The 1970 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 33rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

Kentucky State would win the first of three straight National Championship titles, becoming the second team to win three in a row, and the third team to win three titles.

The 3rd-place game would go into overtime for the second time in tournament history. The 6th seeded Eastern New Mexico State Greyhounds beat the 8th seeded Guilford Quakers 77-72 in one overtime.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Travis Grant, Kentucky State; 5 games, 57 field goals, 23 free throws, 137 total points (27.4 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Elmore Smith, Kentucky State & Greg Hyder, Eastern New Mexico; 5 games, 65 rebounds, (13 average rebounds per game)
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • Most field goals made; career; 223; Travis Grant, Kentucky State, (1970, 71, 72)
  • Most career points; individual: 518, Travis Grant, Kentucky State, (1970, 71, 72)
  • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Travis Grant, 1st (1970, 71, 72) 15 games, 223 field goals, 72 free throws, 518 points (34.5 average points per game)[2]

1970 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Stephen F. Austin (TX) 100
- South Carolina State 86
1 Stephen F. Austin 74
16 Augusta State 71
- Monmouth (NJ) 64
16 Augusta State (GA) 85
1 Stephen F. Austin 94
TOP TIER
- Guilford 100
9 Eastern Michigan 108
- East Central State (Okla.) 85
9 Eastern Michigan 85
8 Guilford 89
- Wayne State (Neb.) 73
8 Guilford (N.C.) 90
- Guilford 90
4 Kentucky State 108
5 Central State (Ohio) 69
- St. Thomas (Minn.) 60
5 Central State (Ohio) 83
- Wiley 77
- Wiley (Tex.) 77
12 Drury (Mo.) 75
5 Central State (Ohio) 56
TOP TIER
4 Kentucky State 66
13 Eau Claire State (Wis.) 88
- Eastern Montana 81
13 Eau Claire State 65
4 Kentucky State 73
- Illinois Wesleyan 56
4 Kentucky State 64
4 Kentucky State 79
3 Central Washington State 71
3 Central Washington State 77
- St. Benedict's (Kan.) 65
3 Central Washington State 66
14 Wartburg 58
- Northern State (S.D.) 78
14 Wartburg (Iowa) 91
3 Central Washington State 72
BOTTOM TIER
7 Jackson State 70
11 Hanover (Ind.) 88
- Arkansas Tech 94
- Arkansas Tech 81
6 Eastern New Mexico 84
- Whittier (Calif.) 66
6 Eastern New Mexico 80
3 Central Washington State 54
6 Eastern New Mexico 53
7 Jackson State (Miss.) 89
- Campbell (N.C.) 65
7 Jackson State 90
10 Northeast Louisiana 83
- Linfield (Ore.) 72
10 Northeast Louisiana 78
6 Eastern New Mexico 76
BOTTOM TIER
2 Maryland State 74*
15 Morris Harvey (W.Va.) 99
- Western New England (Mass.) 76
15 Morris Harvey 78
2 Maryland State 88
- California State (Pa.) 67
2 Maryland State 101
  •  * denotes overtime.

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
   
- Guilford 72*
6 Eastern New Mexico 77

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  2. ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
Allikas: Https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1970_NAIA_basketball_tournament
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