2004 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

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 (Calif.). 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 (Ala.), respectively.

2004 (2004) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsMountain State
(1st title)
Runner-UpConcordia (Calif.)
(2nd title game)
SemifinalistsGeorgetown (Ky.)
Mobile (Ala.)
Coach of the YearBob Bolen
(Mountain State)
Chuck Taylor MVPZach Moss
(Mountain State)
Player of the YearZach Moss
(Mountain State)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Chris Victor
(Concordia (Calif.))
Attendance23,434
Top scorerZach Moss (Mountain State)
(138 points)

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Zach Moss, Mountain State – in 5 games, Moss scored a total of 138 points, including 54 field goals and 30 free throws, averaging 27.6 points per game
  • Leading rebounder: Nick VanderLaan, Concordia (Calif.) – in 5 games, VanderLaan recorded 71 rebounds at 14.2 per game
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 13 – Georgetown (Ky.)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.) – 23rd of 28 appearances in the NAIA Tournament[2]

2004 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Mountain State 79
- Reinhardt (Ga.) 68
1 Mountain State 84
- Wayland Baptist 66
- Wayland Baptist (Texas) 73
16 Missouri Baptist 68
1 Mountain State 87
TOP TIER
8 Oklahoma Baptist 84
9 Cumberland (Tenn.) 68
- Biola (Calif.) 64
9 Cumberland 74
8 Oklahoma Baptist 86
- Xaiver (La.) 67
8 Oklahoma Baptist 75
1 Mountain State 96
5 Georgetown 77
5 Georgetown (Ky.) 88
- McKendree (Ill.) 56
5 Georgetown 65
- Westminster 55
- Westminster (Utah) 74
12 Lubbock Christian (Texas) 65
5 Georgetown 64
TOP TIER
- Barber-Scotia 60
13 Union (Tenn.) 53*
- Barber-Scotia (N.C.) 61
- Barber-Scotia 74
4 Robert Morris 61
- Langston (Okla.) 67
4 Robert Morris (Ill.) 102
1 Mountain State 74
6 Concordia 70
3 Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 70
- Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 53
3 Lindsey Wilson 66
14 Southern New-Orleans 55
- Brescia (Ky.) 47
14 Southern-New Orleans (La.) 60
3 Lindsey Wilson 58
BOTTOM TIER
6 Concordia 61
11 Houston Baptist (Texas) 64
- John Brown (Ark.) 72
- John Brown 65
6 Concordia 70
- St. Xavier (Ill.) 72
6 Concordia (Calif.) 82
6 Concordia 72
15 Mobile 57
7 Columbia (Mo.) 48
- Oklahoma City 81
- Oklahoma City 79
10 Lewis-Clark State 65
- Pikeville (Ky.) 65
10 Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 67
- Oklahoma City 62
BOTTOM TIER
15 Mobile 75
15 Mobile (Ala.) 77
- Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 67
15 Mobile 76
2 Azusa Pacific 75
- Voorhees (S.C.) 79
2 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 112
  •  * denotes overtime.

References

  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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