1967 NAIA basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA men's basketball tournament
Year:1967
Teams:32
Finalfourarena:Municipal Auditorium
Finalfourcity:Kansas City, Missouri
Champions:St. Benedict's (Kan.)
Titlecount:2nd
Champgamecount:2nd
Champffcount:2nd
Runnerup:Oklahoma Baptist
Gamecount:3rd
Runnerffcount:3rd
Semifinal1:Central Washington
Finalfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Morris Harvey (W. Va.)
Finalfourcount2:1st
Coty:Bob Bass
Cotyschool:Oklahoma Baptist
Mvp:Al Tucker (2nd title)
Mvpteam:Oklahoma Baptist
Hustle:David Benedict
Hustleschool:Central Washington
Attendance:unknown
Topscorer:Al Tucker
Topscorerteam:Oklahoma Baptist
Points:164

The 1967 NAIA men's 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.[1] 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. It was the third tournament won by the number one seed.

Awards and honors

1967 NAIA bracket

Third-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.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAIA.org . 2020-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501033134/http://naia.cstv.com/ . 2009-05-01 . dead .
  2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History