1973 NAIA basketball tournament

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1973 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals site Municipal 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)
MVP Lloyd Free (Guilford)
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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.

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Awards and honors

1973 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Sam Houston State (Tex.) 88
- Wartburg (Iowa) 62
1 Sam Houston State60
- Xavier 67
- Xavier (La.) 81
- Marist (N.Y.) 65
- Xavier 80
TOP TIER
8 Maryland-Eastern Shore87
- Ferris State (Mich.) 78
- Pembroke State (N.C.) 56
- Ferris State 90
8 Maryland-Eastern Shore95
- Eastern Montana 107
8 Maryland-Eastern Shore 114
8 Maryland-Eastern Shore113
- Slippery Rock State 82
5 Marymount (Kan.) 73
- Slippery Rock State (Pa.) 74
- Slippery Rock State104
- Quinnipiac 75
- Quinnipiac (Conn.) 79
- Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 66
- Slippery Rock State60
TOP TIER
4 Wisconsin-Green Bay 58
- South Carolina State 82
- Hastings (Neb.) 71
- South Carolina State 55
4 Wisconsin-Green Bay72
- Dallas Baptist (Tex.) 66
4 Wisconsin-Green Bay 77
8 Maryland-Eastern Shore 96
- Guilford99
3 Kentucky State 81
- Valdosta State (Ga.) 90
- Valdosta State 81
- Guilford98
- Guilford (N.C.) 92
- Keene State (N.H.) 82
- Guilford70
BOTTOM TIER
- Westmont 67
- Westmont (Calif.) 85
- South Dakota Tech 66
- Westmont86
- Missouri Southern State 70
- Missouri Southern State 70
6 Fairmont State (W.Va.) 63
- Guilford77
2 Augustana 69
7 Alcorn A&M (Miss.) 76
- Oklahoma Baptist 79
- Oklahoma Baptist82
- Winona State 72
- Winona State (Minn.) 70
- Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 64
- Oklahoma Baptist 46
BOTTOM TIER
2 Augustana63
- Defiance (Ohio) 82
- George Fox (Ore.) 62
- Defiance 61
2 Augustana64
- Hanover (Ind.) 65
2 Augustana (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 State 93
2 Augustana96

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