1983 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1983 (1983) NAIA Division I Men's 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 Yetman
(Charleston)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 Raymond Lee
(Fort Hays State)

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]

Awards and honors

1983 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Chaminade (Haw.) 90
- Alabama Huntsville 72
1 Chaminade 82
16 Saginaw Valley State 65
16 Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) 65
- Lincoln (Pa.) 59
1 Chaminade 63
TOP TIER
- Liberty Baptist 60
9 Wisconsin Stevens Point 77
- Point Loma (Calif.) 50
- Liberty Baptist 64
9 Wisconsin Stevens Point 62
- Liberty Baptist (Va.) 77
8 Catawba (N.C.) 67
1 Chaminade 65
12 Charleston (S.C.) 66
5 Panhandle State (Okla.) 68*
- North Georgia 67
5 Panhandle State 62
12 Charleston (S.C.) 64*
- St. John’s (Minn.) 43
12 College of Charleston (S.C.) 67
12 Charleston (S.C.) 67
TOP TIER
- Santa Fe 62
13 Texas Wesleyan 72
- Point Park (Pa.) 55
- Santa Fe 71
13 Texas Wesleyan 65
- Santa Fe (N.M.) 76
4 Cumberland (Ky.) 65
12 Charleston (S.C.) 57
14 West Virginia Wesleyan 53
3 Chicago State (Ill.) 76
- Tri-State (Ind.) 65
3 Chicago State 70
14 West Virginia Wesleyan 87
- Husson (Maine) 49
14 West Virginia Wesleyan 65
14 West Virginia Wesleyan 86
BOTTOM TIER
11 Carson Newman 78
11 Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 114
- Northern State (S.D.) 81
11 Carson Newman 75
6 St. Mary’s (Tex.) 70
- Kearney State (Neb.) 71
6 St. Mary’s (Tex.) 81
14 West Virginia Wesleyan 71
10 Fort Hays State 56
7 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 56
- Drury (Mo.) 45
7 Fort Hays State 72
10 St. Thomas Aquinas 67
- Southern Arkansas 65
10 Fort Hays State (Kan.) 71
7 Fort Hays State 74
BOTTOM TIER
15 Loras 71
15 Loras (Iowa) 85
- William Carey (Miss.) 78
15 Loras 67
- Salem 65
- Salem (W.Va.) 65
2 Walsh (Ohio) 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 discontinued after 1988.

NAIA Third Place Game
   
1 Chaminade 76
10 Fort Hays State 85

See also

References

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