2004 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA
Year:2004
Gender:Men's
Division:II
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Keeter Gymnasium
Fabfourcity: Point Lookout, Missouri
Champions:Oregon Tech Owls
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:2nd
Champffcount:2nd
Runnerup:Bellevue Bruins
Gamecount:1st
Runnerffcount:1st
Semifinal1:Saint Ambrose Fighting Bees
Fabfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Sioux Falls Cougars
Fabfourcount2:1st
Mvp:Kevin Baker
Mvpteam:Oregon Tech
Hustle:Brent Heller
Hustleschool:Bellevue
Topscorer:Karl Peterson
Topscorerteam:Saint Ambrose
Points:86

The 2004 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 2003–04 basketball season.

Oregon Tech defeated Bellevue (NE) in the championship game, 81–72, to claim the Owls' 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]

Qualification

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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History. NAIA. 17 April 2022.