1964 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1964 (1964) NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Rockhurst (Mo.) (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-Up Pan American (Texas) (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists Carson-Newman (Tenn.) (1st Final Four)
Emporia State (Kan.) (2nd Final Four)
Coach of the Year Sam Williams (Pan American (Texas))
Chuck Taylor MVP Lucious Jackson (Pan American (Texas))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award Ralph Telken (Rockhurst (Mo.))
Attendance unknown
Top scorer Lucious Jackson Pan American (Texas)
(124 points)
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1963  1965»

The 1964 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 27th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1]. It was the first time the leading rebounder was also the leading scorer, Lucious Jackson of runner-up Pan American (Texas). Lucious was also named tournament Most Valuable Player, which made him the third player to receive the award back to back.

Contents

Awards and honors

1964 NAIA bracket

  First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
                                               
1  Pan American (Tex.) 94  
-  Wisconsin La Crosse 82  
  1  Pan American 81  
  16  St. Cloud State 76  
-  Jersey City (N.J.) 47
16  St. Cloud State (Minn.) 66  
  1  Pan American 82  
TOP TIER
  8  Mansfield State 69  
9  Georgetown (Ky.) 87  
-  St. Joseph (N.M.) 79  
  9  Georgetown 89*
  8  Mansfield State 97  
-  Miles College (Ala.) 79
8  Mansfield State (Penn.) 99  
  1  Pan American 56  
  4  Carson-Newman 54  
5  Central Oklahoma 95  
-  Cedarville (Ohio) 40  
  5  Central Oklahoma 84
  12  Pacific Lutheran 72  
-  Buena Vista (Iowa) 94
12  Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 109  
  5  Central Oklahoma 55
TOP TIER
  4  Carson-Newman 61  
13  Hastings (Neb.) 87  
-  Huntington (Ala.) 89  
  -  Huntingdon 59
  4  Carson-Newman 76  
-  Lewis & Clark (Ore.) 66
4  Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 75  
1  Pan American 56
10  Rockhurst 66
3  Grambling (La.) 75  
-  Quincy (Ill.) 72  
  3  Grambling 66  
  -  St. Mary's 72  
-  St. Mary's (Tex.) 64
14  Central Connecticut 62  
  -  St. Mary's 54  
BOTTOM TIER
  10  Rockhurst 59  
7  Indiana Central 92  
-  Morris Harvey (W. Va.) 81  
  7  Indiana Central 74
  10  Rockhurst 76  
-  Eastern Montana 70
10  Rockhurst (Mo.) 77  
  10  Rockhurst 66
  6  Emporia State 61  
11  Kentucky State 71  
-  Redlands (Calif.) 65  
  11  Kentucky State 80
  6  Emporia State 85  
-  Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 68
6  Emporia State (Kan.) 93  
  6  Emporia State 90
BOTTOM TIER
  2  High Point 78  
15  Georgia Southern 86  
-  Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 72  
  15  Georgia Southern 76
  2  High Point 85  
-  Ferris State (Mich.) 70
2  High Point (N.C.) 86  

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

  NAIA Third Place Game
4  Carson-Newman 73
6  Emporia State 60

References

See also