1975 NAIA basketball tournament

1975 NAIA men's basketball tournament

Season	1974–75
Teams	32
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Grand Canyon (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Final Four)
Runner-up	Midwestern State (1 title game, 1 Final Four)
Semifinalists	Alcorn State (2 Final Four) St. Mary's (TX) (2 Final Four)
Coach of the year	Ed Messbarger (St. Mary’s (Texas))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Tom Kropp (Kearney State (NE))
MVP	Bayard Forrest (Grand Canyon (AZ))
Top scorer	John McGill (Alcorn State (Miss.)) ( points)
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The 1975 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 38th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. ^[1] This would be the first tournament played in Kemper Arena. Kemper would host the NAIA Tournament until 1993, when the NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa.

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: John McGill, Alcorn State (Miss.)
• Leading rebounder:
• Player of the Year: est. 1994 ^[2]

1975 NAIA bracket

	First round					Second round					Elite Eight					NAIA national semifinals					NAIA national championship
	1	Kentucky State	77
	-	Malone (Ohio)	85
						-	Malone	80
						16	Tri-State	63
	-	Husson (Maine)	78
	16	Tri-State (Ind.)	96
											-	Malone	87
	TOP TIER
											8	Alcorn State	101
	9	Edinboro State (Pa.)	94
	-	Palm Beach Atlantic (Fla.)	86
						9	Edinboro State	79
						8	Alcorn State	85
	-	Central Arkansas	77
	8	Alcorn State (Miss.)	88
																8	Alcorn State	68
																5	Grand Canyon	88
	5	Grand Canyon (Ariz.)	83
	-	Willamette (Ore.)	60
						5	Grand Canyon	66
						12	Illinois Wesleyan	63
	-	Montevallo (Ala.)	67
	12	Illinois Wesleyan	76
											13	Wisconsin–Parkside	54
	TOP TIER
											5	Grand Canyon	70
	13	Wisconsin–Parkside	57
	-	Morningside (Iowa)	54
						13	Wisconsin–Parkside	51
						4	Marymount	48
	-	Monmouth (N.J.)	72
	4	Marymount (Kan.)	86
																					5	Grand Canyon	65
																					7	Midwestern State	54
	3	St. Mary's (Tex.)	75
	-	Newberry (S.C.)	59
						3	St. Mary's	75
						-	Millersville	59
	-	Millersville State (Pa.)	82
	14	Ferris State (Mich.)	81
											3	St. Mary's	67
	BOTTOM TIER
											11	Winston-Salem State	59
	11	Winston-Salem State (N.C.)	82
	-	Eastern Montana	75
						11	Winston-Salem State	57
						6	Central Washington State	56
	-	East Central State (Okla.)	65
	6	Central Washington State	76
																7	Midwestern State	65
																3	St. Mary's	60
	7	Midwestern State (Tex.)	89
	-	United States International (Calif.)	62
						7	Midwestern State	90
						10	Norfolk State	87
	-	William Jewell (Mo.)	64
	10	Norfolk State (Va.)	83
											7	Midwestern State	85
	BOTTOM TIER
											2	Fairmont State	80
	15	Winona State (Minn.)	93
	-	Bryant (R.I.)	72
						15	Winona State	84
						2	Fairmont State	102
	-	Kearney State (Neb.)	86
	2	Fairmont State (W.Va.)	94

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. This particular Consolation Game between Alcorn State and St. Mary's was rematch of a 1974 Semifinal game (Alcorn State won both games).

	NAIA third-place game
	8	Alcorn State	76
	3	St. Mary's	74

See also

• 1975 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament
• 1975 NCAA Division II men's basketball tournament
• 1975 NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament

References

1. NAIA.org
2. NAIA Results