NAIA District 2 Men's Basketball
NAIA District 2 primarily consisted of NAIA schools in Oregon. In 1968, Idaho was moved from District 5 to District 2; at some point prior to 1977, Hawai'i was added to the district and remained there until the Hawai'i schools were split off into District 29 in 1984.
When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the Division II schools in District 1 were assigned to District 2.
Primary sources for information on this district include the Eugene Register-Guard and the Bulletin (Bend, Oregon).
Formats
1951-61; 1972; 1974-77: Four-team playoff (Third-place games were contested from 1951-61.)
1962-68: Two-team playoff with a best-of-three series.
1969-71: Three-team playoff
1973; Five-team playoff
1978-87; 1991-93: Eight-team playoff
1989-90: 12-team playoff
1988: 14-team playoff
District Champions
| 1951 | Portland | 1966 | Linfield (4) | 1981 | Western Oregon |
| 1952 | Portland (2) | 1967 | Linfield (5) | 1982 | Western Oregon (2) |
| 1953 | Portland (3) | 1968 | Southern Oregon | 1983 | Chaminade‡ |
| 1954 | Portland (4) | 1969 | Linfield (6) | 1984 | College of Idaho† |
| 1955 | Portland State | 1970 | Linfield (7) | 1985 | College of Idaho (2) |
| 1956 | Portland State (2) | 1971 | Lewis & Clark (4) | 1986 | College of Idaho (3) |
| 1957 | Portland (5) | 1972 | Willamette (2) | 1987 | Oregon Tech (3) |
| 1958 | Portland (6) | 1973 | George Fox | 1988 | College of Idaho (4) |
| 1959 | Linfield | 1974 | Oregon Tech | 1989 | College of Idaho (5) |
| 1960 | Willamette | 1975 | Willamette (3) | 1990 | George Fox (2) |
| 1961 | Linfield (2) | 1976 | Linfield (8) | 1991 | College of Idaho (6) |
| 1962 | Lewis & Clark | 1977 | Hawai'i-Hilo‡ | 1992 I | unassigned |
| 1963 | Lewis & Clark (2) | 1978 | Hawai'i-Hilo (2) | 1992 II | Northwest Nazarene§ |
| 1964 | Lewis & Clark (3) | 1979 | Oregon Tech (2) | 1993 I | unassigned |
| 1965 | Linfield (3) | 1980 | Hawai'i-Hilo (3) | 1993 II | Willamette (4) |
† - College of Idaho previously won two District 5 titles before Idaho was moved to District 2.
‡ - Hawai'i-Hilo and Chaminade each won an additional District 29 title after Hawai'i was moved to District 29.
‰ - Northwest Nazarene also won the District 5 title in 1957 before Idaho was moved to District 2.
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