2004 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

The 2004 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 2003–04 basketball season.

2004 (2004) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKeeter Gymnasium
Missouri Point Lookout, Missouri
ChampionsOregon Tech Owls (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Fab Four)
Runner-upBellevue Bruins (1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Brent Heller (Bellevue)
Chuck Taylor MVPKevin Baker (Oregon Tech)
Top scorerKarl Peterson (Saint Ambrose)
(86 points)
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«2003 2005»

Oregon Tech defeated Bellevue (NE) in the championship game, 81–72, to claim the Owls' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.[1]

Qualification edit

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.

Bracket edit

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1 Jamestown 98
Berea 81
1 Jamestown 66
16 Oregon Tech 73
Dominican California 69
16 Oregon Tech 71
16 Oregon Tech 83
8 Cedarville 75
9 Cornerstone 97
Bluefield (VA) 83
9 Cornerstone 77
8 Cedarville 98
College of the Ozarks 75
8 Cedarville 76
16 Oregon Tech 80
5 Saint Ambrose 67
5 Saint Ambrose 63
Sterling (KS) 62
5 Saint Ambrose 86
Saint Vincent 80
Saint Vincent 113
12 Indiana Tech 96
5 Saint Ambrose 88*
4 William Jewell 84
13 Northwestern (IA) 100
Huntington (IN) 103*
Huntington (IN) 69
4 William Jewell 74
Maine–Machias 75
4 William Jewell 90
16 Oregon Tech 81
2 Bellevue 72
3 Albertson 77
Tabor 60
3 Albertson 71
Daemen 76
Daemen 74
14 Taylor 67
Daemen 62
Sioux Falls 74
11 Dickinson State 67
Sioux Falls 85
Sioux Falls 78
6 Flagler 67
King (TN) 44
6 Flagler 76
Sioux Falls 62
2 Bellevue 70
7 Marian (IN) 94
Cal State Hayward 81
7 Marian (IN) 57
10 MidAmerica Nazarene 69
Iowa Wesleyan 70
10 MidAmerica Nazarene 84
10 MidAmerica Nazarene 50
2 Siena Heights 74
15 Siena Heights 72
Cardinal Stritch 70
15 Siena Heights 75
2 Bellevue (NE) 78*
St. Scholastica 55
2 Bellevue (NE) 78

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 17, 2022.