The 2010 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at
Municipal Auditorium in
Kansas City, Missouri. The 73rd annual
NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. In 2010, both Buffalo Funds and the City of Kansas City extended contracts with the NAIA to remain title sponsors and will keep the tournament in Kansas City at Municipal Auditorium until 2013. This was the second year that the
Heart of America Conference was the tournament host.
Georgetown College made its 19th straight, and 29th overall tournament appearances, both tournament records. The championship game featured two ranked teams for the first time since
2008
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. The #3 Bison of
Oklahoma Baptist University held of the #13 Cougars of
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa Pacific University (APU) is a private, evangelical Christian university in Azusa, California. The university was founded in 1899, with classes opening on March 3, 1900, in Whittier, California, and began offering degrees in 1939. The uni ...
. Azusa Pacific’s Marshall Johnson grabbed his teammate Dominique Johnson’s 2-point miss with nearly one second left, heaved a 10-foot fade-away; nothing but net. Azusa Pacific thought they had won the game, after review, the horn had sound prior to Johnson's shot giving the Bisons their 2nd NAIA championship since
1966. 2010 was Azusa Pacific 2nd trip to the Championship game. In
2005
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they also finished as the National Runner-Up.
Awards and honors
*Leading scorer:
*Leading rebounder:
NAIA Championship History
*Most tournament appearances: ''Georgetown (KY)'', 29th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
*Most consecutive tournament appearances: ''19th'', Georgetown (KY)
Bracket
* * denotes overtime.
See also
*2010 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
The 2010 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 2009–10 basketba ...
* 2010 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
*2010 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2010 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament involved 64 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 2009–10 bask ...
*2010 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
The 2010 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.
The tournament began on ...
*2010 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
The 2010 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball national championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 19th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Awards a ...
References
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