2006 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

The 2006 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 15 to 21 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 69th annual NAIA Division I basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

2006 (2006) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

2006 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Texas Wesleyan (1st title)
Runner-up	Oklahoma City (5th title game)
Semifinalists	Oklahoma Baptist (8th Final Four) Robert Morris (IL) (2nd Final Four)
Coach of the year	Terry Waldrop (Texas Wesleyan)
Player of the year	Brandon Cole (John Brown)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Trevor Meier (Oklahoma City)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Evan Patterson (Texas Wesleyan)
Top scorer	Willie Irick (Oklahoma City) (85 points)
NAIA Division I men's tournaments «2005 2007»

The unranked Texas Wesleyan University Rams defeated the Oklahoma City University Stars by a score of 67 to 65.^[2] 2006 marked the second year in a row an unranked team won the National Championship. Undeterred by this loss, the Stars went on to win the next two National Championship titles. The other teams that made it to the NAIA National Semifinals were Oklahoma Baptist University and Robert Morris (IL).

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: Willie Irick, Oklahoma City; in 5 games Irick scored a total of 85 points, including 31 field goals and 17 free throws averaging 17.0 points per game.
• Leading rebounder: Freeman Taylor, Robert Morris (IL); in 4 games Taylor earned 61 rebounds averaging 15.25 per game
• Most consecutive tournament appearances: 15th, Georgetown (KY)
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (KY), 25th of 30, appearances to the NAIA Tournament.^[3]

Bracket First Round March 15 and 16 Second Round March 17 Elite Eight March 18 NAIA National Semifinals March 20 NAIA National Championship March 21                               1 Mountain State 84 – Southwestern Assemblies of God 64 1 Mountain State 65 – Olivet Nazarene 79 – Olivet Nazarene 84 16 Wayland Baptist 77 – Olivet Nazarene 75 TOP TIER March 15 8 Oklahoma Baptist 91 9 Georgetown (KY) 83 – Vanguard 80 9 Georgetown (KY) 71 8 Oklahoma Baptist 80 – Illinois–Springfield 70 8 Oklahoma Baptist 86 8 Oklahoma Baptist 72 - Texas Wesleyan 83 5 Union (TN) 64 - Texas Wesleyan 82 – Texas Wesleyan 67 – Oklahoma Christian 62 – Oklahoma Christian 77 12 Lee 70 – Texas Wesleyan 73 TOP TIER March 15 4 Carroll (MT) 70 13 Campbellsville 70 – Mobile 54 13 Campbellsville 74 4 Carroll (MT) 78 – St. Xavier 40 4 Carroll (MT) 68 - Texas Wesleyan 67 7 Oklahoma City 65 3 Robert Morris (IL) 88 – Southern Wesleyan 80 3 Robert Morris (IL) 87 – Spring Hill 71 – Spring Hill 82 14 Voorhees 67 3 Robert Morris (IL) 94 BOTTOM TIER March 16 - Azusa Pacific 91 11 Trevecca Nazarene 82 – Lambuth 67 – Trevecca Nazarene 75 – Azusa Pacific 78 – John Brown 63 6 Azusa Pacific 65 3 Robert Morris (IL) 92 7 Oklahoma City 94 7 Oklahoma City 91 – Columbia (MO) 64 7 Oklahoma City 99 10 Houston Baptist 77 – Westminster (UT) 64 10 Houston Baptist 73 7 Oklahoma City 77 BOTTOM TIER March 16 - Lindsey Wilson 67 15 San Diego Christian 72 – Lindsey Wilson 83 – Lindsey Wilson 85 – Southern Poly 73 – Southern Poly 104 2 LSU–Shreveport 90

See also

• 2006 NAIA Division I women's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2006 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2006 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament