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.

2006 (2006) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
2006 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTexas Wesleyan (1st title)
Runner-upOklahoma City (5th title game)
Semifinalists
  • Oklahoma Baptist (8th Final Four)
  • Robert Morris (IL) (2nd Final Four)
Coach of the yearTerry Waldrop (Texas Wesleyan)
Player of the yearBrandon Cole (John Brown)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Trevor Meier (Oklahoma City)
Chuck Taylor MVPEvan Patterson (Texas Wesleyan)
Top scorerWillie 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. 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).

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