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1969 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

Summary

College basketball tournament

Field	Value
Type	NAIA men's basketball tournament
Year	1969
Teams	32
FinalFourArena	Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity	Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Eastern New Mexico
TitleCount	1st
ChampGameCount	1st
ChampFFCount	1st
RunnerUp	Maryland State
GameCount	1st
RunnerFFCount	1st
Semifinal1	Central Washington
FinalFourCount1	1st
Semifinal2	Elizabeth City
FinalFourCount2	1st
COTY	Joe Retton
COTYSchool	Fairmont State (W.Va.)
MVP	Jake Ford
MVPTeam	Maryland State
Hustle	Larry Vanzant
HustleSchool	Eastern New Mexico
Attendance	unknown
TopScorer	Jake Ford
TopScorerTeam	Maryland State
Points	156

The 1969 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 32nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This is the first tournament since 1965 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 5th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965.) This would not happen again until 2001.

Awards and honors

Leading scorer: Jake Ford, Maryland State; 5 games, 52 field goals, 52 free throws, 156 total points (31.2 average points per game)
Leading rebounder: Bruce Sanderson, Central Washington; 5 games, 65 total rebounds (13.0 average rebounds per game)
Player of the Year: est. 1994
Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 8th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament

1969 NAIA bracket

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

| RD1-seed01=1 | RD1-team01=Fairmont State (W.Va.) | RD1-score01=93 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Indiana Central | RD1-score02=75

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Western Montana | RD1-score03=68 | RD1-seed04=16 | RD1-team04=Washburn (Kan.) | RD1-score04=90

| RD1-seed05=9 | RD1-team05=Elizabeth City (N.C.) | RD1-score05=86 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Valdosta State (Ga.) | RD1-score06=78

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Yankton (S.D.) | RD1-score07=91 | RD1-seed08=8 | RD1-team08=Southwestern Oklahoma State | RD1-score08=100

| RD1-seed09=5 | RD1-team09=Eastern Michigan | RD1-score09=87 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Georgetown (Ky.) | RD1-score10=85

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Millikin (Ill.) | RD1-score11=71 | RD1-seed12=12 | RD1-team12=Eastern New Mexico | RD1-score12=89

| RD1-seed13=13 | RD1-team13=Whittier (Calif.) | RD1-score13=77 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Corpus Christi (Tex.) | RD1-score14=66

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=Missouri-St. Louis | RD1-score15=90 | RD1-seed16=4 | RD1-team16=High Point (N.C.) | RD1-score16=102

| RD1-seed17=3 | RD1-team17=Central State (Ohio) | RD1-score17=59 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=Monmouth (N.J.) | RD1-score18=63

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=Asheville-Biltmore (N.C.) | RD1-score19=86 | RD1-seed20=14 | RD1-team20=Grambling State (La.) | RD1-score20=74

| RD1-seed21=10 | RD1-team21=Linfield (Ore.) | RD1-score21=80 | RD1-seed22=- | RD1-team22=Stout State (Wis.) | RD1-score22=113

| RD1-seed23=- | RD1-team23=Maryland State | RD1-score23=99 | RD1-seed24=7 | RD1-team24=Wartburg (Iowa) | RD1-score24=90

| RD1-seed25=6 | RD1-team25=Gannon (Pa.) | RD1-score25=81 | RD1-seed26=- | RD1-team26=Jackson State (Miss.) | RD1-score26=58

| RD1-seed27=- | RD1-team27=St. John's (Minn.) | RD1-score27=76 | RD1-seed28=11 | RD1-team28=Henderson State (Ark.) | RD1-score28=78

| RD1-seed29=15 | RD1-team29=Central Washington State | RD1-score29=92 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=New Haven (Conn.) | RD1-score30=82

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=Wayne State (Neb.) | RD1-score31=70 | RD1-seed32=2 | RD1-team32=Howard Payne (Tex.) | RD1-score32=94

| RD2-seed01=1 | RD2-team01=Fairmont State | RD2-score01=72 | RD2-seed02=16 | RD2-team02=Washburn | RD2-score02=74

| RD2-seed03=9 | RD2-team03=Elizabeth City | RD2-score03=88 | RD2-seed04=8 | RD2-team04=Southwestern Oklahoma | RD2-score04=81

| RD2-seed05=5 | RD2-team05=Eastern Michigan | RD2-score05=69 | RD2-seed06=12 | RD2-team06=Eastern New Mexico | RD2-score06=77

| RD2-seed07=13 | RD2-team07=Whittier | RD2-score07=82 | RD2-seed08=4 | RD2-team08=High Point | RD2-score08=100

| RD2-seed09= | RD2-team09=Monmouth | RD2-score09=115 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=Asheville-Biltmore | RD2-score10=81

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11=Wisconsin-Stout | RD2-score11=83 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Maryland State | RD2-score12=85

| RD2-seed13=6 | RD2-team13=Gannon | RD2-score13=78 | RD2-seed14=11 | RD2-team14=Henderson State | RD2-score14=80

| RD2-seed15=15 | RD2-team15=Central Washington | RD2-score15=96 | RD2-seed16=2 | RD2-team16=Howard Payne | RD2-score16=74

| RD3-seed01=16 | RD3-team01=Washburn | RD3-score01=88 | RD3-seed02=9 | RD3-team02=Elizabeth City | RD3-score02=90

| RD3-seed03=12 | RD3-team03=Eastern New Mexico | RD3-score03=77 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=High Point | RD3-score04=73

| RD3-seed05= | RD3-team05=Monmouth | RD3-score05=94 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=Maryland State | RD3-score06=99

| RD3-seed07=11 | RD3-team07=Henderson State | RD3-score07=64 | RD3-seed08=15 | RD3-team08=Central Washington | RD3-score08=96

| RD4-seed01=9 | RD4-team01=Elizabeth City | RD4-score01=72 | RD4-seed02=12 | RD4-team02=Eastern New Mexico | RD4-score02=75

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Maryland State | RD4-score03=93 | RD4-seed04=15 | RD4-team04=Central Washington | RD4-score04=87

| RD5-seed01=12 | RD5-team01=Eastern New Mexico | RD5-score01=99 | RD5-seed02=- | RD5-team02=Maryland State | RD5-score02=76

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=9 | RD1-team1=Elizabeth City | RD1-score1=82 | RD1-seed2=15 | RD1-team2=Central Washington | RD1-score2=96

References

References

"NAIA.org".
NAIA. "NAIA Championship History".

Wikipedia Source

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