Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2004 |
Teams: | 32 |
Finalfourarena: | Municipal Auditorium |
Finalfourcity: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Gamecount: | 2nd |
Finalfourcount1: | 10th |
Finalfourcount2: | 2nd |
Coty: | Bob Bolen |
Cotyschool: | Mountain State |
Mvp: | Zach Moss |
Mvpteam: | Mountain State |
Poty: | Zach Moss |
Potyschool: | Mountain State |
Hustle: | Chris Victor |
Hustleschool: | Concordia (CA) |
Attendance: | 23,434 |
Topscorer: | Zach Moss |
Topscorerteam: | Mountain State |
Points: | 138 |
The 2004 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 67th annual NAIA DI basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This was the third year the tournament was held in Kansas City. The 2004 NAIA national championship game featured the #1 ranked Cougars of Mountain State and the #6 ranked Eagles of Concordia University (CA). This match up was a repeat of the 2003 tournament. The Cougars defeated the Eagles 74–70. The other teams that rounded out the NAIA national semifinals were Georgetown College (KY) and University of Mobile, respectively.