2006 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

2006 NAIA Men's Division I 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 (Ill.) (2nd Final Four)
Coach of the Year	Terry Waldrop (Texas Wesleyan)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Evan Patterson (Texas Wesleyan)
Player of the Year	Brandon Cole (John Brown)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Trevor Meier (Oklahoma City)
Top scorer	Willie Irick (Oklahoma City) (85 points)
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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 DI basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

Olivet Nazarene Tigers trying to come back to win versus the Oklahoma Baptist Bison.

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 City University and Robert Morris (Ill.).

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 (Ill.); 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]

2006 NAIA bracket

	First Round March 15, 16					Second Round March 17					Elite Eight March 18					NAIA National Semifinals March 20					NAIA National Championship March 21
	1	Mountain State (W. Va.)	84
	-	SW Assemblies (Texas)	64
						1	Mountain State	65
						-	Olivet Nazarene	65
	-	Olivet Nazarene (Ill.)	84
	16	Wayland Baptist (Texas)	77
											-	Olivet Nazarene	75
	TOP TIER March 15
											8	Oklahoma Baptist	91
	9	Georgetown (Ky.)	83
	-	Vanguard (Calif.)	80
						9	Georgetown	71
						8	Oklahoma Baptist	80
	-	Illinois - Springfield	70
	8	Oklahoma Baptist	86
																8	Oklahoma Baptist	72
																-	Texas Wesleyan	83
	5	Union (Tenn.)	64
	-	Texas Wesleyan	82
						-	Texas Wesleyan	67
						-	Oklahoma Christian	62
	-	Oklahoma Christian	77
	12	Lee (Tenn.)	70
											-	Texas Wesleyan	73
	TOP TIER March 15
											4	Carroll	70
	13	Campbellsville (Ky.)	70
	-	Mobile (Ala.)	54
						13	Campbellsville	74
						4	Carroll	78
	-	Saint Xavier	40
	4	Carroll (Mont.)	68
																					-	Texas Wesleyan	67
																					7	Oklahoma City	65
	3	Robert Morris (Ill.)
	-	Southern Wesleyan (S.C.)	80
						3	Robert Morris	87
						-	Spring Hill	71
	-	Spring Hill (Ala.)	82
	14	Voorhees (S.C.)	67
											3	Robert Morris	94
	BOTTOM TIER March 16
											-	Azusa Pacific	91
	11	Trevecca Nazarene (Tenn.)	82
	-	Lambuth (Tenn.)	67
						-	Trevecca Nazarene	75
						-	Azusa Pacific	78
	-	John Brown (Ark.)	63
	6	Azusa Pacific (Calif.)	65
																3	Robert Morris	92
																7	Oklahoma City	94
	7	Oklahoma City	91
	-	Columbia (Mo.)	64
						7	Oklahoma City	99
						10	Houston Baptist	77
	-	Westminster (Utah)	64
	10	Houston Baptist	73
											7	Oklahoma City	77
	BOTTOM TIER March 16
											-	Lindsey Wilson	67
	15	San Diego Christian (Calif.)	72
	-	Lindsey Wilson (Ky.)	83
						-	Lindsey Wilson	85
						-	Southern Polytechnic	73
	-	Southern Polytechnic (Ga.)	104
	2	LSU-Shreveport	90

References

1. 2006 Results
2. 2006 NAIA Bracket
3. NAIA Championship History