The 2005 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 16 to 22 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

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. The sixty-eighth annual NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The 2005 National Champions were the unranked John Brown University (Ark.)

John Brown University

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 who defeated the 9th ranked Azusa Pacific University (Calif.)

Azusa Pacific University

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 by a score of 65 to 55. The other NAIA National semifinalists were Carroll College (Mont.)

Carroll College (Montana)

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 and Robert Morris College (Ill.)

Robert Morris College

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.

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Daniel Rose, Biola (Calif.) in 3 games Rose scored a total of 66 points, including 26 field goals and 14 free throws to average 22.0 points per game.
• Leading rebounder: Mersad Terzic, Mountain State (W.Va.) in 3 games Terzic earned 31 rebounds averaging 10.3 rebounds per game
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 14th, Georgetown (Ky.)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 24th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.

2005 NAIA bracket

See also

• 2005 NAIA Men’s Division II Basketball Tournament
  NAIA national men's basketball championship
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Men's Basketball National Championship has been held annually since 1937 . The tournament was established by James Naismith to crown a national champion for smaller colleges and universities...
  
  
• 2005 NAIA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament
  NAIA national women's basketball championship
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Basketball National Championship has been held annually since 1981. It was established one year before the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament. It was created to crown a women's national title for smaller colleges and universities. Since...
  
  
• 2005 NAIA Women’s Division II Basketball Tournament
  NAIA national women's basketball championship
  The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Women's Basketball National Championship has been held annually since 1981. It was established one year before the NCAA Women's Basketball tournament. It was created to crown a women's national title for smaller colleges and universities. Since...
  
  
• 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  The 2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 15, 2005, and ended with the championship game on April 4 at the Edward Jones Dome in St...
  
  
• 2005 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
• 2005 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
• 2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
  2005 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament
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• 2005 NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament
• 2005 NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Tournament