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Westmont Men's Basketball National Championship History

Westmont has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament on 23 occasions. In 2015, the Warriors advanced to the title game before finishing as the NAIA National Runner-up. Westmont has advanced to the semifinals on two other occasions (1984 and 1999), and has made it to the quarterfinals three times (1972, 1973 and 2002). Westmont’s overall record in the national tournament is 21-23.

1957
Youngstown (Ohio) L 75-81
 
1972
Edinboro State (Penn.) W 91-72
Xavier (La.) W 71-59
Stephen F. Austin (Texas) L 62-72
 
1973
South Dakota Mines & Technology W 85-66
Missouri Southern W 86-70
Guilford (N.C.) L 67-70
 
1978
Fairmont State (W.Va.) W 65-55
Central State (Ohio) L 91-92 (2 OT)
 
1984
North Georgia W 81-52
Pembroke (N.C.) W 63-54
St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) W 78-65
Wisconsin-Stevens Point L 53-79
Chicago State (Ill.) (Consolation Game) L 82-86 (OT)
 
1986
Drury (Mo.) L 52-53
 
1988
Wisconsin-Eau Claire L 59-74
 
1991
Emporia State (Kan.) W 65-55
Wisconsin-Eau Claire L 52-55
 
1994
Salem-Tiekyo (W.Va.) W 75-71
Life (Ga.) L 65-85
 
1996
Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) L 75-88
 
1999
St. Xavier (Ill.) W 76-61
Georgetown (Ky.) W 75-53
Oklahoma Baptist W 67-54
Mobile (Ala.) L 63-71
2000
Oklahoma City L 62-70
 
2002
Southern Poly (Ga.) W 88-77
Mountain State (W.Va.) W 75-47
Barat (Ill.) L 79-91
 
2003
Auburn-Montgomery (Ala.) W 85-53
Oklahoma Baptist L 66-72
 
2007
Robert Morris (Ill.) L 68-81
(Robert Morris’ win was later vacated due to use of an ineligible player.)
 
2013
Martin Methodist (Tenn.) L 65-71
 
2015
Lewis-Clark State (Idaho) W 77-60
Campbellsville (Ky.) W 65-61
Mid-America Christian (Okla.) W 78-66
Hope International (Calif.) W 70-69
Dalton State (Ga.) L 53-71
NAIA National Runner-Up
 
2016
Talladega (Ala.) L 61-63
 
2017
William Carey (Miss.) W 74-60
Louisiana State Alexandria L 61-81
 
2018
Dillard (La.) L 71-74
 
2019
Benedictine (Kan.) L 85-90
  
2020
Stillman (Ala.) DNP
(NAIA National Tournament was canceled due to COVID-19 outbreak.)
 
2023
Montana Tech L 69-83