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2004 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2004 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 67th Annual NAIA DI basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This was the third year the tournament was back home in Kansas City. The 2004 NAIA National Champion was Mountain State (W.Va.) beating Concordia (Calif.) by a score of 74 to 70. This match up was a repeat of the 2003 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. In 2003, both these teams battled it out on the hardwood until Concordia (6) took the overtime win over the then 9 seeded Mountain State. In 2004 it would be the 1 seed Mountain State taking home the banner and trophy over new rival Concordia. The other teams that rounded out the NAIA Final Four were Georgetown (Ky.) and Mobile (Ala.), respectively.

Awards and honors

Leading Scorer:
Leading Rebounder Award:
Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player:
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award:
Coach of the Year:
Player of the Year:

2004 NAIA results

(1) Mountain State (W.Va.) 79, Reinhardt (Ga.) 68 Wayland Baptist (Texas) 73, (16) Missouri Baptist 68 (9) Cumberland (Tenn.) 68, Biola (Calif.) 64 (8) Oklahoma Baptist 75, Xaiver (La.) 67 (5) Georgetown (Ky.) 88, McKendree (Ill.) 56 Westminster (Utah) 74, (12) Lubbock Christian (Texas) 65 Barber-Scotia (N.C.) 61, (13) Union (Tenn.) 53 OT (4) Robert Morris (Ill.) 102, Langston (Okla.) 67 (3) Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 70, Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 53 (14) Southern-New Orleans (La.) 60, Brescia (Ky.) 47 John Brown (Ark.) 72, (11) Houston Baptist (Texas) 64 (6) Concordia (Calif.) 82, St. Xavier (Ill.) 72 Oklahoma City 81, (7) Columbia (Mo.) 48 (10) Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) 67, Pikeville (Ky.) 65 (15) Mobile (Ala.) 77, Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 67 (2) Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 112, Voorhees (S.C.) 79 Mountain State 84, Wayland Baptist 66 Oklahoma Baptist 86, Cumberland 74 Georgetown 65, Westminster 55 Barber-Scotia 74, Robert Morris 61 Lindsey Wilson 66, Southern New-Orleans 55 Concordia 70, John Brown 65 Oklahoma City 79, Lewis-Clark State 65 Mobile 76, Azusa Pacific 75 Mountain State 87, Oklahoma Baptist 84 (Quarterfinals) Georgetown 64, Barber-Scotia 60 (Quarterfinals) Concordia 61, Lindsey Wilson 58 (Quarterfinals) Mobile 75, Oklahoma City 62 (Quarterfinals.) Mountain State 96, Georgetown 77 (Semifinals) Concordia 72, Mobile 57 (Seminfinals) Mountain State 74, Concordia 70 (Championship)