2000 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 63rd NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 63rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The championship game featured Life University and Georgetown College. Life would defeat Georgetown by a score of 63 to 59.

2000 (2000) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsLife
(3rd title)
Runner-UpGeorgetown (KY)
(4th title game)
SemifinalistsBiola
Olivet Nazarene
Coach of the YearRoger Kaiser
(Life)
Chuck Taylor MVPJimmie Hunter
(Life)
Player of the YearJimmie Hunter
(Life)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Marcus White
(Biola)
Attendance19,565
Top scorerWill Carlton (Georgetown (KY))
(100 points)

Awards and honors
  • Leading scorer: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 37 field goals, 21 free throws, 100 total points (20.0 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 57 total rebounds (11.4 average rebounds per game)
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 9th, Georgetown (Ky.)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 19th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

2000 NAIA bracket
First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Life 106
- Southern–New Orleans 63
1 Life 90
16 Southern Tech 65
- Point Loma Nazarene 65
16 Southern Poly 74
1 Life 79
TOP TIER
8 The Master’s 68
9 Houston Baptist 68
- Barber–Scotia 50
9 Houston Baptist 61
8 The Master's 81
- Campbellsville 76
8 The Master's 78
1 Life 85
- Olivet Nazarene 69
5 Oklahoma City 70
- Westmont 62
5 Oklahoma City 67
12 Spring Hill 77
- Saint Vincent 47
12 Spring Hill 51
12 Spring Hill 44
TOP TIER
- Olivet Nazarene 62
13 Columbia (MO) 59
- Olivet Nazarene 62
- Olivet Nazarene 79
- Lewis-Clark State 61
- Lewis–Clark State 79
4 Birmingham–Southern 61
1 Life 61
3 Georgetown 59
3 Georgetown (KY) 89
- Northwestern Oklahoma State 63
3 Georgetown 66
14 Union 64*
- College of West Virginia 67
14 Union (TN) 73
3 Georgetown 80
BOTTOM TIER
- Faulkner 61
11 Lindsey Wilson 52
- Mobile 51
11 Lindsey Wilson 79*
- Faulkner 81
- Faulkner 97
6 Azusa Pacific 73
3 Georgetown 118
10 Biola 108****
7 Lambuth 64
- Brewton–Parker 59
7 Lambuth 60
10 Biola 71
- St. Xavier 78
10 Biola 92
10 Biola 82
BOTTOM TIER
2 Lipscomb 71
15 Central State 88
- McKendree 79
15 Central State 41
2 Lipscomb 77
- St. Gregory's 66
2 Lipscomb 77
  •  * denotes each overtime.

See also

References
  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-19.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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