Pikeville College Wins NAIA National Championship

[Kenny Powers]

article: http://naia.cstv.com/sports/m-baskbl/spec-rel/032311aab.html

Kansas City, Mo. – Unseeded Pikeville College (Ky.) claimed its first NAIA national championship with an 83-76 overtime victory Tuesday against No. 3 seed Mountain State University (W.Va.) in the title game of the 2011 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men’s Basketball National Championship at Municipal Auditorium.

Sophomore forward Trevor Setty, who earned the Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player award following Tuesday’s contest, registered game-high totals of 32 points and 17 rebounds in leading the Bears to an unprecedented run through the national tournament. Pikeville becomes the first unseeded team since the tournament began the seeding process in 1957 to win five games against five top-10 seeds in the event. The Bears close out the season with an overall record of 30-7. It marks the first 30-win season in program history.

I wanted to take this time to congratulate my hometown college basketball team for their first ever NAIA Divison 1 Men's National Basketball Championship. This was their first tournament appearance in 10 years. An unseeded team that came out of nowhere to win 5 games in a row to take out the number 1, 3, and 5 seeded teams of the country. It's great exposure for Pikeville KY and great exposure for Pikeville College. Great job guys!

 

[brahma62]

Wow, won a national championship unseeded, awesome

 

[INDYjon22]

Who all did they beat on their way to the championship?

 

[Kenny Powers]

Pikeville College beat the defending champs in the first round Oklahoma Baptist. Then beat #8 seed Azusa Pacific (California). They went on to beat #1 seed Robert Morris (Illinois), and beat #5 seed Martin Methodist (Tennessee) in the semi finals. They beat #3 seed Mountain State University (West Virginia) in the finals to become National Champions. Not bad for an unseeded team that never won a championship before.

 

[I Suck Ass]

Even thought it's just NAIA, that's still a pretty big accomplishment to win a tournament unseeded. Congrats to them.