1997 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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The 1997 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament was the 41st annual single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball in the United States.
The tournament officially culminated the 1996–97 NCAA Division II men's basketball season, featuring forty-eight teams from around the country.
The national quarterfinals (Elite Eight), semifinals, and championship were played at the Commonwealth Convention Center in Louisville, Kentucky.
Cal State Bakersfield (29–4) defeated Northern Kentucky in the final, 57–56, to win their third overall Division II national championship and their third in five seasons.
It was also NKU's second consecutive loss in the national championship game, having lost to Fort Hays State in 1996.
The Roadrunners were coached by Pat Douglass. Bakersfield's Kebu Stewart was the Most Outstanding Player.
Bracket
Elite Eight
National Quarterfinal | National Semifinal | National Championship | ||||||||||||
W | Cal State Bakersfield | 65 | ||||||||||||
NE | Southern Connecticut State | 62 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal State Bakersfield | 81 | ||||||||||||
E | Salem-Teikyo | 68 | ||||||||||||
E | Salem-Teikyo | 91 | ||||||||||||
SA | Elizabeth City State | 74 | ||||||||||||
W | Cal State Bakersfield | 57 | ||||||||||||
Louisville, Kentucky | ||||||||||||||
GL | Northern Kentucky | 56 | ||||||||||||
S | Lynn | 78 | ||||||||||||
NC | South Dakota State | 72 | ||||||||||||
S | Lynn | 58 | ||||||||||||
GL | Northern Kentucky | 79 | ||||||||||||
GL | Northern Kentucky | 79 | ||||||||||||
S | Texas A&M–Commerce | 58 |
All-tournament team
- Kebu Stewart, Cal State Bakersfield (MOP)
- Cliff Clinton, Northern Kentucky
- Paul Cluxton, Northern Kentucky
- Shannon Minor, Northern Kentucky
- Terrance Springer, Salem-Teikyo