1997 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

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1997 (1997) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
William Jewell Cardinals
(4th Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Anthony Staffney (Siena Heights)
Chuck Taylor MVPRico Swanson (Bethel (IN))
Top scorerRico Swanson (Bethel (TN))
(100 points)
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«1996 1998»

The 1997 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the

Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1996–97 basketball season
.

Siena Heights in the championship game, 95–94, to claim the Pilots' second NAIA national title and first since 1995
.

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

Qualification

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

First round Second round Quarterfinals Semifinals National championship
               
1
St. Thomas Aquinas
73
Holy Family
63
1 St. Thomas Aquinas 55
16 Tabor 66
Taylor
51
16
Tabor
70
16 Tabor 81
9 Northwest Nazarene 75
9
Northwest Nazarene
84
Virginia Intermont
66
9 Northwest Nazarene 99
8 Evangel 81
Howard Payne
94
8
Evangel
95
16 Tabor 80
5 Siena Heights 89
5
Siena Heights
87
South Dakota Tech
79
5 Siena Heights 83
12 Embry–Riddle (FL) 79
Wisconsin Lutheran
60
12
Embry–Riddle (FL)
66
5 Siena Heights 94
College of the Ozarks 84
13
Peru State
100
College of the Ozarks
101**
College of the Ozarks 86
4 Pacific (OR) 74
Husson
68
4
Pacific (OR)
79
5 Siena Heights 94
2 Bethel (IN) 95
3
Oregon Tech
77
Mayville State
69
3 Oregon Tech 78
14 William Jewell 88
Tennessee Wesleyan
68
14
William Jewell
84
14 William Jewell 83
11 Black Hills State 77
11
Black Hills State
82
Philadelphia Pharmacy
64
11 Black Hills State 93
6 Urbana (OH) 79
Concordia Nebraska
66
6
Urbana (OH)
79
14 William Jewell 73
2 Bethel (IN) 99
7
Spring Arbor
71
St. Thomas (FL) 70
7 Spring Arbor 82
10 Lewis & Clark 79
IU Southeast
73
10
Lewis & Clark
98
7 Spring Arbor 83
2 Bethel (IN) 94
15
Western Baptist
82
Saint Ambrose
71
15 Western Baptist 78
2 Bethel (IN) 80
Green Mountain
75
2
Bethel (IN)
123

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 10, 2022.