2001 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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2001 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
2001 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
2001 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Tulsa Convention Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Faulkner (Ala.) (1st title)
Runner-Up Science and Arts (Olka.) (1st title game)
Semifinalists Christian Heritage (Calif.) (1st Final Four)
Pikeville (Ky.) (1st Final Four)
Winning Coach Jim Sanderson (1st title)
Chuck Taylor MVP Collier Mills Transylvania
Top scorer DuJuan Brown Oklahoma Baptist
(78 points)
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«2000  2002»

The 64th Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March in Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the second tournament held in the Tulsa Convention Center and the last tournament to be held in Tulsa. The 64th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. It was the first time that any of these teams had made it to the NAIA Final Four. Faulkner University won over USAO, with Pikeville College and Christian Heritage (Calif.) finishing out the Final Four respectively.

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[edit] Awards and Honors

  • Leading Scorer Award: DuJuan Brown, Oklahoma Baptist, in 3 games DuJuan scored 34 field goals, 8 FT, totaling 78 points, (avg 26.0/game)
  • Leading Rebounder Award: Randy Hughes, Science & Arts (Okla.) in 5 games Randy grabbed 56 rebounds (avg 11.2/game)
  • Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player: Paul Little, Faulkner (Ala.)
  • Charles Stevenson Hustle Award: Rich Reinebach, Christian Heritage (Calif.)
  • Coach of the Year: Jim Sanderson, Faulkner (Ala.)
  • Player of the Year: Collier Mills, Transylvania (Ky.) [1]

[edit] 2001 NAIA Bracket

  First Round
March
Second Round
March
Elite Eight
March
NAIA Final Four
March
                                     
1  Transylvania (Ky.) 82  
-  Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.) 68  
  1  Transylvania 67  
 
  16  Christian Heritage 77  
16  Christian Heritage (Calif.) 73
-  Barber-Scotia (N.C.) 59  
  16  Christian Heritage 75  
  -  Lubbock Christian 61  
-  Georgetown (Ky.) 95  
9  Auburn Montgomery (Ala.) 85  
  -  Georgetown 91 (2 OT)
 
  -  Lubbock Christian 92  
-  Lubbock Christian (Texas) 63
8  St. Xavier (Ill.) 62  
  16  Christian Heritage 88
TOP TIER
  4  Science & Arts 99
5  Columbia (Mo.) 75  
-  Union (Tenn.) 66  
  5  Columbia 43
 
  12  Spring Hill 69  
12  Spring Hill (Ala.) 72
-  Life (Ga.) 63  
  12  Spring Hill 57
  4  Science & Arts 63  
13  Biola Calif.) 74  
-  Westminster (Utah) 53  
  -  Biola 72 (OT)
 
  4  Science & Arts 75  
4  Science & Arts (Okla.) 79
-  Cumberland (Ky.) 64  
  First Round
March
Second Round
March
Elite Eight
March
NAIA Final Four
March
                                     
3  Houston Baptist (Texas) 66  
-  Martin Methodist (Tenn.) 67  
  -  Martin Methodist 72  
 
  14  Pikeville 82  
-  Dillard (La.) 71
14  Pikeville (Ky.) 78  
  14  Pikeville 88  
  -  Oklahoma Baptist 83  
11  Carroll (Mont.) 69  
-  Oklahoma Baptist 72  
  -  Oklahoma Baptist 82
 
  -  Southern Polytechnic 74  
-  Southern Polytechnic (Ga.) 86
6  College of West Virginia 59  
  14  Pikeville 59
BOTTOM TIER
  10  Faulkner 63
7  Lee (Tenn.) 92  
-  Campbellsville (Ky.) 87  
  7  Lee 98
 
  10  Faulkner 108  
-  McKendree (Ill.) 76
10  Faulkner (Ala.) 78  
  10  Faulkner 79
  2  Azusa Pacific 75  
15  Xavier (La.) 69  
-  Oklahoma City 91  
  -  Oklahoma City 54
 
  2  Azusa Pacific 94  
-  Edward Waters (Fla.) 70
2  Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 82  

[edit] NAIA Final Four

  NAIA National Semifinals
March
NAIA National Championship
March
                 
16  Christian Heritage (Calif.) 88  
4  Science & Arts (Okla.) 99  
    4  Science & Arts 59
  10  Faulkner 63
14  Pikeville (Ky.) 78
10  Faulkner (Ala.) 87  

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NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Champions
Champions and records
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