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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
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsOklahoma Baptist (2nd title, 7th title game,
8th Fab Four)
Runner-upAzusa Pacific (2nd title game,
5th Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Player of the yearNate Brumfield (Oklahoma Baptist)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
«2009 2011»

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

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  • 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)

Bracket

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First round
March 17 and 18 		Second round
March 19 		Elite Eight
March 20 		NAIA national semifinals
March 22 		NAIA national championship
March 23
               
1 Mountain State 105
– Bacone 78
1 Mountain State 90*
– Southern Poly 93
– Southern Poly 78
16 Oklahoma City 70
– Southern Poly 71
TOP TIER
March 17
– John Brown 66
9 Campbellsville 61
– Fresno Pacific 74
– Fresno Pacific 82
– John Brown 88
– John Brown 73
8 McKendree 70*
– Southern Poly 68
13 Azusa Pacific 80
5 LSU–Shreveport 70
– Oklahoma Christian 80
– Oklahoma Christian 52
12 Lee 82
– Olivet Nazarene 58
12 Lee 79
12 Lee 70
TOP TIER
March 18
13 Azusa Pacific 75
13 Azusa Pacific 72
– Cumberlands 68
13 Azusa Pacific 65
4 Westminster (UT) 51
– Evangel 74
4 Westminster (UT) 80
13 Azusa Pacific 83
3 Oklahoma Baptist 84
3 Oklahoma Baptist 96
– St Xavier 72
3 Oklahoma Baptist 85
– Texas Wesleyan 75*
– Texas Wesleyan 74
14 Central Methodist 71
3 Oklahoma Baptist 59
BOTTOM TIER
March 17
6 Biola 54
11 Georgetown (KY) 75
– Park 83
– Park 64
6 Biola 80
– Belhaven 54
6 Biola 66
3 Oklahoma Baptist 81
15 Robert Morris (IL) 79*
7 Southern Nazarene 86
– Tougaloo 73
7 Southern Nazarene 81
- Montana–Western 78
– Montana–Western 80
10 Union (TN) 77
7 Southern Nazarene 101
BOTTOM TIER
March 18
15 Robert Morris (IL) 109
15 Robert Morris (IL) 90
– Life 72
15 Robert Morris (IL) 67
2 Concordia (CA) 64
– William Jewell 54
2 Concordia (CA) 71
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
  2. ^ NAIA History Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
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