2007 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

Coach of the yearRay Harper (Oklahoma City)Player of the yearJarekus Singleton (William Carey)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Adam Greenaway (Concordia (CA))Chuck Taylor MVPKameron Gray (Oklahoma City)Attendance19,302Top scorerEddie Smith (Illinois–Springfield)
(67 points)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
«2006 2008»

The 2007 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 14 to 20 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 70th annual NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This tournament had the most total points scored for both teams in one game in the history of the NAIA tournament. Totaling 243pts when Concordia (CA) got 124pts and beat Robert Morris (IL) who has 119pts. That game went into 4 overtimes. (The longest game was a 5OT game back in 1978 when Grand Canyon beat Central State (OH) 88-82.) Concordia would go on to be the 2007 runner-up to Oklahoma City University. Oklahoma City University would beat Concordia 79 to 71.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Eddie Smith, of Illinois–Springfield scored 33.5 points in just two games.
  • Leading rebounder: Zach Allender of Campbellsville in two games Zach had 31 rebounds.
  • Most Points, both teams, in tournament history: 243, done by Concordia (CA) (124) vs Robert Morris (IL) (119) (4OT)
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 16th, Georgetown (KY)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 26th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

Bracket

First round
March 14 and 15 		Second round
March 16 		Elite Eight
March 17 		NAIA national semifinals
March 19 		NAIA national championship
March 20
               
1 Robert Morris (IL) 81
– Westmont 68
1 Robert Morris (IL) 86
16 Oklahoma Baptist 76
16 Oklahoma Baptist 77
– Cumberlands 72
1 Robert Morris (IL) 116
TOP TIER
March 14
9 Crichton 96
8 Auburn–Montgomery 61
– Jarvis Christian 60
8 Auburn–Montgomery 73
9 Crichton 70
9 Crichton 98
– Tougaloo 73
1 Robert Morris (IL) 119 (4 OT)
4 Concordia (CA) 124
13 Houston Baptist 80
– Campbellsville 55
13 Houston Baptist 72
4 Concordia (CA) 83
4 Concordia (CA) 77
– Lee 61
4 Concordia (CA) 88
TOP TIER
March 14
12 Union (TN) 68
5 Southern Nazarene 72
– Westminster (UT) 67
5 Southern Nazarene 81
12 Union (TN) 82
– California Baptist 62
12 Union (TN) 75
4 Concordia (CA) 71
2 Oklahoma City 79
3 Georgetown (KY) 79
– Xavier (La.) 82
– Xavier (LA) 57
– NW Oklahoma State 58
– NW Oklahoma State 61
14 Lewis–Clark State 57
– NW Oklahoma State 59
BOTTOM TIER
March 15
– Faulkner 76
11 San Diego Christian 76
– Faulkner 86
– Faulkner 87
– McKendree 79
– McKendree 86
6 Mountain State 80
– Faulkner 61
2 Oklahoma City 76
7 Park 68
– Olivet Nazarene 62
7 Park 88
10 Azusa Pacific 91
– LSU–Shreveport 56
10 Azusa Pacific 61
10 Azusa Pacific 68
BOTTOM TIER
March 15
2 Oklahoma City 84
15 Illinois–Springfield 104
– Lambuth 89
15 Illinois–Springfield 78
2 Oklahoma City 90
– Wiley 74
2 Oklahoma City 90

See also

References

  1. ^ "2007 Results". Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved November 29, 2008.
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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