2000 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2000 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Tulsa Convention Center Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions	Life (Ga.) (3rd title)
Runner-Up	Georgetown (Ky.) (4th title game)
Semifinalists	Biola (Calif.) (2nd Final Four) Olivet Nazarene (Ill.) (1st Final Four)
Coach of the Year	Roger Kaiser (Life (Ga.))
Chuck Taylor MVP	Jimmie Hunter (Life (Ga.))
Player of the Year	Jimmie Hunter (Life (Ga.))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Marcus White (Biola (Calif.))
Attendance	19,565
Top scorer	Will Carlton (Georgetown (Ky.)) (100 points)
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments ← 1999 2001 →

The 63rd NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 63rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1] The championship game featured Life University (Ga.) and Georgetown College (Ky.). Life would defeat Georgetown by a score of 63 to 59.

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 37 field goals, 21 free throws, 100 total points (20.0 average points per game)
• Leading rebounder: Will Carlton, Georgetown (Ky.); 5 games, 57 total rebounds (11.4 average rebounds per game)
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 9th, Georgetown (Ky.)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 19th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.^[2]

2000 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Elite Eight					NAIA National Semifinals					NAIA National Championship
	1	Life (Ga.)	106
	-	Southern New Orleans (La.)	63
						1	Life	90
						16	Southern Tech	65
	-	Point Loma Nazarene (Calif.)	65
	16	Southern Tech (Ga.)	74
											1	Life	79
	TOP TIER
											8	The Master’s	68
	9	Houston Baptist (Texas)	68
	-	Barber-Scotia (N.C.)	50
						9	Houston Baptist	61
						8	The Master's	81
	-	Campbellsville (Ky.)	76
	8	The Master's (Calif.)	78
																1	Life	85
																-	Olivet Nazarene	69
	5	Oklahoma City	70
	-	Westmont (Calif.)	62
						5	Oklahoma City	67
						12	Spring Hill	77
	-	St. Vincent (Pa.)	47
	12	Spring Hill (Ala.)	51
											12	Spring Hill	44
	TOP TIER
											-	Olivet Nazarene	62
	13	Columbia (Mo.)	59
	-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	62
						-	Olivet Nazarene	79
						-	Lewis-Clark State	61
	-	Lewis-Clark State (Idaho)	79
	4	Birmingham-Southern (Ala.)	61
																					1	Life	61
																					3	Georgetown	59
	3	Georgetown (Ky.)	89
	-	Northwestern Oklahoma State	63
						3	Georgetown	66
						14	Union	64*
	-	West Virginia	67
	14	Union (Tenn.)	73
											3	Georgetown	80
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	Faulkner	61
	11	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	52
	-	Mobile (Ala.)	51
						11	Lindsey Wilson	79*
						-	Faulkner	81
	-	Faulkner (Ala.)	97
	6	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	73
																3	Georgetown	118
																10	Biola	108****
	7	Lambuth (Tenn.)	64
	-	Brewton-Parker (Ga.)	59
						7	Lambuth	60
						10	Biola	71
	-	St. Xavier (Ill.)	78
	10	Biola (Calif.)	92
											10	Biola	82
	BOTTOM TIER
											2	Lipscomb	71
	15	Central State (Ohio)	88
	-	McKendree (Ill.)	79
						15	Central State	41
						2	Lipscomb	77
	-	St. Gregory's (Okla.)	66
	2	Lipscomb (Tenn.)	77

•  * denotes each overtime.

References

1. NAIA.org
2. NAIA Championship History