2005 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

2005 (2005) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Keeter Gymnasium Point Lookout, Missouri
Champions	Walsh Cavaliers (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-up	Concordia Nebraska Bulldogs (1st title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Cedarville Yellow Jackets (1st Fab Four) Oregon Tech Owls (3rd Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Jason Jisa (Concordia Nebraska)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Robert Whaley (Walsh)
Top scorer	Robert Whaley (Walsh) (114 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «2004 2006»

The 2005 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 2004–05 basketball season.

Walsh defeated Concordia Nebraska in the championship game, 81–70, to claim the Cavaliers' 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: 2004–05 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	William Jewell	84
		Tennessee Wesleyan	57
						1	William Jewell	60
						16	Cedarville	67
		Minot State	90
	16	Cedarville	98**
											16	Cedarville	66
											8	Southern Oregon	64
	9	Huntington (IN)	76
		Newman	85
							Newman	67
						8	Southern Oregon	70
		Saint Ambrose	74
	8	Southern Oregon	85
																16	Cedarville	56
																4	Concordia Nebraska	62
	5	Cornerstone	95
		Friends (KS)	64
						5	Cornerstone	76
						12	Dominican California	62
		IU Southeast	59
	12	Dominican California	61
											5	Cornerstone	68
											4	Concordia Nebraska	71
	13	Flagler	82
		Albertson	70
						13	Flagler	63
						4	Concordia Nebraska	70
		Trinity Christian	69
	4	Concordia Nebraska	74
																					4	Concordia Nebraska	70
																					7	Walsh	81
	3	Saint Vincent	89
		Johnson & Wales Denver	75
						3	Saint Vincent	85
						14	Indiana Tech	95*
		College of the Ozarks	76
	14	Indiana Tech	81
											14	Indiana Tech	63
											6	Oregon Tech	78
	11	Taylor	66
		MidAmerica Nazarene	71
							MidAmerica Nazarene	48
						6	Oregon Tech	58
		Mayville State	60
	6	Oregon Tech	67
																6	Oregon Tech	70
																7	Walsh	77
	7	Walsh	68
		Tabor	62
						7	Walsh	73
						10	Embry–Riddle (FL)	71
		Bluefield (VA)	66
	10	Embry–Riddle (FL)	73
											7	Walsh	68
											2	Northwestern (IA)	61
	15	Bellevue (NE)	68
		Western Baptist	65
						15	Bellevue (NE)	69
						2	Northwestern (IA)	72
		Fisher (MA)	70
	2	Northwestern (IA)	107

See also

• 2005 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 2005 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament