1999 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

1999 (1999) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Idaho Center Nampa, Idaho
Champions	Cornerstone Golden Eagles (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Runner-up	Bethel Pilots (4th title game, 4th Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Berea Mountaineers (1st Fab Four) Mount Senario Fighting Saints (1st Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Ryan Bales (Bethel (IN))
Chuck Taylor MVP	Mike Long (Cornerstone)
Top scorer	Eric Brand (Bethel (IN)) (136 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «1998 2000»

The 1999 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 1998–99 basketball season.

Top-seeded Cornerstone defeated two-time defending champions Bethel (IN) in the championship game, 113–109 after one overtime period, to claim the Golden Eagles' first NAIA national title.

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

Qualification

See also: 1998–99 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	Cornerstone	88
		Doane	72
						1	Cornerstone	107
							Western Oregon	92
		Western Oregon	91
	16	Jamestown	63
											1	Cornerstone	72
												Huron	70
	9	Mount Vernon Nazarene	87
		Huron	97
							Huron	81
						8	Albertson	70
		Bethany (KS)	73
	8	Albertson	78
																1	Cornerstone	100
																13	Berea	85
	5	MidAmerica Nazarene	68
		Viterbo	76
							Viterbo	91
						12	Cal State Hayward	82
		Husson	78
	12	Cal State Hayward	94
												Viterbo	74
											13	Berea	85
	13	Berea	86
		Briar Cliff	76
						13	Berea	94
						4	Milligan	84
		Green Mountain	75
	4	Milligan	94
																					1	Cornerstone	113*
																					2	Bethel (IN)	109
	3	Southern Oregon	87
		Bluefield (VA)	88
							Bluefield (VA)	71
							Mount Senario	85
		Mount Senario	100
	14	Saint Joseph's (ME)	72
												Mount Senario	77
											11	Northwestern (IA)	73
	11	Northwestern (IA)	72
		Evangel	64
						11	Northwestern (IA)	67
						6	Siena Heights	53
		Caldwell	68
	6	Siena Heights	92
																	Mount Senario	72
																2	Bethel (IN)	90
	7	Embry–Riddle (FL)	97
		Bellevue	73
						7	Embry–Riddle (FL)	72
						10	Black Hills State	78
		Holy Family	76
	10	Black Hills State	100
											10	Black Hills State	72
											2	Bethel (IN)	89
	15	Cardinal Stritch	95
		Cal State Monterey Bay	67
						15	Cardinal Stritch	91
						2	Bethel (IN)	111
		Northwest Nazarene	90
	2	Bethel (IN)	96

See also

• 1999 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament
• 1999 NAIA Division II women's basketball tournament