The 2008 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament was held from March 19 to 25 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 71st annual NAIA basketball tournament features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The official announcement of the 32-team field for the 71st Annual Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I National Championship occurred late on Tuesday, March 11, with the announcement of the official bracket on Wednesday, March 12 at 5 p.m. CST. Early opening round action between No. 5 Mountain State and Olivet Nazarene went into two long overtimes. This caused a backup in game schedules. The late game featuring Southern Nazarene University and

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was moved back from 10:30pm CST to 11:30pm CST. The late start caused many of the 3,000 fans to leave after halftime. Near the end of the game SNU rallied to tie the SeaLions 67-67 with 14 secs left sending the game into overtime. The game finally ended around 1:30am CST with Point Loma pulling off the upset over SNU. It was the latest finishing NAIA tournament game. Games for the next day started in about 6 hours. The championship game featured defending champions 7 seed

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and 5 seed Mountain State. Oklahoma City won the game, giving them back to back National Championships in win over Mountain State (75-72). Oklahoma City is the first team since

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(Ga.) won the '99-'00 titles. Oklahoma City was making its third straight NAIA title game appearance, becoming the first team since Kentucky State University from 1970-72 to so. The Stars were defeated in the 2006 championship game by Texas Wesleyan University, 67-65.

Awards and honors

*Leading scorer: ''Othyus Jeffers'', Robert Morris (IL) *Leading rebounder: ''Nestor Colmenares'', Campbellsville *Dr. James Naismith-Emil S. Liston Sportsmanship Award: ''Campbellsville'' *Charles A. Krigel Award: ''Keith Adkins'', Campbellsville *Chuck Walden Memorial Trophy: ''Kansas City Life Insurance Company'' *Frank Cramer Award: ''John Kornitzer'', Buffalo Funds *Most consecutive tournament appearances: ''17th'', Georgetown (KY) *Most tournament appearances: ''Georgetown (KY)'', 27th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament *Oklahoma City notched its 47th tournament win, moving past Central Washington for sole possession of third place on the all-time list. The Stars trail Georgetown College (Ky.), which has a record 49 wins, and Oklahoma Baptist, which has 48 victories.NAIA 2008 Tournament History
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