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1974 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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Teams
  
32

Finals Site
  
Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri

Champions
  
West Georgia (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Final Four)

Runner-Up
  
Alcorn State (1 title game, 1 Final Four)

Semifinalists
  
St. Mary's (TX) (1 Final Four) Kentucky State (4 (other 3 Champs of NAIA) Final Four)

Coach of the Year
  
Roger Kaiser (West Georgia)

The 1974 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 37th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. It would be the last tournament to be played in Municipal until 2002. In 1975 would be held in the new Kemper Arena. Kemper would host the NAIA Tournament until 1993, when the NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa.

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Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • 1974 NAIA bracket

  •  * denotes double 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

    1974 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia