The 2003 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March at
Municipal Auditorium in
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City (abbreviated KC or KCMO) is the largest city in Missouri by population and area. As of the 2020 census, the city had a population of 508,090 in 2020, making it the 36th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central ...
. The 66th annual
NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
The 2003 National Championship game would feature
Concordia (CA) and Mountain State. That game would be the 6th championship game to go into overtime (the most recent as of 2009). The Eagles would defeat the Cougars by an overtime score of 88 to 84. The other teams making it to the NAIA national semifinals were
Georgetown (KY), and
McKendree.
Awards and honors
*Leading scorer: ''Matt Laur'', McKendree; in 4 games Laur scored a total of 116 points. Including 48 field goals and 20 free throws. Laur averaged 29.0 points per game.
*Leading rebounder: ''Matt Laur'', McKendree; in 4 games Laur earned 49 rebounds averaging 12.3 per game.
*Most Three-point Field Goals Made (Individual/Tournament): 21 by Jeremy Groth of Concordia (CA)
*Most consecutive tournament appearances: ''12th'', Georgetown (KY)
*Most tournament appearances: ''Georgetown (KY)'', 22nd of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.
NAIA Championship History
2003 NAIA bracket
* * denotes overtime.
See also
* 2003 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
*2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2003 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 2003, and ended with the championshi ...
*2003 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2003 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 47th annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
Officially culminating the 2002–03 ...
* 2003 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
* 2003 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
References
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NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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Naia or NAIA may refer to:
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* NAIA World Series
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