2011 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2011 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 74th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

2011 (2011) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsPikeville (1 title, 1 title game)
Runner-upMountain State (4 title game)
Semifinalists
  • Martin Methodist
  • Georgetown
Chuck Taylor MVPTrevor Setty (Pikeville)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
«2010 2012»

Awards and honors edit

  • Leading scorer: Brandon Brown[2]
  • Leading rebounder: Ty Gough
  • Coach of the Year: Kelly Wells [3]
  • Player of the Year: Trevor Setty
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 20th, Georgetown (KY)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 30th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament[4]

2011 NAIA bracket edit

First round
March 16–17
Second round
March 18
Elite Eight
March 19
NAIA national semifinals
March 21
6pm & 8pm
NAIA national championship
March 22
9pm
               
1 Robert Morris (Ill) 77
Montana Western 76
1 Robert Morris 74
16 Lee 55
- Columbia (Mo.) 67
16 Lee (Tenn.) 69
1 Robert Morris 77
TOP TIER
March 16
- Pikeville 86
9 Oklahoma Baptist 69
- Pikeville (Ky.) 76
- Pikeville 80
8 Azusa Pacific 75
- Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 79
8 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 92
- Pikeville 110
5 Martin Methodist 99
5 Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 84
- William Jewell (Mo.) 83
5 Martin Methodist 88
12 Tougaloo 77
- Emmanuel (Ga.) 58
12 Tougaloo (Miss.) 73
5 Martin Methodist 71
TOP TIER
March 17
13 Biola 70
13 Biola (Calif.) 59
- Montana State-Northern 48
13 Biola 71
4 LSU Shreveport 70
- Life (Ga.) 80
4 LSU Shreveport 106
- Pikeville 83
3 Mountain State 76*
3 Mountain State 83
- Park (Mo.) 58
3 Mountain State 84
- Lindenwood 67
- Lindenwood (Mo.) 78
14 St. Catharine (Ky.) 72
3 Mountain State 69
BOTTOM TIER
March 16
- Rogers State 62
11 Union (Tenn.) 63
- Carroll (Mont.) 69
- Carroll 45
- Rogers State 66
- Rogers State (Okla.) 66
6 Texas Wesleyan 64
3 Mountain State 69
7 Georgetown 63
7 Georgetown (Ky.) 83
- Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 76
7 Georgetown 77
- McKendree 59
- McKendree (Ill.) 75'
10 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 62
7 Georgetown 69
BOTTOM TIER
March 17
2 Concordia 67
15 Evangel (Mo.) 79
- Xavier (La.) 71
15 Evangel 62
2 Concordia 102
- Southern Poly (Ga.) 64
2 Concordia (Calif.) 96
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  2. ^ "NAIA Div I Men's National Championship". NAIA Official Statistics. NAIA. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  3. ^ "NAIA Tournament Awards". UPike Bears. University of Pikeville Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
  4. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine