2007 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

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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.[1] 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 (Calif.) got 124pts and beat Robert Morris (Ill.) who has 119pts. That game went into 4 overtimes. (The longest game was a 5OT game back in 1978 when Grand Canyon (Ariz.) beat Central State (Ohio) 88-82.) Concordia would go on to be the 2007 runner-up to Oklahoma City University. 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 (Ky.) 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.[2]

2007 NAIA bracket

First Round
March 14,15
Second Round
March 16
Elite Eight
March 17
NAIA National Semifinals
March 19
NAIA National Championship
20
               
1 Robert Morris (Ill.) 81
- Westmont (Calif.) 68
1 Robert Morris 86
16 Oklahoma Baptist 76
16 Oklahoma Baptist 77
- Cumberlands (Ky.) 72
1 Robert Morris 116
TOP TIER
March 14
9 Crichton 96
8 Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 61
- Jarvis Christian (Texas) 60
8 Auburn Montgomery 73
9 Crichton 70
9 Crichton (Tenn.) 98
- Tougaloo (Miss.) 73
1 Robert Morris 119 (4 OT)
4 Concordia 124
13 Houston Baptist (Texas) 80
- Campbellsville (Ky.) 55
13 Houston Baptist 72
4 Concordia 83
4 Concordia (Calif.) 77
- Lee (Tenn.) 61
4 Concordia 88
TOP TIER
March 14
12 Union 68
5 Southern Nazarene (Okla.) 72
- Westminster (Utah) 67
5 Southern Nazarene 81
12 Union 82
- California Baptist 62
12 Union (Tenn.) 75
4 Concordia 71
2 Oklahoma City 79
3 Georgetown (Ky.) 79
- Xavier (La.) 82
- Xavier 57
- NWN Oklahoma 58
- Northwestern Oklahoma 61
14 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 57
- NWN Oklahoma 59
BOTTOM TIER
March 15
- Faulkner 76
11 San Diego Christian (Calif.) 76
- Faulkner (Ala.) 86
- Faulkner 87
- McKendree 79
- McKendree (Ill.) 86
6 Mountain State (W. Va.) 80
- Faulkner 61
2 Oklahoma City 76
7 Park (Mo.) 68
- Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) 62
7 Park 88
10 Azusa Pacific 91
- LSU - Shreveport 56
10 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 61
10 Azusa Pacific 68
BOTTOM TIER
March 15
2 Oklahoma City 84
15 Illinois-Springfield 104
- Lambuth (Tenn.) 89
15 Illinois-Springfield 78
2 Oklahoma City 90
- Wiley (Texas) 74
2 Oklahoma City 90

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