2006 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

Coach of the yearTerry Waldrop (Texas Wesleyan)Player of the yearBrandon Cole (John Brown)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Trevor Meier (Oklahoma City)Chuck Taylor MVPEvan Patterson (Texas Wesleyan)Top scorerWillie Irick (Oklahoma City)
(85 points)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
«2005 2007»

The 2006 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 15 to 21 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 69th annual NAIA Division I basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

The unranked Texas Wesleyan University Rams defeated the Oklahoma City University Stars by a score of 67 to 65.[2] 2006 marked the second year in a row an unranked team won the National Championship. Undeterred by this loss, the Stars went on to win the next two National Championship titles. The other teams that made it to the NAIA National Semifinals were Oklahoma Baptist University and Robert Morris (IL).

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Willie Irick, Oklahoma City; in 5 games Irick scored a total of 85 points, including 31 field goals and 17 free throws averaging 17.0 points per game.
  • Leading rebounder: Freeman Taylor, Robert Morris (IL); in 4 games Taylor earned 61 rebounds averaging 15.25 per game
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 15th, Georgetown (KY)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 25th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[3]

Bracket

First Round
March 15 and 16 		Second Round
March 17 		Elite Eight
March 18 		NAIA National Semifinals
March 20 		NAIA National Championship
March 21
               
1 Mountain State 84
– Southwestern Assemblies of God 64
1 Mountain State 65
– Olivet Nazarene 79
– Olivet Nazarene 84
16 Wayland Baptist 77
– Olivet Nazarene 75
TOP TIER
March 15
8 Oklahoma Baptist 91
9 Georgetown (KY) 83
– Vanguard 80
9 Georgetown (KY) 71
8 Oklahoma Baptist 80
– Illinois–Springfield 70
8 Oklahoma Baptist 86
8 Oklahoma Baptist 72
- Texas Wesleyan 83
5 Union (TN) 64
- Texas Wesleyan 82
– Texas Wesleyan 67
– Oklahoma Christian 62
– Oklahoma Christian 77
12 Lee 70
– Texas Wesleyan 73
TOP TIER
March 15
4 Carroll (MT) 70
13 Campbellsville 70
– Mobile 54
13 Campbellsville 74
4 Carroll (MT) 78
– St. Xavier 40
4 Carroll (MT) 68
- Texas Wesleyan 67
7 Oklahoma City 65
3 Robert Morris (IL) 88
– Southern Wesleyan 80
3 Robert Morris (IL) 87
– Spring Hill 71
– Spring Hill 82
14 Voorhees 67
3 Robert Morris (IL) 94
BOTTOM TIER
March 16
- Azusa Pacific 91
11 Trevecca Nazarene 82
– Lambuth 67
– Trevecca Nazarene 75
– Azusa Pacific 78
– John Brown 63
6 Azusa Pacific 65
3 Robert Morris (IL) 92
7 Oklahoma City 94
7 Oklahoma City 91
– Columbia (MO) 64
7 Oklahoma City 99
10 Houston Baptist 77
– Westminster (UT) 64
10 Houston Baptist 73
7 Oklahoma City 77
BOTTOM TIER
March 16
- Lindsey Wilson 67
15 San Diego Christian 72
– Lindsey Wilson 83
– Lindsey Wilson 85
– Southern Poly 73
– Southern Poly 104
2 LSU–Shreveport 90

See also

References

  1. ^ "2006 Results". Archived from the original on March 8, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2008.
  2. ^ "2006 NAIA Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 30, 2008.
  3. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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