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2009 (2009) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals site
Robert Morris College (4th Final Four)
  • MidAmerica Nazarene University (1st Final Four)
    • Coach of the yearBill Dreikosen (Rocky Mountain)
    Player of the yearGeoff Payne (Westminster (Ut.))
    Charles Stevenson
    Hustle Award
    		Nate Richardson (Rocky Mountain)
    Chuck Taylor MVPDevin Uskoski (Rocky Mountain)
    Attendance38,502
    NAIA Division I
    men's tournaments
    «2008 2010»

    The 72nd Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 18 to 24 at

    Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 72nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The Heart of America Athletic Conference was the host conference for the tournament.[1]
    This was the Heart of America Athletic Conference's first year as a Division I conference.

    The tournament got off to a surprising start, as five higher seeded teams lost on the opening day, including top-seeded

    Rogers State, who lost to William Jewell
    , who had only qualified for the tournament by receiving the Heart of America Athletic Conference's host bid into the field.

    In the end, two unseeded teams, Rocky Mountain College of Montana and Columbia College of Missouri—neither of whom had ever won a game at the tournament prior to 2009—met in the championship game, having each disposed of three higher-ranked teams along the way. Rocky Mountain won the championship with a 77-61 victory, claiming Rocky's first national basketball title.[2]

    Awards and honors

    • Leading scorer: Eric Palm, McKendree (IL)
    • Leading rebounder: Devin Uskoski, Rocky Mountain (MT)
    • Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player: Devin Uskoski, Rocky Mountain (MT)
    • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 18th, Georgetown (KY)
    • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 28th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
    • Oklahoma Baptist won their 49th tournament game, tying them with Georgetown College (KY) for the most tournament wins all-time.[3]

    2009 NAIA bracket

    First round
    March 18, 19     		Second round
    March 20     		Elite Eight
    March 21     		NAIA national semifinals
    March 23     		NAIA national championship
    March 24
                   
    1 Rogers State (Okla.) 73
    - William Jewell (Mo.) 76
    - William Jewell 67
    - Auburn-Montgomery 83
    -
    Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.)
         		72
    16 Cumberland (Tenn.) 62
    - Auburn-Montgomery 76
    TOP TIER
    March 18
    8 Robert Morris 87
    9 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) 67
    - Tougaloo (Miss.) 69
    - Tougaloo 69
    8 Robert Morris 89
    -
    Montana State-Northern
    		73
    8
    Robert Morris (Ill.)
         		76*
    8 Robert Morris 70
    - Rocky Mountain 75
    5 Mountain State (W. Va.) 88
    -
    LSU-Shreveport
    		76
    5 Mountain State 79
    12 Concordia 85
    - Oklahoma Christian 55
    12
    Concordia (Calif.)
         		70
    12 Concordia 64
    TOP TIER
    March 19
    - Rocky Mountain 72
    13
    Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)
    		77
    - Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 78*
    - Rocky Mountain 71
    - Central Methodist 62
    - Central Methodist (Mo.) 73
    4
    Georgetown (Ky.)
    		64
    - Rocky Mountain 77
    - Columbia 61
    3 Union (Tenn.) 82
    - Science and Arts (Okla.) 63
    3 Union 64
    - Columbia 83
    -
    Columbia (Mo.)
         		72
    14 Lee (Tenn.) 69
    - Columbia 50
    BOTTOM TIER
    March 18
    6 Westminster 47
    11 Cumberlands (Ky.) 81
    -
    Jarvis Christian (Texas)
    		65
    11 Cumberlands 62
    6 Westminster 67
    - Biola (Calif.) 63
    6
    Westminster (Utah)
         		68*
    - Columbia 60
    - MidAmerica Nazarene 56
    7 McKendree (Ill.) 83
    - Northwestern Oklahoma State 58
    7 McKendree 87
    10 Texas Wesleyan 75
    - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 69
    10 Texas Wesleyan 75
    7 McKendree 55
    BOTTOM TIER
    March 19
    - MidAmerica Nazarene 59
    15 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 72
    - MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 78
    - MidAmerica Nazarene 64
    2 Oklahoma Baptist 63
    - Life (Ga.) 81
    2 Oklahoma Baptist 90
    •  * denotes overtime.

    See also

    References

    1. ^ "Heart of America Athletic Conference Selected as 2009 Host Conference". Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved May 26, 2008.
    2. ^ "2009 NAIA Men's Bracket" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved April 13, 2009.
    3. ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
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