2001 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

2001 (2001) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament
Teams	32
Finals site	Keeter Gymnasium; Point Lookout, Missouri
Champions	Northwestern Red Raiders (1st title, 2nd title game,; 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-up	MidAmerica Nazarene Pioneers (1st title game,; 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Cornerstone Golden Eagles ; (2nd Fab Four); Rio Grande RedStorm ; (1st Fab Four);
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Nathan Copas (Rio Grande)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Brandon Woudstra (Northwestern (IA))
Top scorer	Dan Fleming (MidAmerica Nazarene); (150 points)
NAIA Division II ; men's tournaments
«2000	2002»

The 2001 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 2000–01 basketball season.

Northwestern (IA) defeated MidAmerica Nazarene in the championship game, 82–78, to claim the Red Raiders' first NAIA national title.

Qualification[edit]

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.