1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

1995 (1995) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Montgomery Fieldhouse Nampa, Idaho
Champions	Bethel Pilots (1st title, 1st title game)
Runner-up	Northwest Nazarene Crusaders (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Northern State Wolves William Jewell Cardinals
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Bob Tomminga (Northwest Nazarene)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Mark Galloway (Bethel (IN))
Top scorer	Mark Galloway (Bethel (IN)) (127 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «1994 1996»

The 1995 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada 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 at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.

Qualification

See also: 1994–95 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

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 format.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
	1	Northern State (SD)	90
		Howard Payne	78
						1	Northern State (SD)	98
						16	Alice Lloyd	91
		Mid-America Nazarene	86
	16	Alice Lloyd	96
											1	Northern State (SD)	101
											8	Hastings	96
	9	Viterbo	97
		Webber International	84
						9	Viterbo	86
						8	Hastings	88
		Husson	91
	8	Hastings	111
																1	Northern State (SD)	62
																5	Northwest Nazarene	67
	5	Northwest Nazarene	87
		Trinity International	73
						5	Northwest Nazarene	83
						12	St. Thomas Aquinas	66
		Ottawa (KS)	64
	12	St. Thomas Aquinas	70
											5	Northwest Nazarene	69
												Willamette	64
	13	Mount Vernon Nazarene	69
		Willamette	96
							Willamette	90
						4	Indiana Tech	63
		Westbrook	81
	4	Indiana Tech	84
																					5	Northwest Nazarene	95
																					3	Bethel	103*
	3	Bethel	89
		Minot State	69
						3	Bethel	96
							Lewis & Clark	79
		Lewis & Clark	85
	14	Edgewood	66
											3	Bethel	99
											6	College of the Ozarks	67
	11	Nova Southeastern	93
		Milligan	85
						11	Nova Southeastern	70
						6	College of the Ozarks	81
		Wilmington (DE)	64
	6	College of the Ozarks	77
																3	Bethel	96
																10	William Jewell	87
	7	Albertson	72
		Ohio Dominican	73
							Ohio Dominican	78
						10	William Jewell	82
		Nyack	82
	10	William Jewell	97
											10	William Jewell	91
											2	Concordia (NE)	68
	15	Dakota Wesleyan	75
		St. Ambrose	79
							St. Ambrose	84
						2	Concordia (NE)	100
		Loyola New Orleans	69
	2	Concordia (NE)	90

See also

• 1995 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1995 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament