Type: | NAIA |
Year: | 2005 |
Gender: | Men's |
Division: | II |
Teams: | 32 |
Fabfourarena: | Keeter Gymnasium |
Fabfourcity: | Point Lookout, Missouri |
Champions: | Walsh Cavaliers |
Titlecount: | 1st |
Champgamecount: | 1st |
Champffcount: | 2nd |
Runnerup: | Concordia Nebraska Bulldogs |
Gamecount: | 1st |
Runnerffcount: | 2nd |
Semifinal1: | Cedarville Yellow Jackets |
Fabfourcount1: | 1st |
Semifinal2: | Oregon Tech Owls |
Fabfourcount2: | 3rd |
Mvp: | Robert Whaley |
Mvpteam: | Walsh |
Hustle: | Jason Jisa |
Hustleschool: | Concordia Nebraska |
Topscorer: | Robert Whaley |
Topscorerteam: | Walsh |
Points: | 114 |
The 2005 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 2004–05 basketball season.
Walsh defeated Concordia Nebraska in the championship game, 81–70, to claim the Cavaliers' 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.