1963 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1963 (1963) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Pan American (Texas)
(1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-Up Western Carolina (N.C.)
(1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists Grambling (La.)
(2nd Final Four)
Fort Hays State (Kan.)
(2nd Final Four)
Coach of the Year Fred Hodby
(Grambling (La.))
Chuck Taylor MVP Lucious Jackson
(Pan American (Texas))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 Gil Luttrell
(Carson-Newman (Tenn.))
Top scorers Mel Gibson (Western Carolina)
Wilis Reed (Grambling (La.))
(137 points)

The 1963 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In the inguraal year of the Leading Scorer award, there was a tie. This would not happen again until 1981.

Awards and honors

1963 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Grambling State (La.) 76
- Arkansas Tech 59
1 Grambling State 56
- Athens 45
- Athens (Ala.) 72
16 Central Connecticut State 71
1 Grambling State 79
TOP TIER
9 Carson-Newman 70
9 Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 83
- Rider (N.J.) 57
9 Carson-Newman 70
8 Indiana State 63
- Parsons College (Iowa) 77
8 Indiana State 78
1 Grambling State 83
12 Pan American 90
5 Howard Payne (Tex.) 66
- Stetson (Fla.) 68
- Stetson 41
12 Pan American 64
- Peru State College (Neb.) 48
12 Pan American (Tex.) 83
12 Pan American 99
TOP TIER
13 Northern Michigan 73
13 Northern Michigan 72
- California Western 52
13 Northern Michigan 101
- Central State (Ohio) 87
- Central State (Ohio) 71
4 Oklahoma Baptist 70
12 Pan American 73
10 Western Carolina 62
3 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 60
- Transylvania (Ky.) 64
- Transylvania 80
14 Lewis & Clark 88
- Oshkosh State (Wis.) 74
14 Lewis & Clark (Ore.) 75
14 Lewis & Clark 57
BOTTOM TIER
10 Western Carolina 77
7 Western Illinois 81
- Miles College (Ala.) 84
- Miles 86
10 Western Carolina 107
- Eastern Montana 61
10 Western Carolina (N.C.) 64
10 Western Carolina 100
- Fort Hays State 84
11 Alliance College (Penn.) 76
- Yankton College (S.D.) 68
11 Alliance 53
6 Rockhurst 64
- Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 77
6 Rockhurst (Mo.) 83
6 Rockhurst 76
BOTTOM TIER
15 Fort Hays State 96
15 Fort Hays State (Kan.) 95
- Eastern New Mexico 69
15 Fort Hays State 82
2 Augsburg 71
- West Virginia State 57
2 Augsburg College (Minn.) 67

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 Grambling State 107
15 Fort Hays State 86

See also

References

  1. ↑ NAIA.org
  2. ↑ NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite
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