2008 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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| File:Tourny.gif 2008 Buffalo Funds NAIA DI Men's Basketball Tournament | |||||
| Season | 2007–08 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
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The 2008 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament will be held from March 19th to 25th at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This will be the 71st Annual NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format[1]. The official announcement of the 32-team field for the 71st Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship occurred late on Tuesday, March 11. The announcement of the official bracket happened on Wednesday, March 12 at 5 p.m. CST. Early opening round action between No. 5 Mountain State (W.Va.) and Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) went into two long overtimes. This caused a back up in game schedules. The late game featuring Southern Nazarene and Point Loma Nazarene was moved back from 10:30pm CST to 11:00pm CST. The late start caused many of the 3,000 fans to leave after halftime. But the night was far from over, the SNU rallied to tie the SeaLions 67-67 with 14 secs left sending the game into overtime. The game finally ended around 1:30am with Point Loma pulling off the upset over SNU. It was the latest NAIA game. Games for the next day started in about 6 hours. Oklahoma City wins back to back National Championships in win over 5 seeded Mountain State University (75-72)
Awards and Honors
- Leading scorer:
- Leading rebounder:
- Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player:
- Charles Stevenson Hustle Award:
- Coach of the Year:
- Player of the Year:
- Georgetown makes it 17th straight NAIA Men's DI Tournament appearance (1992-2008), bring the total to 17. (The only championship coming in 1998 over Southern Nazarene.)
Top Tier
| First Round March 19 | Second Round March 21 | Quarterfinals March 22 | Semifinals March 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown (Ky.) (32-0) | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Emmanuel (Ga.) (16-17) | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown (33-0) | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Trevecca Nazarene (25-8) | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Mobile (Ala.) (22-9) | 58 | |||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) (24-8) | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown (34-0) | 88 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris (28-3) | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| 9 | Southern Nazarene (Okla.) (23-8) | 73 (OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.) (23-9) | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Point Loma Nazarene (24-9) | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris (27-3) | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Carroll (Mont.) (23-8) | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Robert Morris (Ill.) (26-3) | 82 | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown (35-0) | 65 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mountain State (33-2) | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mountain State (W.V.) (30-2) | 87 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (17-14) | 76 (2 OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mountain State (31-2) | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Wayland Baptist (20-12) | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Wayland Baptist (Texas) (19-12) | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Martin Methodist (Tenn.) (25-7) | 85 | |||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Mountain State (32-2) | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Azusa Pacific (24-10) | 51 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (22-10) | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Columbia (Mo.) (25-8) | 47 | |||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Azusa Pacific (23-10) | 83 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | LSU-Shreveport (31-2) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Science & Arts (Okla.) (17-15) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 4 | LSU-Shreveport (30-2) | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
Bottom Tier
| First Round March 20 | Second Round March 21 | Quarterfinals March 22 | Semifinals March 24 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lambuth (Tenn.) (29-3) | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | St. Xavier (Ill.) (24-8) | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Lambuth (30-3) | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Oklahoma Baptist (23-9) | 89 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Oklahoma Baptist (22-9) | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) (19-8) | 70 (OT) | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Oklahoma Baptist (24-9) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Campbellsville (25-9) | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | McKendree (Ill.) (26-6) | 73 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Texas Wesleyan (19-10) | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| 11 | McKendree (27-6) | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Campbellsville (24-9) | 80 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Campbellsville (Ky.) (23-9) | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Concordia (Calif.) (28-4) | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Campbellsville (26-9) | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oklahoma City (29-7) | 78 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oklahoma City (26-7) | 81 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Cumberland (Tenn.) (21-11) | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oklahoma City (27-7) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | California Baptist (24-8) | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Xavier (La.) (24-9) | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| 10 | California Baptist (23-8) | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oklahoma City (28-7) | 86 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lee (33-1) | 66 | |||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) (22-9) | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Cumberlands (Ky.) (19-13) | 75 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Cumberlands (Ky.) (20-13) | 72 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lee (32-1) | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| - | Langston (Okla.) (15-12) | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Lee (Tenn.) (31-1) | 77 | |||||||||||||||||
NAIA Final Four
| NAIA National Semifinals March 24 | NAIA National Championship March 25 @ 8:30 | ||||||||
| 1 | Georgetown (35-0) | 65 | |||||||
| 5 | Mountain State (33-2) | 78 | |||||||
| 5 | Mountain State (34-2) | 72 | |||||||
| 7 | Oklahoma City (30-7) | 75 | |||||||
| - | Campbellsville (26-9) | 64 | |||||||
| 7 | Oklahoma City (29-7) | 78 | |||||||