1998 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

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1998 (1998) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
Northwest Nazarene Crusaders
(4th Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Brent Darnel (Northwest Nazarene)
Chuck Taylor MVPRico Swanson (Bethel (IN))
Top scorerMac Rops (Mount Marty)
(92 points)
NAIA Division II
men's tournaments
«1997 1999»

The 1998 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the

Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1997–98 basketball season
.

Top-seeded defending champions

Oregon Tech
in the championship game, 89–87, to claim the Pilots' third NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the

Idaho Center at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.[1]

Qualification

See also: 1997–98 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

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
Bethel (IN)
100
Southwestern (KS)
84
1 Bethel (IN) 107
16 Briar Cliff 100
Caldwell
77
16
Briar Cliff
83
1 Bethel (IN) 88
8 Whitworth 85
9
Cardinal Stritch
103
Central Methodist
94
9 Cardinal Stritch 72
8 Whitworth 75
Berea 78
8
Whitworth
82
1 Bethel (IN) 88
13 Mount Marty 86
5
Mount Vernon Nazarene
86
Saint Ambrose
83
5 Mount Vernon Nazarene 80
12 Western Baptist 75
Virginia Intermont
75
12
Western Baptist
90
5 Mount Vernon Nazarene 69
13 Mount Marty 74
13
Mount Marty
87
Embry–Riddle (FL)
75
13 Mount Marty 73
4 Siena Heights 72
Castleton State
67
4
Siena Heights
89
1 Bethel (IN) 89
15 Oregon Tech 87
3
Mayville State
99
Bellevue
72
3 Mayville State 68
Black Hills State 59
Black Hills State
68
14
Marian
59
3 Mayville State 75
11 Northwest Nazarene 84
11
Northwest Nazarene
86
Indiana Tech
73
11 Northwest Nazarene 96
6 Warner Southern 84
King (TN) 65
6 Warner Southern 76
11 Northwest Nazarene 75
15 Oregon Tech 82
7
Concordia Nebraska
54
Holy Names
65
Holy Names 76
10 Lewis & Clark 87
Saint Joseph's (ME)
82
10
Lewis & Clark
84
10 Lewis & Clark 89
15 Oregon Tech 100
15
Oregon Tech
81
Walsh
73
15 Oregon Tech 90
2 William Jewell 76
Mary Hardin–Baylor
68
2
William Jewell
93

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
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