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1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri

Champions
  
Prairie View A&M (Texas) (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four)

Runner-Up
  
Westminster (Pa.) (2nd title game, 3rd Final Four)

Semifinalists
  
Southeastern Oklahoma (3rd Final Four) Western Illinois (4th Final Four)

Coach of the Year
  
Charles “Buzz” Ridl (Westminster (Pa.))

The 1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 25th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

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Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: est. 1963
  • Leading rebounder: est. 1963
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 6th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
  • Most rebounds; tournament: 96, Zelmo Beaty, Prairie View A&M (Texas)
  • Most rebounds; career start: 180, Lucious Jackson, Pan American (Texas), (1962,63,64)
  • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Lucious Jackson 7th, Pan American (Texas) (1962,63,64), 12 games, 117 field goals, 67 free throws, 301 total points, 25.0 average per game.

    • 1962 NAIA bracket

  •  * denotes overtime.

    • 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.

    References

    1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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