Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 1999 |
Gender: | Men's |
Division: | II |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Idaho Center |
Fabfourcity: | Nampa, Idaho |
Champions: | Cornerstone Golden Eagles |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 1st |
Runnerup: | Bethel Pilots |
Gamecount: | 4th |
Runnerffcount: | 4th |
Semifinal1: | Berea Mountaineers |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Mount Senario Fighting Saints |
Fabfourcount2: | 1st |
Mvp: | Mike Long |
Mvpteam: | Cornerstone |
Hustle: | Ryan Bales |
Hustleschool: | Bethel (IN) |
Topscorer: | Eric Brand |
Topscorerteam: | Bethel (IN) |
Points: | 136 |
The 1999 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 1998–99 basketball season.
Top-seeded Cornerstone defeated two-time defending champions Bethel (IN) in the championship game, 113–109 after one overtime period, to claim the Golden Eagles' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the Idaho Center at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.[1]
The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.
The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.