1968 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1968 (1968) NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Central State (Ohio) (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-Up Fairmont State (W.Va.) (1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1st Final Four)
Westminster (Pa.) (4th Final Four)
Coach of the Year Jack Dobbins (Northeastern State (Okla.))
Chuck Taylor MVP John Jamerson (Fairmont State (W.Va.))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award Mike Malone (Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
Attendance unknown
Top scorer Ron Hayek Wisconsin-Oshkosh
(116 points)
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1967  1969»

The 1968 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 31st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1].

Contents

Awards and honors

1968 NAIA bracket

  First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
                                               
1  Guilford (NC) 78  
-  Wisconsin-Oshkosh 80  
  -  Wisconsin-Oshkosh 82  
  -  Eastern Montana 75  
-  Eastern Montana 83
16  Wayne State (NE) 70  
  -  Wisconsin-Oshkosh 57  
TOP TIER
  -  Drury 55  
9  Union (KY) 69  
-  Drury (MO) 75  
  -  Drury 85
  8  Northeastern State 69  
-  Athens State (AL) 72
8  Northeastern State (OK) 89  
  -  Wisconsin-Oshkosh 74  
  -  Fairmont State 76  
5  St. Cloud State (MN) 88  
-  Millersville (PA) 77  
  5  St. Cloud State State 68
  -  Dickinson State 70  
-  Dickinson State (ND) 76
12  Washburn (KS) 71  
  -  Dickinson State 81
TOP TIER
  -  Fairmont State 86  
13  Albany State (GA) 68  
-  New Haven (CT) 69  
  -  New Haven 72
  -  Fairmont State 97  
-  Fairmont State (WV) 78
4  Oklahoma Christian 75  
-  Fairmont State 48
3  Central State 51
3  Central State (OH) 81  
-  Millikin (IL) 64  
  3  Central State 60  
  14  Valdosta State 53  
-  Westmar (IA) 57
14  Valdosta State (GA) 62  
  3  Central State 66  
BOTTOM TIER
  10  Central Washington 47  
10  Central Washington 95  
-  Albuquerque (NM) 72  
  10  Central Washington 85
  7  Alcorn A&M 70  
-  Henderson State (AR) 70
7  Alcorn A&M (MS) 79  
  3  Central State 72
  6  Westminster 51  
6  Westminster (PA) 69  
-  Pasadena (CA) 67  
  6  Westminster 70
  11  Monmouth 69  
-  Bishop (TX) 91
11  Monmouth (NJ) 102  
  6  Westminster 92
BOTTOM TIER
  -  Eastern Michigan 84  
15  Hanover (IN) 107  
-  Southern Oregon 59  
  15  Hanover 81
  -  Eastern Michigan 94  
-  Eastern Michigan 82
2  Stephen F. Austin (TX) 80  

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
-  Wisconsin-Oshkosh 102
6  Westminster 68

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. http://naia.cstv.com. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 
  2. ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History". Archived from the original on 2009-05-04. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBBDIChampionshipHistory1223.pdf. Retrieved 2009-03-26. 

See also