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1965 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

Summary

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1965
Teams32
FinalFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FinalFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsCentral State (Ohio)
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount1st
ChampFFCount1st
RunnerUpOklahoma Baptist
GameCount1st
RunnerFFCount1st
Semifinal1Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Fairmont State (W.Va.)
FinalFourCount21st
COTYDick Campbell
COTYSchoolCarson-Newman (Tenn.)
MVPKen Wilburn
MVPTeamCentral State (Ohio)
HustleDavid Kossover
HustleSchoolOuachita Baptist (Ark.)
Attendanceunknown
TopScorerAl Tucker
TopScorerTeamOklahoma Baptist
Points125

The 1965 NAIA men's 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. 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). It was the longest gap up until it was eclipsed by the gap between 1969-2001 which featured 1 or more repeating semi-finalist each year. It was the second time the number one seed has won the tournament.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Al Tucker, Oklahoma Baptist; 5 games, 43 field goals, 39 free throws, 125 total points (25.0 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Ken Wilburn, Central State (Ohio); 5 games, 90 total rebounds (18.0 average rebounds per game)
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Al Tucker 2nd, Oklahoma Baptist (1965,66,67); 15 games, 177 field goals, 117 free throws, 471 total points (31.4 points per game).

1965 NAIA bracket

| RD2-group1=**TOP TIER ** | RD2-group2=**TOP TIER ** | RD2-group3=**BOTTOM TIER ** | RD2-group4=**BOTTOM TIER **

| RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=Central State (Ohio) | RD1-score01=78 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02= Jacksonville (Fla.) | RD1-score02=57

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Valley City State (N.D.) | RD1-score03=57 | RD1-seed04=16 | RD1-team04=Midwestern (Texas) | RD1-score04=102

| RD1-seed05=9 | RD1-team05=Augsburg College (Minn.) | RD1-score05=107 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Central Connecticut State | RD1-score06=87

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Northern Michigan | RD1-score07=89* | RD1-seed08=8 | RD1-team08=Hastings College (Neb.) | RD1-score08=95

| RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=St. Benedict's (Kan.) | RD1-score09=75 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Maryland State | RD1-score10=73

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Albany State (Ga.) | RD1-score11=74 | RD1-seed12=12 | RD1-team12=Transylvania (Ky.) | RD1-score12=57

| RD1-seed13=13 | RD1-team13=Alliance College (Pa.) | RD1-score13=86 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Stephen F. Austin (Texas) | RD1-score14=61

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=Fairmont State (W. Va.) | RD1-score15=94 | RD1-seed16=4 | RD1-team16=Upper Iowa | RD1-score16=90

| RD1-seed17=3 | RD1-team17=Southern-Baton Rouge (La.) | RD1-score17=94 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=Indiana Tech | RD1-score18=77

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=Eastern Montana | RD1-score19=63 | RD1-seed20=14 | RD1-team20=Central Washington State | RD1-score20=61

| RD1-seed21=- | RD1-team21=Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) | RD1-score21=83 | RD1-seed22=10 | RD1-team22=Lincoln (Mo.) | RD1-score22=76

| RD1-seed23=7 | RD1-team23=Mansfield State (Pa.) | RD1-score23=74 | RD1-seed24=- | RD1-team24=Lewis (Ill.) | RD1-score24=90

| RD1-seed25=- | RD1-team25=California Western | RD1-score25=57 | RD1-seed26=6 | RD1-team26=High Point (N.C.) | RD1-score26=79

| RD1-seed27=11 | RD1-team27=Winston-Salem State (N.C.) | RD1-score27=87 | RD1-seed28=- | RD1-team28=St. Norbert (Wis.) | RD1-score28=69

| RD1-seed29=15 | RD1-team29=Oklahoma Baptist | RD1-score29=87 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=Linfield (Ore.) | RD1-score30=84

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=Southern Colorado State | RD1-score31=59 | RD1-seed32=2 | RD1-team32=Southwestern Louisiana | RD1-score32=66

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=Central State (Ohio) | RD2-score01=75 | RD2-seed02=16 | RD2-team02=Midwestern | RD2-score02=61

| RD2-seed03=9 | RD2-team03=Augsburg | RD2-score03=66 | RD2-seed04=8 | RD2-team04=Hastings | RD2-score04=65

| RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=St. Benedict's | RD2-score05=101 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Albany State | RD2-score06=74

| RD2-seed07=13 | RD2-team07=Alliance | RD2-score07=69 | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=Fairmont State | RD2-score08=83

| RD2-seed09=3 | RD2-team09=Southern | RD2-score09=97 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=Eastern Montana | RD2-score10=86

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11=Ouachita Baptist | RD2-score11=77 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Lewis | RD2-score12= 61

| RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13=High Point | RD2-score13=62 | RD2-seed14=11 | RD2-team14=Winston-Salem State | RD2-score14=78

| RD2-seed16=2 | RD2-team16=Southwestern Louisiana | RD2-score16=82 | RD2-seed15=15 | RD2-team15=Oklahoma Baptist | RD2-score15=95

| RD3-seed01=1 | RD3-team01=Central State (Ohio) | RD3-score01=66 | RD3-seed02=9 | RD3-team02= Augsburg | RD3-score02=57

| RD3-seed03=5 | RD3-team03=St. Benedict's | RD3-score03=87 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=Fairmont State | RD3-score04=103

| RD3-seed05=3 | RD3-team05=Southern | RD3-score05=64 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=Ouachita Baptist | RD3-score06=65

| RD3-seed07=11 | RD3-team07=Winston-Salem State | RD3-score07=62 | RD3-seed08=15 | RD3-team08=Oklahoma Baptist | RD3-score08=71

| RD4-seed01=1 | RD4-team01=Central State (Ohio) | RD4-score01=91 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=Fairmont State | RD4-score02=75

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Ouachita Baptist | RD4-score03=53 | RD4-seed04=15 | RD4-team04=Oklahoma Baptist | RD4-score04=66

| RD5-seed01=1 | RD5-team01=Central State (Ohio) | RD5-score01=85 | RD5-seed02=15 | RD5-team02=Oklahoma Baptist | RD5-score02=51

    • denotes overtime.

Third-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.

| RD1-seed1=- | RD1-team1=Fairmont State | RD1-score1=71 | RD1-seed2=- | RD1-team2=Ouachita Baptist | RD1-score2=78

References

References

  1. "NAIA.org".
  2. [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBBDIChampionshipHistory1223.pdf NAIA Championship History] {{webarchive. link. (2011-05-23)
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