The 1962 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 25th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] It would be the last tournament without a formal leading scorer and rebounder awards presented. This was also the first tournament since seeding began to feature the top two teams in the Championship Game. The number 2 seeded Prairie View A&M (Texas) beat Westminster (Pa.) 62 to 53.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1962 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

  • Leading scorer: est. 1963
  • Leading rebounder: est. 1963
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • Most rebounds; tournament: 96, Zelmo Beaty, Prairie View A&M (Texas)
  • Most rebounds; career start: 180, Lucious Jackson, Pan American (Texas), (1962, 1963, 1964)
  • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Lucious Jackson 7th, Pan American (Texas) (1962,63,64), 12 games, 117 field goals, 67 free throws, 301 total points, 25.0 average per game.[2]

1962 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Westminster (Pa.) 59
- McMurry (Texas) 54
1 Westminster 82
16 William Jewell 65
- Central Connecticut State 52
16 William Jewell (Mo.) 57
1 Westminster 63
TOP TIER
9 Orange State 55
9 Orange State (Calif.) 94
- Stetson (Fla.) 79
9 Orange State 97
- Lewis & Clark 78
- Lewis & Clark (Ore.) 75
8 Fort Hays State (Kan.) 69
1 Westminster 54
13 Southeastern Oklahoma State 45
5 Pan American (Texas) 61
- Belmont Abbey (N.C.) 58*
5 Pan American 60
12 Ferris Institute 66
- St. Norbert (Wis.) 68
12 Ferris Institute (Mich.) 73
12 Ferris Institute 49
TOP TIER
13 Southeastern Oklahoma State 69
13 Southeastern Oklahoma State 83
- College of Idaho 64
13 Southeastern Oklahoma State 59
4 Winston-Salem State 50
- Indiana State 71
4 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 83
1 Westminster 53
2 Prairie View A&M 62
3 Georgetown (Ky.) 51
- Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 75
- Carson-Newman 67
14 Peru State 65
- Mayville State (N.D.) 74
14 Peru State (Neb.) 90
- Carson-Newman 65
BOTTOM TIER
10 Western Illinois 91
- Florence State (Ala.) 54
10 St. Cloud State (Minn.) 86
7 St. Cloud State 68
10 Western Illinois 84
7 Western Illinois 76
- Pratt Institute (N.Y.) 70
10 Western Illinois 68
2 Prairie View A&M 80
- Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 75
6 Savannah State (Ga.) 84
6 Savannah State 91
- Arizona State-Flagstaff 95
11 Buena Vista (Iowa) 73
- Arizona State-Flagstaff 95
- Arizona State-Flagstaff 48
BOTTOM TIER
2 Prairie View A&M 86
15 Morris Harvey (W.Va.) 95
- Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 70
15 Morris Harvey 70
2 Prairie View A&M 85
- Ashland (Ohio) 64*
2 Prairie View A&M (Texas) 73
  •  * 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
   
13 Southeastern Oklahoma State 76
10 Western Illinois 62

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1962_NAIA_basketball_tournament
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