The 1993 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the
tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
held by the
NAIA to determine the national champion of men's
college basketball
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among its
Division II members in the
United States
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and
Canada
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for the
1992–93 basketball season.
Willamette defeated
Northern State (SD) in the championship game, 63–56, to claim the Bearcats' first NAIA national title.
The tournament was played at the
Montgomery Fieldhouse at
Northwest Nazarene University
Northwest Nazarene University (NNU) is a private Nazarene university in Nampa, Idaho.
History
Eugene Emerson organized a combination grade school and Bible school in 1913 as Idaho Holiness School. It was renamed twice in 1916, first to Nor ...
in
Nampa, Idaho
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.
Qualification
The tournament field remained set at twenty teams. The top eight teams received seeds, while the eight lowest ranked teams were placed in a preliminary first round.
The tournament utilized a
single-elimination
A single-elimination knockout, or sudden-death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of a match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, w ...
format.
Bracket
See also
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1993 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
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1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
The 1993 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament involved 64 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 1993, and ended with the champi ...
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1993 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
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1993 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
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1993 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:1993 Naia Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
NAIA
NAIA men's basketball championship
NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament