Teams 32 | ||
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri Champions Guilford
(2 title, 1 title game) Runner-Up Maryland Eastern Shore
(2 title game) Semifinalists Augustana
(1 Final Four)
Slippery Rock
(1 Final Four) Chuck Taylor MVP Lloyd Free
(Guilford (NC)) | ||
The 1973 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 36th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. Valdosta State ended (3) Kentucky State's run to get 4 championship in a row by upsetting (3) Kentucky State in the first round by 9.
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Awards and honors
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
1973 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA