1966 NAIA basketball tournament

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1966 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season 196566
Teams32
Finals site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Oklahoma Baptist (1st title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up Georgia Southern (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearTed Kjolhede (Central Michigan)
MVP Al Tucker (Oklahoma Baptist)
Top scorerAl Tucker (Oklahoma Baptist)
(182 points)
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The 1966 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 29th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1] This tournament featured the game with the most points scored. Al Tucker received the MVP award for the second time this year.

Contents

Awards and honors

1966 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Central State (Ohio) 92
- St. Thomas (Minn.) 69
1 Central State (Ohio)72
- Lakeland 68
- Lakeland (Wis.) 95
16 Linfield (Ore.) 81
1 Central State (Ohio) 76
TOP TIER
9 Norfolk State88
9 Norfolk State (Va.) 132
- Upper Iowa 97
9 Norfolk State103
- Athens 81
- Athens (Ala.) 88
8 Pittsburg State (Kan.) 79
9 Norfolk State 88
4 Georgia Southern89
5 Midwestern (Texas) 94
- Monmouth (N.J.) 92
5 Midwestern 82
12 Illinois Wesleyan96
- Dickinson State (N.D.) 76
12 Illinois Wesleyan 86
12 Illinois Wesleyan 72
TOP TIER
4 Georgia Southern96
13 Guilford (N.C.) 67
- Southern State (Ark.) 72
- Southern State 62
4 Georgia Southern80
- Howard Payne (Texas) 80*
4 Georgia Southern 85
4 Georgia Southern 59
11 Oklahoma Baptist88
3 Grambling State (La.) 70
- Central Washington State 65
3 Grambling State95
- Carroll (MT) 86
- Carroll College (Montana) 91
14 Bethune-Cookman (Fla.) 88
3 Grambling State84
BOTTOM TIER
10 Rockhurst 82
- Millersville State (Pa.) 86
10 Rockhurst (Mo.) 102
10 Rockhurst97
7 Albuquerque 87
7 Albuquerque (N.M.) 81
- New Haven (Conn.) 74
3 Grambling State 80
11 Oklahoma Baptist94
- Edinboro State (Pa.) 53
6 Central Michigan 67
6 Central Michigan 70
11 Oklahoma Baptist90
11 Oklahoma Baptist 80
- California Western 76
11 Oklahoma Baptist87
BOTTOM TIER
2 Carson-Newman 62
15 Morris Harvey (W.Va.) 110
- Peru State College (Neb.) 103*
15 Morris Harvey 74
2 Carson-Newman103
- Indiana Central 67
2 Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 68

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 Norfolk State 110
3 Grambling State111

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References

  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine