The 2007 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 14 to 20 at
Municipal Auditorium in
Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 70th annual
NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This tournament had the most total points scored for both teams in one game in the history of the NAIA tournament. Totaling 243pts when Concordia (CA) got 124pts and beat Robert Morris (IL) who has 119pts. That game went into 4 overtimes. (The longest game was a 5OT game back in 1978 when Grand Canyon beat Central State (OH) 88-82.) Concordia would go on to be the 2007 runner-up to
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University (OCU) is a private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church and located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
The university offers undergraduate bachelor's degrees, graduate master's degrees and doctor ...
. Oklahoma City University would beat Concordia 79 to 71.
Awards and honors
*Leading scorer: ''Eddie Smith'', of Illinois–Springfield scored 33.5 points in just two games.
*Leading rebounder: ''Zach Allender'' of Campbellsville in two games Zach had 31 rebounds.
*Most Points, both teams, in tournament history: ''243'', done by Concordia (CA) (124) vs Robert Morris (IL) (119) (4OT)
*Most consecutive tournament appearances: ''16th'', Georgetown (KY)
*Most tournament appearances: ''Georgetown (KY)'', 26th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.
NAIA Championship History
Bracket
See also
*2007 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2007 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of women's college basketball among its Division I members in the United States and Canada for the 2006–07 basketba ...
*2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 65 teams playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2006–07 basketball sea ...
*2007 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament was the 51st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
Officially culminating the 2006–07 ...
*2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 2007 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was a single-elimination tournament to determine the men's collegiate basketball national champion of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division III. It began on March 1, 200 ...
* 2007 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
References
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Tournament
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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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