College Basketball's Toughest Tournament will celebrate its 75th anniversary when the Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship tips-off in Kansas City, Mo., at historic Municipal Auditorium, March 14-20, 2012. To countdown to the official celebration, the NAIA will roll out one top tournament moment each day leading up to March 20, the night of the Championship final game.

Icons such as John Wooden, Harry Statham, Terry Porter, Earl "The Pearl" Monroe, Lloyd B. Free, Lucious Jackson and Jack Sikma have their careers trace back to the NAIA. See where their stories rank and be a part of college basketball history this March.

#12 2007 - After three buzzer-beaters and four overtimes in the tournament semifinal, Concordia (Calif.) outlasts Robert Morris (Ill.), 124-119, as the Municipal Auditorium crowd gives both teams a rousing, standing ovation. That game was the second longest in tournament history, and the exhausted Eagles from Concordia fell the following night to Oklahoma City for the national championship.  The game broke the record for most points combined in a tournament game.

"Most people agree that was the greatest game in NAIA Tournament history," Ammann said.  "People in the stands came up and told me it was the best game they have ever seen, period."

CU went 32-6 in 2006-2007.  This year's Eagle squad travels to the 2012 Buffalo Funds-NAIA Division I Men's Basketball National Championship in Kansas City, MO on Sunday, March 11.  The #4 Concordia Eagles will face Oklahoma Christian on Thursday, March 15, at 12:30 pm CST.  CU is currently 26-7 and won the GSAC Regular-Season Championship.

NAIA's Top 75 Moments Countdown