1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1967 (1967) NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions St. Benedict's (Kan.) (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-Up Oklahoma Baptist (3rd title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists Central Washington (1st Final Four)
Morris Harvey (W. Va.) (1st Final Four)
Coach of the Year Bob Bass (Oklahoma Baptist)
Chuck Taylor MVP Al Tucker (2nd title) (Oklahoma Baptist)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award David Benedict (Central Washington)
Attendance unknown
Top scorer Al Tucker Oklahoma Baptist
(164 points)
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1966  1968»

The 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 30th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1]. There were only 3 upsets in this tournament. The championship game featured St. Benedict's College (Kan.) and Oklahoma Baptist University. The Ravens would defeat the Bison by a score of 71 to 65. The 3rd place game featured Central Washington University defeating Morris Harvey College (W. Va.) by a score of 106 to 92. 1967 was the final year of 21 straight tournaments to have a player make it on the all-time leading scorers list. The streak that began with Harold Haskins in 1947, ends with Al Tucker in 1967. A streak that peaked in the 1957 when 7 all-timers played in one tournament. And thus ends the "golden age" of NAIA basketball.

Contents

Awards and honors

1967 NAIA bracket

  First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
                                               
1  St. Benedict's (Kan.) 80  
-  Linfield (Ore.) 75  
  1  St. Benedict's 67  
  16  Southern State 56  
-  Eastern Montana 62
16  Southern State (Ark.) 75  
  1  St. Benedict's 88  
TOP TIER
  8  St. Mary's 73  
9  Westminster (Pa.) 84  
-  Wisconsin-Oshkosh 62  
  9  Westminster 53
  8  St. Mary's 55  
-  Wartburg (Iowa) 56
8  St. Mary's (Texas) 59  
  1  St. Benedict's 73  
  4  Morris Harvey 70  
5  Tennessee Wesleyan 94  
-  Indiana Central 89*  
  5  Tennessee Wesleyan 65
  12  Midwestern State 59  
-  Dickinson State (N.D.) 77
12  Midwestern State (Texas) 96  
  5  Tennessee Wesleyan 68
TOP TIER
  4  Morris Harvey 75  
13  Millersville (Pa.) 66  
-  Chadron State (Neb.) 83  
  -  Chadron State 76
  4  Morris Harvey 91  
-  Howard Payne (Texas) 85
4  Morris Harvey (W.Va.) 103  
1  St. Benedict's 71
3  Oklahoma Baptist 65
3  Oklahoma Baptist 55  
-  Alcorn A&M (Miss.) 52  
  3  Oklahoma Baptist 70  
  14  Valdosta State 62  
-  Quincy (Ill.) 64
14  Valdosta State (Ga.) 78  
  3  Oklahoma Baptist 66  
BOTTOM TIER
  7  Southwestern Louisiana 65  
7  Southwestern Louisiana 110  
-  Findlay (Ohio) 73  
  7  Southwestern Louisiana 70
  10  Central Michigan 62  
-  Albany State (Ga.) 70
10  Central Michigan 71  
  3  Oklahoma Baptist 78
  6  Central Washington 68  
11  Guilford (N.C.) 70  
-  Boston State (Mass.) 61  
  11  Guilford 67
  6  Central Washington 78  
-  Trenton State (N.J.) 60
6  Central Washington 72  
  6  Central Washington 60
BOTTOM TIER
  2  Eastern New Mexico 58  
15  St. Thomas (Minn.) 72  
-  Claremont-Mudd (Calif.) 63  
  15  St. Thomas 67
  2  Eastern New Mexico 69  
-  Rockhurst (Mo.) 59
2  Eastern New Mexico 64  

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  Morris Harvey 92
6  Central Washington 106

References

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