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| Teams | 24 | ||||
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| Finals site | Montgomery Fieldhouse Nampa, Idaho | ||||
| Champions | Eureka Red Devils (1st title, 1st title game) | ||||
| Runner-up | Northern State Wolves (2nd title game) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Emiko Etete (Northwest Nazarene) | ||||
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Chris Peterson (Eureka) | ||||
| Top scorer | Chris Peterson (Eureka) (107 points) | ||||
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The 1994 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1993–94 basketball season.
Eureka defeated Northern State (SD) in the championship game, 98–95 in overtime, to claim the Red Devils' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Montgomery Fieldhouse at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.[1]
Qualification
The tournament field expanded for the first time, increasing by four teams from twenty to twenty-four teams. The top eight teams remained seeded and were all additionally given a bye into the second round. All other teams, meanwhile, were placed in the preliminary first round.
The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.
Bracket
| First round | Second round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | National championship | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Taylor | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Jamestown (ND) | 66 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas (FL) | 54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Taylor | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lewis & Clark | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Methodist | 102 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lynn | 93 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Methodist | 89 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lewis & Clark | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Lewis & Clark | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern State (SD) | 106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Bethel | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Huron | 78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Huron | 88 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tarleton State | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Huron | 98 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern State (SD) | 102 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Ambrose | 68 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas Aquinas | 56 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Ambrose | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern State (SD) | 103 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Northern State (SD) | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eureka | 98* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Willamette | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tabor | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tabor | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Black Hills State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Willamette | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eureka | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Dominican | 103 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westbrook | 74 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ohio Dominican | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eureka | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Eureka | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwest Nazarene | 67 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Alice Lloyd | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwest Nazarene | 105 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwest Nazarene | 114 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Husson | 84 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Northwest Nazarene | 85 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern (IA) | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| McMurry (TX) | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lakeland | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| McMurry (TX) | 99 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Northwestern (IA) | 100 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
- 1994 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1994 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
- 1994 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
- 1994 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
- 1994 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
References
- ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved February 22, 2022.
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