1982 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1982 (1982) NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions South Carolina-Spartanburg (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Runner-Up Biola (1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Semifinalists Hampton (1 Final Four)
Kearney State (2 Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP Mike Gibson (South Carolina-Spartanburg)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award Warren Ellis (Biola)
Attendance unknown
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1981  1983»

The 1982 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 45th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

Contents

Awards and honors

1982 NAIA bracket

  First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
                                               
1  Biola 69  
-  West Virginia Tech 66  
  1  Biola 62  
  16  Quincy 56  
16  Quincy 95
-  Cedarville 65  
  1  Biola 42  
TOP TIER
  -  Saginaw Valley 40  
9  Southern Tech 84  
-  Paul Quinn 79  
  -  Saginaw Valley 67
  9  Southern Tech 61  
-  Saginaw Valley 60
8  Stephen F. Austin 48  
  1  Biola 84  
  -  Kearney State 75  
5  David Lipscomb 87  
-  Kearney State 92  
  -  Kearney State 77
  12  Hanover 76  
-  Westminster (PA) 39
12  Hanover 49  
  -  Kearney State 97
TOP TIER
  4  Western Oregon 95  
13  Western New Mexico 58  
-  Briar Cliff 59*  
  4  Western Oregon 63
  -  Briar Cliff 55  
-  Missouri Western 66
4  Western Oregon 76  
1  Biola 86
14  South Carolina Spartanburg 51
3  Xavier (LA) 57  
-  St. Mary’s (TX) 73  
  -  St. Mary’s (TX) 53  
  14  South Carolina Spartanburg 63  
-  Franklin Pierce 62
14  South Carolina Spartanburg 75  
  14  South Carolina Spartanburg 76  
BOTTOM TIER
  6  Wisconsin Eau Claire 64  
11  St. Thomas Aquinas (NY) 72  
-  Washburn 68  
  11  St. Thomas Aquinas 77
  6  Wisconsin Eau Claire 91  
-  Mary (ND) 73
6  Wisconsin-Eau Claire 74  
  14  South Carolina Spartanburg 68
  -  Hampton Institute 54  
7  Catawba (NC) 75  
-  Moorhead State (MN) 82  
  -  Morehead State (MN) 61
  10  Henderson State 70  
-  Birmingham-Southern 52
10  Henderson State (AR) 53  
  10  Henderson State 66
BOTTOM TIER
  -  Hampton Institute 70  
15  Central Washington 74  
-  Cumberland (KY) 65  
  15  Central Washington 49
  -  Hampton Institute 63  
-  Hampton Institute (VA) 65
2  Oklahoma Christian 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
-  Hampton Institute 98
-  Kearney State 94

References

  1. ^ NAIA.org
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History

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*Note: The 1944 NAIA Tournament was not held due to World War II.