1997 NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

1997 (1997) NAIA Division II men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Montgomery Fieldhouse Nampa, Idaho
Champions	Bethel Pilots (2nd title, 2nd title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-up	Siena Heights Saints (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Tabor Bluejays (1st Fab Four) William Jewell Cardinals (4th Fab Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Anthony Staffney (Siena Heights)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Rico Swanson (Bethel (IN))
Top scorer	Rico Swanson (Bethel (TN)) (100 points)
NAIA Division II men's tournaments «1996 1998»

The 1997 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 1996–97 basketball season.

Bethel (IN) defeated Siena Heights in the championship game, 95–94, to claim the Pilots' second NAIA national title and first since 1995.

The tournament was played at the Montgomery Fieldhouse at Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa, Idaho.^[1]