2003 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

2003 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 2003 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 66th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The 2003 National Championship game would feature Concordia University (Calif.) and Mountain State. That game would be the 6th championship game to go into overtime (the most recent as of 2009). The Eagles would defeat the Cougars by an overtime score of 88 to 84. The other teams making it to the NAIA National Semifinals were Georgetown College (Ky.), and McKendree University (Ill.).

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