2007 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2007 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Oklahoma City ; (5th title)
Runner-Up	Concordia (Calif.) ; (3rd title game)
Semifinalists	Robert Morris (Ill.); Faulkner (Ala.)
Coach of the Year	Ray Harper ; (Oklahoma City)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Kameron Gray ; (Oklahoma City)
Player of the Year	Jarekus Singleton ; (William Carey University (Miss.))
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Adam Greenaway ; (Concordia University (Calif.))
Attendance	19,302
Top scorer	Eddie Smith (Illinois-Springfield); (67 points)

The 2007 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 14 to 20 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 70th annual NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This tournament had the most total points scored for both teams in one game in the history of the NAIA tournament. Totaling 243pts when Concordia (Calif.) got 124pts and beat Robert Morris (Ill.) who has 119pts. That game went into 4 overtimes. (The longest game was a 5OT game back in 1978 when Grand Canyon (Ariz.) beat Central State (Ohio) 88-82.) Concordia would go on to be the 2007 runner-up to Oklahoma City University. Oklahoma City University would beat Concordia 79 to 71.

Awards and honors

Leading scorer: Eddie Smith, of Illinois-Springfield scored 33.5 points in just two games.
Leading rebounder: Zach Allender of Campbellsville (Ky.) in two games Zach had 31 rebounds.
Most Points, both teams, in tournament history: 243, done by Concordia (CA) (124) vs Robert Morris (IL) (119) (4OT)
Most consecutive tournament appearances: 16th, Georgetown (Ky.)
Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 26th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.[2]

2007 NAIA bracket

First Round March 14,15			Second Round March 16			Elite Eight March 17			NAIA National Semifinals March 19			NAIA National Championship 20


1	Robert Morris (Ill.)	81

-	Westmont (Calif.)	68
			1	Robert Morris	86

			16	Oklahoma Baptist	76
16	Oklahoma Baptist	77

-	Cumberlands (Ky.)	72
						1	Robert Morris	116
TOP TIER March 14
						9	Crichton	96
8	Auburn Montgomery (Ala.)	61

-	Jarvis Christian (Texas)	60
			8	Auburn Montgomery	73

			9	Crichton	70
9	Crichton (Tenn.)	98

-	Tougaloo (Miss.)	73
									1	Robert Morris	119 (4 OT)

									4	Concordia	124
13	Houston Baptist (Texas)	80

-	Campbellsville (Ky.)	55
			13	Houston Baptist	72

			4	Concordia	83
4	Concordia (Calif.)	77

-	Lee (Tenn.)	61
						4	Concordia	88
TOP TIER March 14
						12	Union	68
5	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	72

-	Westminster (Utah)	67
			5	Southern Nazarene	81

			12	Union	82
-	California Baptist	62

12	Union (Tenn.)	75
												4	Concordia	71

												2	Oklahoma City	79
3	Georgetown (Ky.)	79

-	Xavier (La.)	82
			-	Xavier	57

			-	NWN Oklahoma	58
-	Northwestern Oklahoma	61

14	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	57
						-	NWN Oklahoma	59
BOTTOM TIER March 15
						-	Faulkner	76
11	San Diego Christian (Calif.)	76

-	Faulkner (Ala.)	86
			-	Faulkner	87

			-	McKendree	79
-	McKendree (Ill.)	86

6	Mountain State (W. Va.)	80
									-	Faulkner	61

									2	Oklahoma City	76
7	Park (Mo.)	68

-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	62
			7	Park	88

			10	Azusa Pacific	91
-	LSU - Shreveport	56

10	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	61
						10	Azusa Pacific	68
BOTTOM TIER March 15
						2	Oklahoma City	84
15	Illinois-Springfield	104

-	Lambuth (Tenn.)	89
			15	Illinois-Springfield	78

			2	Oklahoma City	90
-	Wiley (Texas)	74

2	Oklahoma City	90

References

2007 Results
NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

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[1] 2007 Results

[2] NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine