1973 NAIA basketball tournament

The 1973 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 36th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] Valdosta State ended (3) Kentucky State's run to get 4 championship in a row by upsetting (3) Kentucky State in the first round by 9.

1973 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsGuilford (2 title, 1 title game)
Runner-upMaryland Eastern Shore (2 title game)
Semifinalists
  • Augustana (IL) (1 Final Four)
  • Slippery Rock (1 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
David Hudson (Slippery Rock)
MVPLloyd Free (Guilford)
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Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994 [2]

1973 NAIA bracket

First roundSecond roundElite EightNAIA national semifinalsNAIA national championship
               
1Sam Houston State (Tex.)88
-Wartburg (Iowa)62
1Sam Houston State60
-Xavier67
-Xavier (La.)81
-Marist (N.Y.)65
-Xavier80
TOP TIER
8Maryland-Eastern Shore87
-Ferris State (Mich.)78
-Pembroke State (N.C.)56
-Ferris State90
8Maryland-Eastern Shore95
-Eastern Montana107
8Maryland-Eastern Shore114
8Maryland-Eastern Shore113
-Slippery Rock State82
5Marymount (Kan.)73
-Slippery Rock State (Pa.)74
-Slippery Rock State104
-Quinnipiac75
-Quinnipiac (Conn.)79
-Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)66
-Slippery Rock State60
TOP TIER
4Wisconsin-Green Bay58
-South Carolina State82
-Hastings (Neb.)71
-South Carolina State55
4Wisconsin-Green Bay72
-Dallas Baptist (Tex.)66
4Wisconsin-Green Bay77
8Maryland-Eastern Shore96
-Guilford99
3Kentucky State81
-Valdosta State (Ga.)90
-Valdosta State81
-Guilford98
-Guilford (N.C.)92
-Keene State (N.H.)82
-Guilford70
BOTTOM TIER
-Westmont67
-Westmont (Calif.)85
-South Dakota Tech66
-Westmont86
-Missouri Southern State70
-Missouri Southern State70
6Fairmont State (W.Va.)63
-Guilford77
2Augustana69
7Alcorn A&M (Miss.)76
-Oklahoma Baptist79
-Oklahoma Baptist82
-Winona State72
-Winona State (Minn.)70
-Grand Canyon (Ariz.)64
-Oklahoma Baptist46
BOTTOM TIER
2Augustana63
-Defiance (Ohio)82
-George Fox (Ore.)62
-Defiance61
2Augustana64
-Hanover (Ind.)65
2Augustana (Ill.)66


Third-place game

The third-place game featured the losing national semifinalist teams to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA third-place game
   
-Slippery Rock State93
2Augustana96

See also

References