2005 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2005 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held from March 16 to 22 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The sixty-eighth annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The 2005 National Champions were the unranked John Brown University who defeated the 9th ranked Azusa Pacific University by a score of 65 to 55. The other NAIA National semifinalists were Carroll College (MT) and Robert Morris College (IL).

2005 (2005) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	John Brown (1 title)
Runner-up	Azusa Pacific (1 title game)
Semifinalists	Carroll (MT) (1 Final Four) Robert Morris (IL) (1 Final Four)
Coach of the year	Bill Odell (Azusa Pacific)
Player of the year	Jarred Merrill (Oklahoma Christian)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Quinton Gibson (Robert Morris (IL))
Chuck Taylor MVP	Brandon Cole (John Brown)
Top scorer	Daniel Rose (Biola) (66 points)
NAIA Division I men's tournaments «2004 2006»

2005 tournament would bring four new teams to the NAIA national semifinals. The first tournament since 2001 tournament to do so. (It would be the 7th time in tournament history this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965, 1969, 2001).

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Daniel Rose, Biola in 3 games Rose scored a total of 66 points, including 26 field goals and 14 free throws to average 22.0 points per game.
• Leading rebounder: Mersad Terzic, Mountain State in 3 games Terzic earned 31 rebounds averaging 10.3 rebounds per game
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 14th, Georgetown (KY)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 24th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.

Bracket

	First round March 16 and 17					Second round March 18					Elite Eight March 19					NAIA national semifinals March 21					NAIA national championship March 22
	1	Mountain State	77
	–	Columbia (MO)	50
						1	Mountain State	88
						–	Trevecca Nazarene	65
	–	Lewis–Clark State	71
	16	Trevecca Nazarene	79
											1	Mountain State	66
	TOP TIER March 16
											9	Azusa Pacific	82
	9	Azusa Pacific	88
	–	Houston Baptist	72
						9	Azusa Pacific	100
						8	Oklahoma Christian	93*
	–	Brescia	63*
	8	Oklahoma Christian	72
																9	Azusa Pacific	96
																4	Robert Morris (IL)	88
	5	Georgetown (KY)	84
	–	Georgia Southwestern State	62
						5	Georgetown (KY)	87
						–	Oklahoma Baptist	75
	–	Oklahoma Baptist	75
	12	Westminster (UT)	60
											5	Georgetown (KY)	87
	TOP TIER March 16
											4	Robert Morris (IL)	99
	13	Lubbock Christian	66
	–	California Baptist	77
						–	California Baptist	71
						4	Robert Morris (IL)	105
	–	Xavier (LA)	79
	4	Robert Morris (IL)	81
																					9	Azusa Pacific	55
																					–	John Brown	65
	3	Lindsey Wilson	69
	–	Faulkner	63
						3	Lindsey Wilson	68
						14	St. Xavier	78
	–	Langston	55
	14	St. Xavier	72
											14	St. Xavier	57
	BOTTOM TIER March 17
											–	Carroll	76
	11	Concordia (CA)	72
	–	Carroll (MT)	85
						–	Carroll (MT)	66
						–	Oklahoma City	65
	–	Oklahoma City	77
	6	Mobile	74
																–	Carroll (MT)	60
																–	John Brown	73
	7	Union (TN)	72
	–	John Brown	84
						–	John Brown	61
						10	LSU–Shreveport	56
	–	Cumberland (KY)	75*
	10	LSU Shreveport	79
											–	John Brown	58
	BOTTOM TIER March 17
											–	Biola	56
	15	Missouri Baptist	70
	–	Biola	76
						–	Biola	65
						2	Southern Poly	63
	–	Voorhees	74
	2	Southern Poly	88

•  * denotes overtime.

See also

• 2005 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament