1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1965 (1965) NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Central State (Ohio)
(1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-Up Oklahoma Baptist
(1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
(1st Final Four)
Fairmont State (W.Va.)
(1st Final Four)
Coach of the Year Dick Campbell
(Carson-Newman (Tenn.))
Chuck Taylor MVP Kenneth Wilburn
(Central State (Ohio))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 David Kossover
(Ouachita Baptist (Ark.))
Top scorer Al Tucker (Oklahoma Baptist)
(125 points)
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1964 1966 →

The 1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 28th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This is the first tournament since 1947 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 4th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, and 1947).

Awards and honors

1965 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Central State (Ohio) 78
- Jacksonville (Fla.) 57
1 Central State (Ohio) 75
16 Midwestern 61
- Valley City State (N.D.) 57
16 Midwestern (Texas) 102
1 Central State (Ohio) 66
TOP TIER
9 Augsburg 57
9 Augsburg College (Minn.) 107
- Central Connecticut State 87
9 Augsburg 66
8 Hastings 65
- Northern Michigan 89*
8 Hastings College (Neb.) 95
1 Central State (Ohio) 91
- Fairmont State 75
5 St. Benedict's (Kan.) 75
- Maryland State 73
5 St. Benedict's 101
- Albany State 74
- Albany State (Ga.) 74
12 Transylvania (Ky.) 57
5 St. Benedict's 87
TOP TIER
- Fairmont State 103
13 Alliance College (Pa.) 86
- Stephen F. Austin (Texas) 61
13 Alliance 69
- Fairmont State 83
- Fairmont State (W. Va.) 94
4 Upper Iowa 90
1 Central State (Ohio) 85
15 Oklahoma Baptist 51
3 Southern-Baton Rouge (La.) 94
- Indiana Tech 77
3 Southern 97
- Eastern Montana 86
- Eastern Montana 63
14 Central Washington State 61
3 Southern 64
BOTTOM TIER
- Ouachita Baptist 65
- Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 83
10 Lincoln (Mo.) 76
- Ouachita Baptist 77
- Lewis 61
7 Mansfield State (Pa.) 74
- Lewis (Ill.) 90
- Ouachita Baptist 53
15 Oklahoma Baptist 66
- California Western 57
6 High Point (N.C.) 79
6 High Point 62
11 Winston-Salem State 78
11 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 87
- St. Norbert (Wis.) 69
11 Winston-Salem State 62
BOTTOM TIER
15 Oklahoma Baptist 71
15 Oklahoma Baptist 87
- Linfield (Ore.) 84
15 Oklahoma Baptist 95
2 Southwestern Louisiana 82
- Southern Colorado State 59
2 Southwestern Louisiana 66

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
   
- Fairmont State 71
- Ouachita Baptist 78

References

  1. ↑ NAIA.org
  2. ↑ NAIA Championship History

See also

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