2001 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

2001 (2001) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Keeter Gymnasium Point Lookout, Missouri
Champions	Northwestern Red Raiders (1st title, 2nd title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-up	MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Cornerstone Golden Eagles (2nd Fab Four) Rio Grande RedStorm (1st Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Nathan Copas (Rio Grande)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Brandon Woudstra (Northwestern (IA))
Top scorer	Dan Fleming (MidAmerica Nazarene) (150 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «2000 2002»

The 2001 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament was the tournament held by the NAIA to determine the national champion of men's college basketball among its Division II members in the United States and Canada for the 2000–01 basketball season.

Northwestern (IA) defeated MidAmerica Nazarene in the championship game, 82–78, to claim the Red Raiders' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at Keeter Gymnasium on the campus of the College of the Ozarks in Point Lookout, Missouri.

Qualification

See also: 2000–01 NAIA Division II men's basketball season

The tournament field remained fixed at thirty-two teams, and the top sixteen teams were seeded.

The tournament continued to utilize a single-elimination format.

Bracket

	First round					Second round					Quarterfinals					Semifinals					National championship
	1	Embry–Riddle (FL)	93
		College of the Ozarks	86
						1	Embry–Riddle	95
						16	Saint Mary (KS)	90
		Husson	71
	16	Saint Mary (KS)	92
											1	Embry–Riddle	80
											9	Cornerstone	87
	9	Cornerstone	88
		Holy Names	76
						9	Cornerstone	85
							Concordia Nebraska	77
		Concordia Nebraska	88
	8	Cardinal Stritch	70
																9	Cornerstone	61
																12	MidAmerica Nazarene	81
	5	Dickinson State	67
		Brevard	51
						5	Dickinson State	73
						12	MidAmerica Nazarene	84
		Roberts Wesleyan	74
	12	MidAmerica Nazarene	101
											12	MidAmerica Nazarene	81
											4	Oregon Tech	69
	13	Briar Cliff	73
		Point Park	93
							Point Park	74
						4	Oregon Tech	82
		Wilmington (DE)	65
	4	Oregon Tech	83
																					12	MidAmerica Nazarene	78
																					7	Northwestern (IA)	82
	3	Marian	63
		Belhaven	46
						3	Marian	68
						14	Notre Dame (CA)	54
		Huron	87
	14	Notre Dame (CA)	88
											3	Marian	62
											11	Rio Grande	83
	11	Rio Grande	62
		Dominican (NY)	61
						11	Rio Grande	81
						6	Evangel	75
		Grand View	67
	6	Evangel	73
																11	Rio Grande	91
																7	Northwestern (IA)	110
	7	Northwestern (IA)	83
		Northwestern St. Paul	77
						7	Northwestern (IA)	71
							Tabor	63
		Tabor	79
	10	Milligan	76
											7	Northwestern (IA)	88
												Albertson	79
	15	Bellevue (NE)	58
		Albertson	62
							Albertson	96
						2	Siena Heights	88
		Lyndon State	66
	2	Siena Heights	121

See also

• 2001 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2001 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament