2005 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

The 2005 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 16 to 22 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The sixty-eighth annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The 2005 National Champions were the unranked John Brown University (Ark.) who defeated the 9th ranked Azusa Pacific University (Calif.) by a score of 65 to 55. The other NAIA National semifinalists were Carroll College (Mont.) and Robert Morris College (Ill.).

2005 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	John Brown (Ark.) (1 title)
Runner-Up	Azusa Pacific (Calif.) (1 title game)
Semifinalists	Carroll (Mont.) Robert Morris (Ill.)
Coach of the Year	Bill Odell (Azusa Pacific (Calif.))
Chuck Taylor MVP	Brandon Cole (John Brown (Ark.))
Player of the Year	Jarred Merrill (Oklahoma Christian)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Quinton Gibson (Robert Morris (Ill.))
Top scorer	Daniel Rose (Biola (Calif.)) (66 points)

2005 tournament would bring four new teams to the NAIA National Semifinals. The first tournament since 2001 tournament to do so. (It would be the 7th time in tournament history this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965, 1969, 2001).

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Daniel Rose, Biola (Calif.) in 3 games Rose scored a total of 66 points, including 26 field goals and 14 free throws to average 22.0 points per game.
• Leading rebounder: Mersad Terzic, Mountain State (W.Va.) in 3 games Terzic earned 31 rebounds averaging 10.3 rebounds per game
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 14th, Georgetown (Ky.)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 24th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

2005 NAIA bracket

	First Round March 16, 17					Second Round March 18					Elite Eight March 19					NAIA National Semifinals March 21					NAIA National Championship March 22
	1	Mountain State (W. Va.)	77
	-	Columbia (Mo.)	50
						1	Mountain State	88
						-	Trevecca Nazarene	65
	-	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	71
	16	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)	79
											1	Mountain State	66
	TOP TIER March 16
											9	Azusa Pacific	82
	9	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	88
	-	Houston Baptist (Texas)	72
						9	Azusa Pacific	100
						8	Oklahoma Christian	93*
	-	Brescia (Ky.)	63*
	8	Oklahoma Christian	72
																9	Azusa Pacific	96
																4	Robert Morris	88
	5	Georgetown (Ky.)	84
	-	Georgia Southwestern	62
						5	Georgetown	87
						-	Oklahoma Baptist	75
	-	Oklahoma Baptist	75
	12	Westminster (Utah)	60
											5	Georgetown	87
	TOP TIER March 16
											4	Robert Morris	99
	13	Lubbock Christian (Texas)	66
	-	California Baptist	77
						-	California Baptist	71
						4	Robert Morris	105
	-	Xavier (La.)	79
	4	Robert Morris (Ill.)	81
																					9	Azusa Pacific	55
																					-	John Brown	65
	3	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	69
	-	Faulkner (Ala.)	63
						3	Lindsey Wilson	68
						14	St. Xavier	78
	-	Langston (Okla.)	55
	14	St. Xavier (Ill.)	72
											14	St. Xavier	57
	BOTTOM TIER March 17
											-	Carroll	76
	11	Concordia (Calif.)	72
	-	Carroll (Mont.)	85
						-	Carroll	66
						-	Oklahoma City	65
	-	Oklahoma City	77
	6	Mobile (Ala.)	74
																-	Carroll	60
																-	John Brown	73
	7	Union (Tenn.)	72
	-	John Brown (Ark.)	84
						-	John Brown	61
						10	LSU-Shreveport	56
	-	Cumberland (Ky.)	75*
	10	LSU-Shreveport	79
											-	John Brown	58
	BOTTOM TIER March 17
											-	Biola	56
	15	Missouri Baptist	70
	-	Biola (Calif.)	76
						-	Biola	65
						2	Southern Polytechnic	63
	-	Voorhees (S.C.)	74
	2	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)	88

•  * denotes overtime.

References

1. "2005 Tournament Bracket>". Archived from the original on 2008-03-20. Retrieved 2008-03-16.
2. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). cstv.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-05-15.