2014 NAIA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
| 2014 NAIA Division II Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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Logo for the 2014 National Championship
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| Teams | 32 |
| Finals Site |
Keeter Gymnasium Point Lookout, Missouri |
| Champions |
Indiana Wesleyan (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Final Four) |
| Runner-Up |
Midland University (1 title game, 1 Final Four) |
| Semifinalists |
Southeastern (1 Final Four) Robert Morris (2nd Final Four) |
| Coach of the Year | Greg Tonagel (Indiana Wesleyan) |
| Chuck Taylor MVP |
Jordan Weidner (Indiana Wesleyan) |
| Attendance | 26,400 |
The 2014 NAIA Division II Men’s Basketball National Championship was held in March at Keeter Gymnasium in Point Lookout, Missouri. The 21st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured thirty-two teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game was won by Indiana Wesleyan of Marion, Indiana over Midland University of Fremont, Nebraska by a score of 78 to 68.
The 2014 tournament field was announced March 5, 2014. The field featured defending champion and top seed Cardinal Stritch University as well as runner-up William Penn University. Two conferences, the Crossroads League and The Sun Conference garnered four bids apiece, while four other conferences received three bids each. The field included five first-time attendees: Cincinnati Christian University,Northern New Mexico College from Española, New Mexico, Northwest Christian University from Eugene, Oregon,Reinhardt University of Alpharetta, Georgia and Southeastern University of Lakeland, Florida.
College of the Ozarks, who received an automatic bid as the host team, leads the field in total invitations with eighteen, while Bethel College of Mishawaka, Indiana leads the field with three national championships. Defending national champion Cardinal Stritch of Milwaukee, Wisconsin earned an automatic berth as regular-season champions out of the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference, the Wolves eleventh championship appearance overall and fifth-straight. They entered the championship as the top ranked team in each of the last seven Coaches' Polls.
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