2000 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

The 2000 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 1999–2000 basketball season.

2000 (2000) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Keeter Gymnasium Point Lookout, Missouri
Champions	Embry–Riddle Eagles (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Runner-up	College of the Ozarks Bobcats (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Huntington Foresters (1st Fab Four) Siena Heights Saints (2nd Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Kyle Mas (College of the Ozarks)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Jason Cruse (Embry–Riddle)
Top scorer	Steve Smith (Saint Francis (IN)) (98 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «1999 2001»

Embry–Riddle (FL) defeated unseeded hosts College of the Ozarks in the championship game, 75–63, to claim the Eagles' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.^[1]

Qualification

See also: 1999–2000 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
	1	MidAmerica Nazarene	93
		Martin Luther	82
						1	MidAmerica Nazarene	68
						16	Grand View	71
		Berea	71
	16	Grand View	84
											16	Grand View	52
											8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	75
	9	Concordia Oregon	85
		Bethany (KS)	67
						9	Concordia Oregon	77
						8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	80
		Dominican (NY)	58
	8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	74
																8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	92
																5	Siena Heights	80
	5	Siena Heights	99
		Montreat	80
						5	Siena Heights	118
						12	Mount Vernon Nazarene	93
		Menlo	64
	12	Mount Vernon Nazarene	91
											5	Siena Heights	97
											4	Saint Francis (IN)	88
	13	Newman	82
		Daemen	76
						13	Newman	94
						4	Saint Francis (IN)	106
		Midland Lutheran	75
	4	Saint Francis (IN)	89
																					8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	75
																						College of the Ozarks	63
	3	Huron	94
		Husson	78
						3	Huron	82
							College of the Ozarks	93
		College of the Ozarks	88
	14	Northwestern (IA)	79
												College of the Ozarks	84
											11	Oregon Tech	54
	11	Oregon Tech	78
		Bryan (TN)	50
						11	Oregon Tech	96
						6	Briar Cliff	85
		Green Mountain	74
	6	Briar Cliff	106
																	College of the Ozarks	83
																2	Huntington (IN)	81
	7	Saint Ambrose	72
		Cal State Hayward	75
							Cal State Hayward	50
						10	Dickinson State	67
		St. Thomas Aquinas	55
	10	Dickinson State	56
											10	Dickinson State	47
											2	Huntington (IN)	60
	15	Robert Morris	74
		Lindenwood	89
							Lindenwood	49
						2	Huntington (IN)	65
		Nyack	64
	2	Huntington (IN)	99

See also

• 2000 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2000 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2000 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament

References

1. "NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved April 13, 2022.