1996 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

1996 (1996) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Montgomery Fieldhouse Nampa, Idaho
Champions	Albertson Coyotes (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Runner-up	Whitworth Pirates (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Walsh Cavaliers (1st Fab Four) William Jewell Cardinals (3rd Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Bob Boldon (Walsh)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Damon Archibald (Albertson)
Top scorer	Brook Russell (William Jewell) (116 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «1995 1997»

The 1996 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 1995–96 basketball season.

Albertson defeated Whitworth in the championship game, 81–72 after overtime, to claim the Coyotes' first NAIA national title.

The tournament was played at the Montgomery Fieldhouse at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.

Qualification

See also: 1995–96 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	Bethel (IN)	98
		Mayville State	58
						1	Bethel (IN)	72
						16	Tabor	90
		Berea	91
	16	Tabor	92
											16	Tabor	71
											9	William Jewell	85
	9	William Jewell	85
		Holy Family	74
						9	William Jewell	89
						8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	82
		Bluefield	84
	8	Embry–Riddle (FL)	88
																9	William Jewell	83
																4	Whitworth	87
	5	Concordia Nebraska	66
		Northwest Nazarene	74
							Northwest Nazarene	97
						12	Trinity International	81
		Caldwell	91
	12	Trinity International	100
												Northwest Nazarene	70
											4	Whitworth	88
	13	Mid-America Nazarene	73
		Siena Heights	70
						13	MidAmerica Nazarene	71
						4	Whitworth	81
		Howard Payne	73
	4	Whitworth	103
																					4	Whitworth	72
																					3	Albertson	81*
	3	Albertson	83
		Northland	68
						3	Albertson	66
							Lewis & Clark	64
		Lewis & Clark	70
	14	Taylor	64
											3	Albertson	87
												Wisconsin Lutheran	79
	11	Mount Mercy	94
		Philadelphia Pharmacy	78
						11	Mount Mercy	68
							Wisconsin Lutheran	70
		Wisconsin Lutheran	90
	6	Saint Joseph's (ME)	74
																3	Albertson	92
																2	Walsh	79
	7	Western Oregon	66
		Huron	71
							Huron	79
							Doane	84
		Doane	87
	10	College of the Ozarks	74
												Doane	76
											2	Walsh	82
	15	Alice Lloyd	71
		Baker (KS)	62
						15	Alice Lloyd	81
						2	Walsh	85
		Green Mountain	83
	2	Walsh	92

See also

• 1996 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1996 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1996 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1996 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1996 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament