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2000 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Champions
  
Life (Ga.) (3rd title)

Finals Site
  
Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma

Runner-Up
  
Georgetown (Ky.) (4th title game)

Semifinalists
  
Biola (Calif.) (2nd Final Four) Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (1st Final Four)

Coach of the Year
  
Roger Kaiser (Life (Ga.))

The 63rd NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 63rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured Life University (Ga.) and Georgetown College (Ky.). Life would defeat Georgetown by a score of 63 to 59.

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Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 37 field goals, 21 free throws, 100 total points (20.0 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 57 total rebounds (11.4 average rebounds per game)
  • Most consecutive tournament appearances: 9th, Georgetown (Ky.)
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 19th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.

    • 2000 NAIA bracket

  •  * denotes each overtime.

    • References

    2000 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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