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1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri

Champions
  
St. Benedict's (Kan.) (2nd title, 2nd title game, 2nd Final Four)

Runner-Up
  
Oklahoma Baptist (3rd title game, 3rd Final Four)

Semifinalists
  
Central Washington (1st Final Four) Morris Harvey (W. Va.) (1st Final Four)

Coach of the Year
  
Bob Bass (Oklahoma Baptist)

The 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 30th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. There were only 3 upsets in this tournament. The championship game featured St. Benedict's College (Kan.) and Oklahoma Baptist University. The Ravens would defeat the Biso 71-65. The 3rd place game featured Central Washington University defeating Morris Harvey College (W. Va.) by a score of 106 to 92. 1967 was the final year of 21 straight tournaments to have a player make it on the all-time leading scorers list. The streak that began with Harold Haskins in 1947 ended with Al Tucker in 1967. This streak had peaked in 1957 when 7 all-timers played in one tournament. It is argued that this marked the end of the "golden age" of NAIA basketball.

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Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Al Tucker, Oklahoma Baptist; 5 games, 164 total points including 65 field goals 34 free throws, averaging 32.8 points per game.
  • Leading rebounder: Darryl Jones, St. Benedict’s (Kan.); in 5 games Jones would earn 62 rebounds averaging 12.4 per game.
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • All-time single game performances: 6th; Al Tucker, Oklahoma Baptist; Oklahoma Baptist vs. St. Benedict’s (Kan.); Tucker scored 47 points, including 21 field goals and 5 free throws.
  • All-time leading scorer; final 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).

    • 1967 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

    1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia
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