Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2000 |
Gender: | Men's |
Division: | II |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Keeter Gymnasium |
Fabfourcity: | Point Lookout, Missouri |
Champions: | Embry–Riddle Eagles |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 1st |
Runnerup: | College of the Ozarks Bobcats |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 1st |
Semifinal1: | Huntington Foresters |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Siena Heights Saints |
Fabfourcount2: | 2nd |
Mvp: | Jason Cruse |
Mvpteam: | Embry–Riddle |
Hustle: | Kyle Mas |
Hustleschool: | College of the Ozarks |
Topscorer: | Steve Smith |
Topscorerteam: | Saint Francis (IN) |
Points: | 98 |
The 2000 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 1999–2000 basketball season.
Embry–Riddle (FL) defeated unseeded hosts College of the Ozarks in the championship game, 75–63, to claim the Eagles' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.[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.