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NAIA Division II men's basketball championship
| Column 1 |
|---|
| College basketball |
| 1992 |
| 2020 |
| 20 (1992–93)24 (1994)32 (1995–2019) |
| Stephenville, TexasNampa, IdahoPoint Lookout, MissouriSioux Falls, South Dakota |
| Bethel (IN) (3)Cornerstone (3)Indiana Wesleyan (3)Oregon Tech (3) |
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.
Bethel (IN), Cornerstone, Indiana Wesleyan, and Oregon Tech won the most NAIA Division II national titles, with three each.
| NAIA Division II men's basketball championship | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
| 2020Details | Tournament cancelled in the middle of the first round due to the COVID-19 pandemic |
| School | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
'"UNIQ--templatestyles-0000000A-QINU"'Indiana Wesleyan | 3 | 2014, 2016, 2018 |
| Cornerstone | 3 | 1999, 2011, 2015 |
| Oregon Tech | 3 | 2004, 2008, 2012 |
| Bethel (IN) | 3 | 1995, 1997, 1998 |
| Northwestern (IA) | 2 | 2001, 2003 |
| Spring Arbor | 1 | 2019 |
| Saint Francis (IN) | 1 | 2010 |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan | 1 | 2009 |
| MidAmerica Nazarene | 1 | 2007 |
| College of the Ozarks | 1 | 2006 |
| Evangel | 1 | 2002 |
| College of Idaho | 1 | 1996 |
| Grace | 1 | 1992 |
| School | Titles | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Union (TN) | 1 | 2017 |
| Cardinal Stritch | 1 | 2013 |
| Walsh | 1 | 2005 |
| Embry–Riddle | 1 | 2000 |
| Eureka | 1 | 1994 |
| Willamette | 1 | 1993 |
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