Teams 32 | ||
Finals Site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri Champions Drury
(1 title, 1 title game,
1 Final Four) Runner-Up Henderson State
(2 title game,
3 Final Four) Semifinalists Southwest Texas State
(4 Final Four)
Midwestern State
(2 Final Four) Chuck Taylor MVP Lawrence Washington
(Drury) |
The 1979 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 42nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Contents
Awards and honors
1979 NAIA bracket
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
1979 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA