1982 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1982 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	South Carolina-Spartanburg ; (1 title, 1 title game,; 1 Fab Four)
Runner-Up	Biola ; (1 title game,; 1 Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Hampton; Kearney State
Chuck Taylor MVP	Mike Gibson ; (South Carolina-Spartanburg)
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Warren Ellis ; (Biola)

Last updated April 18, 2019

The 1982 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 45th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

Kansas City is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city had an estimated population of 488,943 in 2017, making it the 37th most-populous city in the United States. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, which straddles the Kansas–Missouri state line. Kansas City was founded in the 1830s as a Missouri River port at its confluence with the Kansas River coming in from the west. On June 1, 1850 the town of Kansas was incorporated; shortly after came the establishment of the Kansas Territory. Confusion between the two ensued and the name Kansas City was assigned to distinguish them soon after.

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) is a college athletics association for small colleges and universities in North America. For the 2018–2019 season, it has 251 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 26 national championships. The CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship.

Awards and honors

Leading scorers:
Leading rebounder:
Player of the Year: est. 1994.^[2]

1982 NAIA bracket

First Round			Second Round			Elite Eight			NAIA National Semifinals			NAIA National Championship


1	Biola (Calif.)	69

-	West Virginia Tech	66
			1	Biola	62

			16	Quincy	56
16	Quincy (Ill.)	95

-	Cedarville (Ohio)	65
						1	Biola	42
TOP TIER
						-	Saginaw Valley	40
9	Southern Tech (Ga.)	84

-	Paul Quinn (Tex.)	79
			-	Saginaw Valley	67

			9	Southern Tech	61
-	Saginaw Valley (Mich.)	60

8	Stephen F. Austin State (Tex.)	48
									1	Biola	84

									-	Kearney State	75
5	David Lipscomb (Tenn.)	87

-	Kearney State (Neb.)	92
			-	Kearney State	77

			12	Hanover	76
-	Westminster (Pa.)	39

12	Hanover (Ind.)	49
						-	Kearney State	97
TOP TIER
						4	Western Oregon	95
13	Western New Mexico	58

-	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	59*
			4	Western Oregon	63

			-	Briar Cliff	55
-	Missouri Western State	66

4	Western Oregon	76
												1	Biola	38

												14	South Carolina Spartanburg	51
3	Xavier (La.)	57

-	St. Mary’s (Tex.)	73
			-	St. Mary’s (TX)	53

			14	South Carolina Spartanburg	63
-	Franklin Pierce (N.H.)	62

14	South Carolina Spartanburg	75
						14	South Carolina Spartanburg	76
BOTTOM TIER
						6	Wisconsin Eau Claire	64
11	St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.)	72

-	Washburn (Kan.)	68
			11	St. Thomas Aquinas	77

			6	Wisconsin Eau Claire	91
-	Mary (N.D.)	73

6	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	74
									14	South Carolina Spartanburg	68

									-	Hampton Institute	54
7	Catawba (N.C.)	75

-	Moorhead State (Minn.)	82
			-	Morehead State	61

			10	Henderson State	70
-	Birmingham-Southern (Ala.)	52

10	Henderson State (Ark.)	53
						10	Henderson State	66
BOTTOM TIER
						-	Hampton Institute	70
15	Central Washington	74

-	Cumberland (Ky.)	65
			15	Central Washington	49

			-	Hampton Institute	63
-	Hampton Institute (Va.)	65

2	Oklahoma Christian	64

* denotes 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


-	Hampton Institute	98

-	Kearney State	94

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References

↑ NAIA.org
↑ NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite

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[1] NAIA.org

[2] NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite

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