1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

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1995 (1995) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
William Jewell Cardinals
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Bob Tomminga (Northwest Nazarene)
Chuck Taylor MVPMark Galloway (Bethel (IN))
Top scorerMark Galloway (Bethel (IN))
(127 points)
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«1994 1996»

The 1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the

Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1994–95 basketball season
.

Northwest Nazarene
in the championship game, 103–95 after overtime, to claim the Pilots' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Montgomery Fieldhouse at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.[1]

Qualification

The tournament field expanded for the second time in two years, increasing by eight teams from twenty-four to thirty-two teams. The top sixteen teams were now seeded, and no teams were given a bye into the second round.

The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.

Bracket

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1
Northern State (SD)
90
Howard Payne
78
1 Northern State (SD) 98
16 Alice Lloyd 91
MidAmerica Nazarene 86
16
Alice Lloyd
96
1 Northern State (SD) 101
8 Hastings 96
9
Viterbo
97
Webber International
84
9 Viterbo 86
8 Hastings 88
Husson
91
8
Hastings
111
1 Northern State (SD) 62
5 Northwest Nazarene 67
5
Northwest Nazarene
87
Trinity International
73
5 Northwest Nazarene 83
12 St. Thomas Aquinas 66
Ottawa (KS)
64
12
St. Thomas Aquinas
70
5 Northwest Nazarene 69
Willamette 64
13
Mount Vernon Nazarene
69
Willamette
96
Willamette 90
4 Indiana Tech 63
Westbrook
81
4
Indiana Tech
84
5 Northwest Nazarene 95
3 Bethel 103*
3
Bethel
89
Minot State
69
3 Bethel 96
Lewis & Clark 79
Lewis & Clark
85
14
Edgewood
66
3 Bethel 99
6 College of the Ozarks 67
11 Nova Southeastern 93
Milligan 85
11 Nova Southeastern 70
6 College of the Ozarks 81
Wilmington (DE)
64
6
College of the Ozarks
77
3 Bethel 96
10 William Jewell 87
7
Albertson
72
Ohio Dominican
73
Ohio Dominican 78
10 William Jewell 82
Nyack
82
10
William Jewell
97
10 William Jewell 91
2 Concordia (NE) 68
15
Dakota Wesleyan
75
St. Ambrose
79
St. Ambrose 84
2 Concordia (NE) 100
Loyola New Orleans
69
2
Concordia (NE)
90

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved February 23, 2022.