The NAIA Division II men's basketball championship is the former tournament held by the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada. The tournament was held annually from 1992 to 2019, after which the NAIA consolidated its two divisions, returning to the single national championship for men's and women's basketball that it held between the event's establishment in 1937 and the division split in 1992.
Over its twenty-eight year history, the tournament was played in four cities and at five venues. Unlike the NCAA's annual basketball tournaments, where games are played at an assortment of regional sites over the course of several weeks, all NAIA tournament games were played at a single, centralized arena.NAIA Men's Division II Championship History
Bethel (IN), Cornerstone, Indiana Wesleyan, and Oregon Tech won the most NAIA Division II national titles, with three each.
Results NAIA Division II men's basketball championshipYear ArenaLocationChampionshipSemifinalistsChampionScoreRunner-up 1992Details Wisdom Gym Stephenville, Texas Grace 85–79 OT Northwestern (IA) Concordia (NE) & Dakota State 1993Details Montgomery Fieldhouse Nampa, Idaho Willamette 63–56 Northern State (SD) Northwest Nazarene & William Jewell 1994Details Eureka 98–95 OT Northern State (SD) Lewis & Clark & Northwest Nazarene 1995Details Bethel (IN) 103–95 OT Northwest Nazarene Northern State & William Jewell 1996Details Albertson 81–72 OT Whitworth Walsh & William Jewell 1997Details Bethel (IN) (2) 95–94 Siena Heights Tabor & William Jewell 1998Details Idaho Center Bethel (IN) (3) 89–87 Oregon Tech Mount Marty & Northwest Nazarene 1999Details Cornerstone 113–109 Bethel (IN) Berea & Mount Senario 2000Details Keeter Gymnasium Point Lookout, Missouri Embry–Riddle (FL) 75–63 College of the Ozarks Huntington & Siena Heights 2001Details Northwestern (IA) 82–78 MidAmerica Nazarene Cornerstone & Rio Grande 2002Details Evangel 84–61 Robert Morris (IL) Cornerstone & Northwestern (IA) 2003Details Northwestern (IA) (2) 77–57 Bethany (KS) Cornerstone & Warner Southern 2004Details Oregon Tech 81–72 Bellevue St. Ambrose & Sioux Falls 2005Details Walsh 81–70 Concordia (NE) Cedarville & Oregon Tech 2006Details College of the Ozarks 74–56 Huntington Lindenwood & MidAmerica Nazarene 2007Details MidAmerica Nazarene 78–60 Mayville State Northwest & Northwestern (IA) 2008Details Oregon Tech (2) 63–56 Bellevue MidAmerican Nazarene & Northwestern (IA) 2009Details Oklahoma Wesleyan 60–53 College of the Ozarks Bethel (IN) & Black Hills State 2010Details Saint Francis (IN) 67–66 Walsh Bellevue & Oklahoma Wesleyan 2011Details Cornerstone (2) 80–71 Saint Francis (IN) College of the Ozarks & Northwood 2012Details Oregon Tech (3) 63–46 Northwood Davenport & McPherson 2013Details Cardinal Stritch 73–59 William Penn Indiana–Southeast & Grace 2014Details Indiana Wesleyan 78–68 Midland Robert Morris (IL) & Southeastern (FL) 2015Details Cornerstone (3) 66–45 Dakota Wesleyan Davenport & Embry-Riddle (FL) 2016Details Indiana Wesleyan (2) 69–66 Saint Francis (IN) Indiana–East & Warner 2017Details Union (KY) 72–69 Cornerstone Bellevue & Indiana Wesleyan 2018Details Sanford Pentagon Sioux Falls, South Dakota Indiana Wesleyan (3) 84–71 Saint Francis (IN) Indiana–East & College of Idaho 2019Details Spring Arbor 82–76 Oregon Tech College of Idaho & Marian 2020DetailsTournament cancelled in the middle of the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic
Champions Active NAIA programs School Titles Years 3 2014, 2016, 2018 3 1999, 2011, 2015 3 2004, 2008, 2012 3 1995, 1997, 1998 2 2001, 2003 1 2019 1 2010 1 2009 1 2007 1 2006 1 2002 1 1996 1 1992
Former NAIA programs School Titles Years 1 2017 1 2013 1 2005 1 2000 1 1994 1 1993
See also NAIA men's basketball championship NAIA women's basketball championship NAIA Division II women's basketball championship NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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