Wesleyan (3)
Oregon Tech (3)

The NAIA Division II men's basketball championship is the former tournament held by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada. The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 2019, after which the NAIA consolidated its two divisions, returning to the single national championship for men's and women's basketball that it held between the event's establishment in 1937 and the division split in 1992. [1]

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Over its twenty-eight year history, the tournament was played in four different cities and at five different venues. Unlike the NCAA's annual basketball tournaments, where games are played at an assortment of regional sites over the course of several weeks, all NAIA tournament games were played at a single, centralized arena. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Bethel (IN), Cornerstone, Indiana Wesleyan, and Oregon Tech won the most NAIA Division II national titles, with three each.

Results

NAIA Division II men's basketball championship
YearArenaLocationChampionshipSemifinalists
ChampionScoreRunner-up
1992
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Wisdom Gym Stephenville, Texas Grace 85–79 (OT) Northwestern (IA) Concordia (NE) & Dakota State
1993
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Montgomery Fieldhouse Nampa, Idaho Willamette 63–56 Northern State (SD) Northwest Nazarene & William Jewell
1994
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Eureka 98–95 (OT)Northern State (SD) Lewis & Clark & Northwest Nazarene
1995
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Bethel (IN) 103–95 (OT)Northwest NazareneNorthern State & William Jewell
1996
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Albertson 81–72 (OT) Whitworth Walsh & William Jewell
1997
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Bethel (IN) (2)95–94 Siena Heights Tabor & William Jewell
1998
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Idaho Center Bethel (IN) (3)89–87 Oregon Tech Mount Marty & Northwest Nazarene
1999
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Cornerstone 113–109Bethel (IN) Berea & Mount Senario
2000
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Keeter Gymnasium Point Lookout, Missouri Embry–Riddle (FL) 75–63 College of the Ozarks Huntington & Siena Heights
2001
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Northwestern (IA)82–78 MidAmerica Nazarene Cornerstone & Rio Grande
2002
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Evangel 84–61 Robert Morris (IL) Cornerstone & Northwestern (IA)
2003
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Northwestern (IA) (2)77–57 Bethany (KS) Cornerstone & Warner Southern
2004
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Oregon Tech 81–72 Bellevue St. Ambrose & Sioux Falls
2005
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Walsh 81–70 Concordia (NE) Cedarville & Oregon Tech
2006
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College of the Ozarks74–56Huntington Lindenwood & MidAmerica Nazarene
2007
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MidAmerica Nazarene78–60 Mayville State Northwest & Northwestern (IA)
2008
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Oregon Tech (2)63–56BellevueMidAmerican Nazarene & Northwestern (IA)
2009
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Oklahoma Wesleyan 60–53College of the OzarksBethel (IN) & Black Hills State
2010
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Saint Francis (IN) 67–66WalshBellevue & Oklahoma Wesleyan
2011
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Cornerstone (2)80–71Saint Francis (IN)College of the Ozarks & Northwood
2012
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Oregon Tech (3)63–46Northwood Davenport & McPherson
2013
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Cardinal Stritch 73–59 William Penn Indiana–Southeast & Grace
2014
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Indiana Wesleyan 78–68 Midland Robert Morris (IL) & Southeastern (FL)
2015
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Cornerstone (3)66–45 Dakota Wesleyan Davenport & Embry-Riddle (FL)
2016
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Indiana Wesleyan (2)69–66Saint Francis (IN) Indiana–East & Warner
2017
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Union (KY) 72–69CornerstoneBellevue & Indiana Wesleyan
2018
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Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, South Dakota Indiana Wesleyan (3)84–71Saint Francis (IN)Indiana–East & College of Idaho
2019
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Spring Arbor82–76 Oregon Tech College of Idaho & Marian
2020
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No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Champions

SchoolFinals
record
Finals
appearances
Years
Indiana Wesleyan 3–032014, 2016, 2018
Cornerstone 3–141999, 2011, 2015
Oregon Tech 3–252004, 2008, 2012
Bethel (IN) 3–141995, 1997, 1998
Northwestern (IA) 2–132001, 2003
Spring Arbor 1–012019
Union (KY) 1–012017
Cardinal Stritch 1–012013
Saint Francis (IN) 1–342010
Oklahoma Wesleyan 1–012009
MidAmerica Nazarene 1–122007
College of the Ozarks 1–232006
Walsh 1–122005
Evangel 1–012002
Embry–Riddle 1–012000
College of Idaho 1–011996
Eureka 1–011994
Willamette 1–011993
Grace 1–011992

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References

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