Kalpana Kalpana (Editor)

1961 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri

Champions
  
Grambling (La.) (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four)

Runner-Up
  
Georgetown (Ky.) (1st title game, 2nd Final Four)

Semifinalists
  
Northern Michigan (1st Final Four) Westminster (Pa.) (2nd Final Four)

Coach of the Year
  
Rex Pyles (Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.))

The 1961 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 24th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured the 13th seeded Grambling and the third seeded Georgetown. For the first time since seeding, in 1958, the third place game featured the first and second seeds, Northern Michigan, and Westminster.

Contents

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: est. 1963
  • Leading rebounder: est. 1963
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 5th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
  • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Willis Reed, 16th Grambling (La.) (1961,63,64), 12 games 108 field goals 39 free throws 265 total points, 22.8 average per
  • All-time leading scorer; second appearance: Hershell West, 15th Grambling (La.) (1960,61,63), 13 games, 116 field goals, 37 free throws, 269 total points, 20.7 average per game.

    • 1961 NAIA bracket

  •  * denotes overtime.

    • 3rd place game

    The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine third and fourth places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

    References

    1961 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


    Similar Topics