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1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri

Champions
  
Central State (Ohio) (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four)

Runner-Up
  
Oklahoma Baptist (1st title game, 1st Final Four)

Semifinalists
  
Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) (1st Final Four) Fairmont State (W.Va.) (1st Final Four)

Coach of the Year
  
Dick Campbell (Carson-Newman (Tenn.))

The 1965 NAIA Men's Division I 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).

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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: Kenneth 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

  •  * 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

    1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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