1983 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1983 (1983) NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Charleston (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Runner-Up West Virginia Wesleyan (1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Semifinalists Fort Hays State (3 Final Four)
Chaminade (1 Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP Steve Ttman (Charleston)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award Raymond Lee (Fort Hays State)
Attendance unknown
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1982  1984»

The 1983 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 46th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1].

Contents

Awards and honors

1983 NAIA bracket

  First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
                                               
1  Chaminade 90  
-  Alabama Huntsville 72  
  1  Chaminade 82  
  16  Saginaw Valley State 65  
16  Saginaw Valley State 65
-  Lincoln (PA) 59  
  1  Chaminade 63  
TOP TIER
  -  Liberty Baptist 60  
9  Wisconsin Stevens Point 77  
-  Point Loma Nazarene 50  
  -  Liberty Baptist 64
  9  Wisconsin Stevens Point 62  
-  Liberty Baptist 77
8  Catawba 67  
  1  Chaminade 65  
  12  Charleston 66  
5  Panhandle State 68*  
-  North Georgia 67  
  5  Panhandle State 62
  12  Charleston 64*  
-  St. John’s (MN) 43
12  Charleston (WV) 67  
  12  Charleston 67
TOP TIER
  -  Santa Fe 62  
13  Texas Wesleyan 72  
-  Point Park 55  
  -  Santa Fe (NM) 71
  13  Texas Wesleyan 65  
-  Santa Fe (NM) 76
4  Cumberland (KY) 65  
12  Charleston 57
14  West Virginia Wesleyan 53
3  Chicago State 76  
-  Tri-State (IN) 65  
  3  Chicago State 70  
  14  West Virginia Wesleyan 87  
-  Husson 49
14  West Virginia Wesleyan 65  
  14  West Virginia Wesleyan 86  
BOTTOM TIER
  11  Carson Newman 78  
11  Carson-Newman (TN) 114  
-  Northern State (SD) 81  
  11  Carson Newman 75
  6  St. Mary’s (TX) 70  
-  Kearney State 71
6  St. Mary’s (TX) 81  
  14  West Virginia Wesleyan 71
  10  Fort Hays State 56  
7  St. Thomas Aquinas (NY) 56  
-  Drury 45  
  7  Fort Hays State (KS) 72
  10  St. Thomas Aquinas 67  
-  Southern Arkansas 65
10  Fort Hays State (KS) 71  
  7  Fort Hays State 74
BOTTOM TIER
  15  Loras 71  
15  Loras 85  
-  William Carey (MS) 78  
  15  Loras 67
  -  Salem 65  
-  Salem (WV) 65
2  Walsh (OH) 63  

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
1  Chaminade 76
10  Fort Hays State 76

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.