2010 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2010 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 73rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] In 2010, both Buffalo Funds and the City of Kansas City extended contracts with the NAIA to remain title sponsors and will keep the tournament in Kansas City at Municipal Auditorium until 2013.[2] This was the second year that the Heart of America Conference was the tournament host.

2010 (2010) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Oklahoma Baptist (2nd title, 7th title game, 8th Fab Four)
Runner-Up	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (2nd title game, 5th Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Robert Morris (Ill.) Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)
Player of the Year	Nate Brumfield (Oklahoma Baptist)

Georgetown College made its 19th straight, and 29th overall tournament appearances, both tournament records. The championship game featured two ranked teams for the first time since 2008. The #3 Bison of Oklahoma Baptist University held of the #13 Cougars of Azusa Pacific University. Azusa Pacific’s Marshall Johnson grabbed his teammate Dominique Johnson’s 2-point miss with nearly one second left, heaved a 10-foot fade-away; nothing but net. Azusa Pacific thought they had won the game, after review, the horn had sound prior to Johnson's shot giving the Bisons their 2nd NAIA championship since 1966. 2010 was Azusa Pacific 2nd trip to the Championship game. In 2005 they also finished as the National Runner-Up.

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer:
• Leading rebounder:[3]
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 29th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 19th, Georgetown (KY)

2010 NAIA bracket

	First Round March 17, 18					Second Round March 19					Elite Eight March 20					NAIA National Semifinals March 22					NAIA National Championship March 23
	1	Mountain State (W. Va.)	105
	-	Bacone (Okla.)	78
						1	Mountain State	90*
						-	Southern Polytechnic	93
	-	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)	78
	16	Oklahoma City	70
											-	Southern Polytechnic	71
	TOP TIER March 17
											-	John Brown	66
	9	Campbellsville (Ky.)	61
	-	Fresno Pacific (Calif.)	74
						-	Fresno Pacific	82
						-	John Brown	88
	-	John Brown (Ark.)	73
	8	McKendree (Ill.)	70*
																-	Southern Polytechnic	68
																13	Azusa Pacific	80
	5	LSU-Shreveport	70
	-	Oklahoma Christian University	80
						-	Oklahoma Christian	52
						12	Lee	82
	-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	58
	12	Lee (Tenn.)	79
											12	Lee	70
	TOP TIER March 18
											13	Azusa Pacific	75
	13	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	72
	-	Cumberlands (Ky.)	68
						13	Azusa Pacific	65
						4	Westminster	51
	-	Evangel (Mo.)	74
	4	Westminster (Utah)	80
																					13	Azusa Pacific	83
																					3	Oklahoma Baptist	84
	3	Oklahoma Baptist	96
	-	Saint Xavier (Ill.)	72
						3	Oklahoma Baptist	85
						-	Texas Wesleyan	75*
	-	Texas Wesleyan	74
	14	Central Methodist (Mo.)	71
											3	Oklahoma Baptist	59
	BOTTOM TIER March 17
											6	Biola	54
	11	Georgetown (Ky.)	75
	-	Park (Mo.)	83
						-	Park	64
						6	Biola	80
	-	Belhaven (Miss.)	54
	6	Biola (Calif.)	66
																3	Oklahoma Baptist	81
																15	Robert Morris	79*
	7	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	86
	-	Tougaloo (Miss.)	73
						7	Southern Nazarene	81
						-	Montana-Western	78
	-	Montana-Western	80
	10	Union (Tenn.)	77
											7	Southern Nazarene	101
	BOTTOM TIER March 18
											15	Robert Morris	109
	15	Robert Morris (Ill.)	90
	-	Life (Ga.)	72
						15	Robert Morris	67
						2	Concordia	64
	-	William Jewell (Mo.)	54
	2	Concordia (Calif.)	71

•  * denotes overtime.

References

1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-22.
2. NAIA History Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite