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    1960 NAIA men's basketball tournament
    Season1959–60
    Teams32
    Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
    Kansas City, Missouri
    ChampionsSouthwest Texas State (1st title, 1st title game,
    3rd Final Four)
    Runner-upWestminster (Pa.) (1st title game,
    1st Final Four)
    Semifinalists
    Coach of the yearMilt Jowers (Southwest Texas State)
    Charles Stevenson
    Hustle Award
    		Chuckie Davis (Westminster (Pa.))
    MVPCharles Sharp (Southwest Texas State)
    NAIA men's basketball tournament
    «19591961»

    The 1960 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 23rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

    The pivotal game in this year's tournament was in the semifinals round when #4 Westminster College knocked off the three time defending national champions #1 Tennessee State University. This ended the 18 tournament win streak. As of 2017, it is still the tournament's longest win streak. Tennessee State would then play in the 3rd-place game where they easily defeated William Jewell College 100-65. (William Jewell's highest finish in the DI tournament, as of 2010).

    Westminster went to the championship game and was defeated by Southwest Texas State 44-66. The Bobcats finish with their first national championship, after being in the NAIA Final Four two previous times, 1952, 1959, both finishing 3rd.

    Awards and honors

    Many of the records set by the 1960 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 consecutive tournament victories; record ends: 18 overall; 3 in 1960, Tennessee State, 1957-58-59-60
    • Top single-game performances: Charles Sharp, 16th, Southwest Texas State vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, In that game Sharp scored 15 field goals and 14 free throws, totaling 44 points.
    • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Hershell West, 15th Grambling (La.) (1960,61,63), 13 games, 116 field goals, 37 free throws, 269 total points, 20.7 average per game.
    • All-time leading scorer; final appearance: Charles Sharp, 5th Southwest Texas State (1957,59,60) 12 games, 118 field goals, 69 free throws, 305 total points, 25.4 average per game.[2]

    1960 NAIA bracket

    First roundSecond roundElite EightNAIA national semifinalsNAIA national championship
                   
    1Tennessee State102
    -Midwestern (Texas)83
    1Tennessee State84
    16West Virginia Wesleyan79
    -Valley City State (N.D.)84
    16West Virginia Wesleyan109
    1Tennessee State75
    TOP TIER
    8Wofford60
    9Pittsburg State (Kan.)61
    -Findlay (Ohio)76
    -Findlay73
    8Wofford80
    -Oakland City (Ind.)85*
    8Wofford (S.C.)86
    1Tennessee State38
    4Westminster39
    5Hamline (Minn.)88
    -Florence State (Ala.)83**
    5Hamline89
    -Arkansas A&M76
    -Arkansas A&M64
    12Western Washington State53
    -Hamline59
    TOP TIER
    4Westminster62
    13Whittier (Calif.)77
    -Ferris Institute (Mich.)71
    13Whittier50
    4Westminster59
    -Maryland State63
    4Westminster (Pa.)64
    4Westminster44
    2Southwest Texas State66
    3Southern Illinois71
    -Oklahoma Baptist75
    -Oklahoma Baptist67
    -New Mexico Highlands77
    -New Mexico Highlands96
    14Nebraska Wesleyan90
    -New Mexico Highlands62
    BOTTOM TIER
    -William Jewell67
    7Stetson (Fla.)66
    -William Jewell (Mo.)68
    -William Jewell73
    -Parsons71
    -Parsons (Iowa)67
    10Christian Brothers (Tenn.)65
    -William Jewell44
    2Southwest Texas State82
    11Villa Madonna (Ky.)94
    -College of Idaho70
    11Villa Madonna97
    6Grambling State113
    -Central Connecticut State68
    6Grambling State (La.)92
    6Grambling State68
    BOTTOM TIER
    2Southwest Texas State76
    15Willamette (Ore.)71
    -Savannah State (Ga.)85
    -Savannah State88
    2Southwest Texas State101
    -Oshkosh State (Wis.)69
    2Southwest Texas State93
    •  * denotes each overtime.

    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.

    NAIA third-place game
       
    1Tennessee State100
    -William Jewell65

    See also

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