The 1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concentr ...
held by the
NAIA to determine the national champion of men's
college basketball
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among its
Division II members in the
United States
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and
Canada
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for the
1994–95 basketball season.
Bethel (IN) defeated hosts
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
Montgomery refers to:
People
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Places Belgium
* Montgomery Square, Brussels
* Montgomery metro station, Brussels
Pakistan
* Montgomery (town), British India, former name of Sahiwal, Punjab ...
at
Northwest Nazarene University
Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a private Nazarene university in Nampa, Idaho.
History
Eugene Emerson organized a combination grade school and Bible school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School. It was renamed twice in 1916, first to North ...
in
Nampa, Idaho
Nampa () is the largest city in Canyon County, Idaho. Its population was 100,200 at the time of the 2020 Census. It is Idaho's third-most populous city. Nampa is about west of Boise along Interstate 84, and six miles (10 km) west of Meridian. ...
.
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
A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final matc ...
format.
Bracket
See also
*
1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1995 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 58th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Awards and honors
*Leading scorers ...
*
1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 16, 1995, and ended with the championsh ...
*
1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 48 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1994-95 NCAA D ...
*
1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
*
1995 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
References
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NAIA
NAIA men's basketball championship
1995 in sports in Idaho