NAIA Division II men's basketball championship

NAIA Division II men's basketball championship
Sport	College basketball
Founded	1992
Ceased	2020
No. of teams	20 (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]

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
Year	Arena	Location	Championship			Semifinalists
Year	Arena	Location	Champion	Score	Runner-up	Semifinalists
1992 Details	Wisdom Gym	Stephenville, Texas	Grace	85–79 (OT)	Northwestern (IA)	Concordia (NE) & Dakota State
1993 Details	Montgomery Fieldhouse	Nampa, Idaho	Willamette	63–56	Northern State (SD)	Northwest Nazarene & William Jewell
1994 Details			Eureka	98–95 (OT)	Northern State (SD)	Lewis & Clark & Northwest Nazarene
1995 Details			Bethel (IN)	103–95 (OT)	Northwest Nazarene	Northern State & William Jewell
1996 Details			Albertson	81–72 (OT)	Whitworth	Walsh & William Jewell
1997 Details			Bethel (IN) (2)	95–94	Siena Heights	Tabor & William Jewell
1998 Details	Idaho Center		Bethel (IN) (3)	89–87	Oregon Tech	Mount Marty & Northwest Nazarene
1999 Details	Idaho Center		Cornerstone	113–109	Bethel (IN)	Berea & Mount Senario
2000 Details	Keeter Gymnasium	Point Lookout, Missouri	Embry–Riddle (FL)	75–63	College of the Ozarks	Huntington & Siena Heights
2001 Details			Northwestern (IA)	82–78	MidAmerica Nazarene	Cornerstone & Rio Grande
2002 Details			Evangel	84–61	Robert Morris (IL)	Cornerstone & Northwestern (IA)
2003 Details			Northwestern (IA) (2)	77–57	Bethany (KS)	Cornerstone & Warner Southern
2004 Details			Oregon Tech	81–72	Bellevue	St. Ambrose & Sioux Falls
2005 Details			Walsh	81–70	Concordia (NE)	Cedarville & Oregon Tech
2006 Details			College of the Ozarks	74–56	Huntington	Lindenwood & MidAmerica Nazarene
2007 Details			MidAmerica Nazarene	78–60	Mayville State	Northwest & Northwestern (IA)
2008 Details			Oregon Tech (2)	63–56	Bellevue	MidAmerican Nazarene & Northwestern (IA)
2009 Details			Oklahoma Wesleyan	60–53	College of the Ozarks	Bethel (IN) & Black Hills State
2010 Details			Saint Francis (IN)	67–66	Walsh	Bellevue & Oklahoma Wesleyan
2011 Details			Cornerstone (2)	80–71	Saint Francis (IN)	College of the Ozarks & Northwood
2012 Details			Oregon Tech (3)	63–46	Northwood	Davenport & McPherson
2013 Details			Cardinal Stritch	73–59	William Penn	Indiana–Southeast & Grace
2014 Details			Indiana Wesleyan	78–68	Midland	Robert Morris (IL) & Southeastern (FL)
2015 Details			Cornerstone (3)	66–45	Dakota Wesleyan	Davenport & Embry-Riddle (FL)
2016 Details			Indiana Wesleyan (2)	69–66	Saint Francis (IN)	Indiana–East & Warner
2017 Details			Union (KY)	72–69	Cornerstone	Bellevue & Indiana Wesleyan
2018 Details	Sanford Pentagon	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	Indiana Wesleyan (3)	84–71	Saint Francis (IN)	Indiana–East & College of Idaho
2019 Details			Spring Arbor	82–76	Oregon Tech	College of Idaho & Marian
2020 Details			No tournament due to the COVID-19 pandemic

Champions

School	Finals record	Finals appearances	Years
Indiana Wesleyan	3–0	3	2014, 2016, 2018
Cornerstone	3–1	4	1999, 2011, 2015
Oregon Tech	3–2	5	2004, 2008, 2012
Bethel (IN)	3–1	4	1995, 1997, 1998
Northwestern (IA)	2–1	3	2001, 2003
Spring Arbor	1–0	1	2019
Union (KY)	1–0	1	2017
Cardinal Stritch	1–0	1	2013
Saint Francis (IN)	1–3	4	2010
Oklahoma Wesleyan	1–0	1	2009
MidAmerica Nazarene	1–1	2	2007
College of the Ozarks	1–2	3	2006
Walsh	1–1	2	2005
Evangel	1–0	1	2002
Embry–Riddle	1–0	1	2000
College of Idaho	1–0	1	1996
Eureka	1–0	1	1994
Willamette	1–0	1	1993
Grace	1–0	1	1992

Schools highlighted in yellow have reclassified athletics from the NAIA.

References

^ "NAIA to Combine Basketball Divisions" (Press release). NAIA. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 14, 2022.
^ NAIA Men's Division II Championship History
^ "Anthem protest policy moves NAIA basketball tournament away from College of the Ozarks". Springfield News-Leader. October 27, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.
^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship Awarded to Sioux Falls, S.D." NAIA. November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[1] "NAIA to Combine Basketball Divisions" (Press release). NAIA. April 16, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.

[2] "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 14, 2022.

[3] NAIA Men's Division II Championship History

[4] "Anthem protest policy moves NAIA basketball tournament away from College of the Ozarks". Springfield News-Leader. October 27, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

[5] "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship Awarded to Sioux Falls, S.D." NAIA. November 17, 2017. Retrieved January 19, 2018.

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NAIA Division II men's basketball championship

Results

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