2000 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Tulsa Convention Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Champions

Life (3rd title)

Runner-up

Georgetown (KY) (4th title game)

Semifinalists

Biola (2nd Final Four)
Olivet Nazarene (1st Final Four)

Coach of the year

Roger Kaiser (Life)

Player of the year

Jimmie Hunter (Life)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

Marcus White (Biola)

Chuck Taylor MVP

Jimmie Hunter (Life)

Attendance

19,565

Top scorer

Will Carlton (Georgetown (KY))
(100 points)

NAIA Division I men's tournaments
«1999	2001»

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.

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.

References

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

NAIA men's basketball championship

Chuck Taylor Tournament MVPs

Non-divisional
(1937–1991,
2021–present)

Divisional era
(1992–2020)

Division I	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~
Division II	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~

The NAIA canceled the 2020 tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic and removed divisional classifications starting in 2020–21.

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References