The 1969 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 32nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This is the first tournament since 1965 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 5th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965.) This would not happen again until 2001.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Jake Ford, Maryland State; 5 games, 52 field goals, 52 free throws, 156 total points (31.2 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Bruce Sanderson, Central Washington; 5 games, 65 total rebounds (13.0 average rebounds per game)
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 8th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament[2]

1969 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Fairmont State (W.Va.) 93
- Indiana Central 75
1 Fairmont State 72
16 Washburn 74
- Western Montana 68
16 Washburn (Kan.) 90
16 Washburn 88
TOP TIER
9 Elizabeth City 90
9 Elizabeth City (N.C.) 86
- Valdosta State (Ga.) 78
9 Elizabeth City 88
8 Southwestern Oklahoma 81
- Yankton (S.D.) 91
8 Southwestern Oklahoma State 100
9 Elizabeth City 72
12 Eastern New Mexico 75
5 Eastern Michigan 87
- Georgetown (Ky.) 85
5 Eastern Michigan 69
12 Eastern New Mexico 77
- Millikin (Ill.) 71
12 Eastern New Mexico 89
12 Eastern New Mexico 77
TOP TIER
- High Point 73
13 Whittier (Calif.) 77
- Corpus Christi (Tex.) 66
13 Whittier 82
4 High Point 100
- Missouri-St. Louis 90
4 High Point (N.C.) 102
12 Eastern New Mexico 99
- Maryland State 76
3 Central State (Ohio) 59
- Monmouth (N.J.) 63
Monmouth 115
- Asheville-Biltmore 81
- Asheville-Biltmore (N.C.) 86
14 Grambling State (La.) 74
Monmouth 94
BOTTOM TIER
- Maryland State 99
10 Linfield (Ore.) 80
- Stout State (Wis.) 113
- Wisconsin-Stout 83
- Maryland State 85
- Maryland State 99
7 Wartburg (Iowa) 90
- Maryland State 93
15 Central Washington 87
6 Gannon (Pa.) 81
- Jackson State (Miss.) 58
6 Gannon 78
11 Henderson State 80
- St. John's (Minn.) 76
11 Henderson State (Ark.) 78
11 Henderson State 64
BOTTOM TIER
15 Central Washington 96
15 Central Washington State 92
- New Haven (Conn.) 82
15 Central Washington 96
2 Howard Payne 74
- Wayne State (Neb.) 70
2 Howard Payne (Tex.) 94

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.

NAIA third-place game
   
9 Elizabeth City 82
15 Central Washington 96

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
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