2006 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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The 2006 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 15th to 21st at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri
. This was the 69th annual NAIA
DI basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. .
The unranked Texas Wesleyan University
Rams would defeat the Oklahoma City University
Stars by a score of 67 to 65. 2006 would mark the second year in a row an unranked team won the National Championship. Undeterred by this loss, the Stars would go on to win the next two National Championship titles. The other teams that made it to the NAIA National Semifinals were Oklahoma City University
and Robert Morris (Ill.)
.
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...
. This was the 69th 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...
DI basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. .
Texas Wesleyan University
Texas Wesleyan University is a private, coeducational, liberal arts university founded by the United Methodist Church in 1890. The main campus is located in the Polytechnic Heights Neighborhood of Fort Worth, Texas, with branch campuses in Burleson and downtown Fort Worth.-History:Texas Wesleyan...
Rams would defeat the Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University, often referred to as OCU, is a coeducational, urban, private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
Stars by a score of 67 to 65. 2006 would mark the second year in a row an unranked team won the National Championship. Undeterred by this loss, the Stars would go on to win the next two National Championship titles. The other teams that made it to the NAIA National Semifinals were Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City University, often referred to as OCU, is a coeducational, urban, private university historically affiliated with the United Methodist Church...
and Robert Morris (Ill.)
Robert Morris College
This article is about the university in Illinois. For the university in Pennsylvania, see Robert Morris University.Robert Morris University Illinois, formerly Robert Morris College, is an educational institution in the U.S...
.
Awards and honors
- Leading scorer: Willie Irick, Oklahoma City; in 5 games Irick scored a total of 85 points, including 31 field goals and 17 free throws averaging 17.0 points per game.
- Leading rebounder: Freeman Taylor, Robert Morris (Ill.); in 4 games Taylor earned 61 rebounds averaging 15.25 per game
- Most consecutive tournament appearances: 15th, Georgetown (Ky.)
- Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 25th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.
2006 NAIA bracket
See also
- 2006 NAIA Men’s Division II Basketball TournamentNAIA national men's basketball championshipThe 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...
- 2006 NAIA Women’s Division I Basketball TournamentNAIA national women's basketball championshipThe 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...
- 2006 NAIA Women’s Division II Basketball TournamentNAIA national women's basketball championshipThe 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...
- 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball TournamentThe 2006 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 65 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball as a culmination of the 2005–06 basketball season...
- 2006 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
- 2006 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
- 2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament2006 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament-Albuquerque:-Bridgeport:-San Antonio:-Cleveland Regional:-Albuquerque Regional:-Bridgeport Regional:-San Antonio Regional:-Final Four – TD Banknorth Garden :...
- 2006 NCAA Women's Division II Basketball Tournament
- 2006 NCAA Women's Division III Basketball Tournament