2009 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

College basketball tournament August 2023October 2023 NAIA 2009 100px 2009 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament 32 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Rocky Mountain College 1st Columbia College 1st Robert Morris College 4th MidAmerica Nazarene University 1st Bill Dreikosen Rocky Mountain Devin Uskoski Rocky Mountain Geoff Payne Westminster (Ut.) Nate Richardson Rocky Mountain 38,502 The 72nd Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 18 to 24 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 72nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The Heart of America Athletic Conference was the host conference for the tournament.http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050808aab.html Heart of America Athletic Conference Selected as 2009 Host Conference. 2008-05-26 2008-05-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20080517165950/http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/050808aab.html dead This was the Heart of America Athletic Conference's first year as a Division I conference. The tournament got off to a surprising start, as five higher seeded teams lost on the opening day, including top-seeded Rogers State, who lost to William Jewell, who had only qualified for the tournament by receiving the Heart of America Athletic Conference's host bid into the field. In the end, two unseeded teams, Rocky Mountain College of Montana and Columbia College of Missouri—neither of whom had ever won a game at the tournament prior to 2009—met in the championship game, having each disposed of three higher-ranked teams along the way. Rocky Mountain won the championship with a 77-61 victory, claiming Rocky's first national basketball title.2009 NAIA Men's Bracket http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009DIMBBBracket_UpdatedQuarte.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110523224714/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/2009DIMBBBracket_UpdatedQuarte.pdf 2011-05-23 dead 2009-04-13 Awards and honors Leading scorer: Eric Palm, McKendree (IL) Leading rebounder: Devin Uskoski, Rocky Mountain (MT) Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player: Devin Uskoski, Rocky Mountain (MT) Most consecutive tournament appearances: 18th, Georgetown (KY) Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 28th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament Oklahoma Baptist won their 49th tournament game, tying them with Georgetown College (KY) for the most tournament wins all-time.NAIA Championship History NAIA http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBBDIChampionshipHistory1223.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20110523103053/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBBDIChampionshipHistory1223.pdf 2011-05-23 dead 2009-04-19 2009 NAIA bracket First round March 18, 19 Second round March 20 Elite Eight March 21 NAIA national semifinals March 23 NAIA national championship March 24 TOP TIER March 18 TOP TIER March 19 BOTTOM TIER March 18 BOTTOM TIER March 19 1 Rogers State (Okla.) 73 - William Jewell (Mo.) 76 - Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) 72 16 Cumberland (Tenn.) 62 9 Fresno Pacific (Calif.) 67 - Tougaloo (Miss.) 69 - Montana State-Northern 73 8 Robert Morris (Ill.) 76* 5 Mountain State (W. Va.) 88 - LSU-Shreveport 76 - Oklahoma Christian 55 12 Concordia (Calif.) 70 13 Freed-Hardeman (Tenn.) 77 - Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 78* - Central Methodist (Mo.) 73 4 Georgetown (Ky.) 64 3 Union (Tenn.) 82 - Science and Arts (Okla.) 63 - Columbia (Mo.) 72 14 Lee (Tenn.) 69 11 Cumberlands (Ky.) 81 - Jarvis Christian (Texas) 65 - Biola (Calif.) 63 6 Westminster (Utah) 68* 7 McKendree (Ill.) 83 - Northwestern Oklahoma State 58 - Lindsey Wilson (Ky.) 69 10 Texas Wesleyan 75 15 Azusa Pacific (Calif.) 72 - MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.) 78 - Life (Ga.) 81 2 Oklahoma Baptist 90 - William Jewell 67 - Auburn-Montgomery 83 - Tougaloo 69 8 Robert Morris 89 5 Mountain State 79 12 Concordia 85 - Rocky Mountain 71 - Central Methodist 62 3 Union 64 - Columbia 83 11 Cumberlands 62 6 Westminster 67 7 McKendree 87 10 Texas Wesleyan 75 - MidAmerica Nazarene 64 2 Oklahoma Baptist 63 - Auburn-Montgomery 76 8 Robert Morris 87 12 Concordia 64 - Rocky Mountain 72 - Columbia 50 6 Westminster 47 7 McKendree 55 - MidAmerica Nazarene 59 8 Robert Morris 70 - Rocky Mountain 75 - Columbia 60 - MidAmerica Nazarene 56 - Rocky Mountain 77 - Columbia 61  * denotes overtime. See also 2009 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament 2009 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament 2009 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament References Category:NAIA men's basketball championship Tournament NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament