2011 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2011 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 74th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

2011 (2011) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Pikeville (1 title, 1 title game)
Runner-up	Mountain State (4 title game)
Semifinalists	Martin Methodist Georgetown
Chuck Taylor MVP	Trevor Setty (Pikeville)
NAIA Division I men's tournaments «2010 2012»

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Brandon Brown^[2]
• Leading rebounder: Ty Gough
• Coach of the Year: Kelly Wells ^[3]
• Player of the Year: Trevor Setty
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 20th, Georgetown (KY)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 30th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament^[4]

2011 NAIA bracket

	First round March 16–17					Second round March 18					Elite Eight March 19					NAIA national semifinals March 21 6pm & 8pm					NAIA national championship March 22 9pm
	1	Robert Morris (Ill)	77
		Montana Western	76
						1	Robert Morris	74
						16	Lee	55
	-	Columbia (Mo.)	67
	16	Lee (Tenn.)	69
											1	Robert Morris	77
	TOP TIER March 16
											-	Pikeville	86
	9	Oklahoma Baptist	69
	-	Pikeville (Ky.)	76
						-	Pikeville	80
						8	Azusa Pacific	75
	-	Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.)	79
	8	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	92
																-	Pikeville	110
																5	Martin Methodist	99
	5	Martin Methodist (Tenn.)	84
	-	William Jewell (Mo.)	83
						5	Martin Methodist	88
						12	Tougaloo	77
	-	Emmanuel (Ga.)	58
	12	Tougaloo (Miss.)	73
											5	Martin Methodist	71
	TOP TIER March 17
											13	Biola	70
	13	Biola (Calif.)	59
	-	Montana State-Northern	48
						13	Biola	71
						4	LSU Shreveport	70
	-	Life (Ga.)	80
	4	LSU Shreveport	106
																					-	Pikeville	83
																					3	Mountain State	76*
	3	Mountain State	83
	-	Park (Mo.)	58
						3	Mountain State	84
						-	Lindenwood	67
	-	Lindenwood (Mo.)	78
	14	St. Catharine (Ky.)	72
											3	Mountain State	69
	BOTTOM TIER March 16
											-	Rogers State	62
	11	Union (Tenn.)	63
	-	Carroll (Mont.)	69
						-	Carroll	45
						-	Rogers State	66
	-	Rogers State (Okla.)	66
	6	Texas Wesleyan	64
																3	Mountain State	69
																7	Georgetown	63
	7	Georgetown (Ky.)	83
	-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	76
						7	Georgetown	77
						-	McKendree	59
	-	McKendree (Ill.)	75'
	10	Southern Nazarene (Okla.)	62
											7	Georgetown	69
	BOTTOM TIER March 17
											2	Concordia	67
	15	Evangel (Mo.)	79
	-	Xavier (La.)	71
						15	Evangel	62
						2	Concordia	102
	-	Southern Poly (Ga.)	64
	2	Concordia (Calif.)	96

•  * denotes overtime.

See also

• 2011 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2011 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2011 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2011 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2011 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

References

1. . Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
2. "NAIA Div I Men's National Championship". NAIA Official Statistics. NAIA. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
3. "NAIA Tournament Awards". UPike Bears. University of Pikeville Athletics. Retrieved May 6, 2016.
4. NAIA Championship History 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine