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 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Mountain State (1st title)
Runner-Up	Concordia (Calif.) (2nd title game)
Semifinalists	Georgetown (Ky.) Mobile (Ala.)
Coach of the Year	Bob Bolen (Mountain State)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Zach Moss (Mountain State)
Player of the Year	Zach Moss (Mountain State)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Chris Victor (Concordia (Calif.))
Attendance	23,434
Top scorer	Zach 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