2000 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals Site

Tulsa Convention Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Champions

Life (Ga.)
(3rd title)

Runner-Up

Georgetown (Ky.)
(4th title game)

Semifinalists

Biola (Calif.)
(2nd Final Four)
Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)
(1st Final Four)

Coach of the Year

Roger Kaiser
(Life (Ga.))

Chuck Taylor MVP

Jimmie Hunter
(Life (Ga.))

Player of the Year

Jimmie Hunter
(Life (Ga.))

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

Marcus White
(Biola (Calif.))

Attendance

19,565

Top scorer

Will Carlton (Georgetown (Ky.))
(100 points)

NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1999	2001 →

The 63rd NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 63rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1] The championship game featured Life University (Ga.) and Georgetown College (Ky.). Life would defeat Georgetown by a score of 63 to 59.

Awards and honors

Leading scorer: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 37 field goals, 21 free throws, 100 total points (20.0 average points per game)
Leading rebounder: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 57 total rebounds (11.4 average rebounds per game)
Most consecutive tournament appearances: 9th, Georgetown (Ky.)
Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 19th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.^[2]

2000 NAIA bracket

First Round			Second Round			Elite Eight			NAIA National Semifinals			NAIA National Championship


1	Life (Ga.)	106

-	Southern New Orleans (La.)	63
			1	Life	90

			16	Southern Tech	65
-	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	65

16	Southern Tech (Ga.)	74
						1	Life	79
TOP TIER
						8	The Master’s	68
9	Houston Baptist (Texas)	68

-	Barber-Scotia (N.C.)	50
			9	Houston Baptist	61

			8	The Master's	81
-	Campbellsville (Ky.)	76

8	The Master's (Calif.)	78
									1	Life	85

									-	Olivet Nazarene	69
5	Oklahoma City	70

-	Westmont (Calif.)	62
			5	Oklahoma City	67

			12	Spring Hill	77
-	St. Vincent (Pa.)	47

12	Spring Hill (Ala.)	51
						12	Spring Hill	44
TOP TIER
						-	Olivet Nazarene	62
13	Columbia (Mo.)	59

-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	62
			-	Olivet Nazarene	79

			-	Lewis-Clark State	61
-	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	79

4	Birmingham-Southern (Ala.)	61
												1	Life	61

												3	Georgetown	59
3	Georgetown (Ky.)	89

-	Northwestern Oklahoma State	63
			3	Georgetown	66

			14	Union	64*
-	West Virginia	67

14	Union (Tenn.)	73
						3	Georgetown	80
BOTTOM TIER
						-	Faulkner	61
11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	52

-	Mobile (Ala.)	51
			11	Lindsey Wilson	79*

			-	Faulkner	81
-	Faulkner (Ala.)	97

6	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	73
									3	Georgetown	118

									10	Biola	108****
7	Lambuth (Tenn.)	64

-	Brewton-Parker (Ga.)	59
			7	Lambuth	60

			10	Biola	71
-	St. Xavier (Ill.)	78

10	Biola (Calif.)	92
						10	Biola	82
BOTTOM TIER
						2	Lipscomb	71
15	Central State (Ohio)	88

-	McKendree (Ill.)	79
			15	Central State	41

			2	Lipscomb	77
-	St. Gregory's (Okla.)	66

2	Lipscomb (Tenn.)	77

* denotes each overtime.

References

NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championships

NAIA Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Players

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The 1944 NAIA Tournament was not held due to World War II.

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