The 2018 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball national championship was held from March 7–13 at the Sanford Pentagon in Sioux Falls, SD. The 27th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured thirty-two teams playing in a single-elimination format. In a rematch of the 2016 Championship game, the outcome was the same. The championship game was won by the Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats of Marion, Indiana over the Saint Francis Cougars of Fort Wayne, Indiana by a score of 84 to 71.[1]
Teams | 32 | ||||
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Finals site | Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, South Dakota | ||||
Champions | Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats (3rd title, 3rd title game, 4th Fab Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Saint Francis Cougars (4th title game, 4th Fab Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Ben Carlson (Indiana Wesleyan) | ||||
Chuck Taylor MVP | Kyle Mangas (Indiana Wesleyan) | ||||
Top scorer | Colton Kooima (Northwestern (IA)) (67 points) | ||||
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Bracket
edit- * denotes game decided in overtime
See also
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edit- ^ "2018 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball National Championship, presented by Cypress Risk Management" (PDF). Retrieved March 13, 2018.