1993 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

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1993 (1993) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Hawaii Pacific (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-up Oklahoma Baptist (3 title game,
3 Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Marcello Gomes (Oklahoma Baptist)
Chuck Taylor MVP Lemar Young (Hawaii Pacific)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
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The 1993 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 56th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1] 1993 marked the last time NAIA Division 1 Tournament was conducted at Kemper Arena. The NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa, Oklahoma in 1994. The tournament had been played in Kemper Arena since 1975.

Contents

Awards and honors

1993 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Oklahoma Baptist 79
Tri-State 71
1 Oklahoma Baptist84
16 Salem Teikyo 74
16 Salem Teikyo 64
Taylor 62*
1 Oklahoma Baptist83
TOP TIER
Urbana 76
Ozarks (AR) 87
9 Pfeiffer 81
Urbana126
Ozarks (AR) 104
Urbana 95
8 Incarnate Word 75
1 Oklahoma Baptist83
Georgetown (KY) 69
5 Birmingham–Southern 76
Drury 70
Georgetown (KY)77
5 Birmingham Southern 72
Georgetown (KY) 92
12 Presbyterian 79
Georgetown (KY)101
TOP TIER
4 Lipscomb 91
13 Life 97
Benedict 62
13 Life 89
4 Lipscomb94
4 Lipscomb 87'
McKendree 72
1 Oklahoma Baptist 83
3 Hawaii Pacific88
3 Hawaii Pacific 92
Kennesaw State 71
3 Hawaii Pacific83
14 Briar Cliff 79
14 Briar Cliff 74
Cumberlands 70
Lenoir Rhyne 76
BOTTOM TIER
3 Hawaii Pacific79
Lenoir–Rhyne 77
11 Wisconsin–Stevens Point 74
6 Oklahoma City 67
Lenoir Rhyne85
6 Oklahoma City 84
Spring Hill 79
3 Hawaii Pacific84
Midwestern State 83
Midwestern State 73
7 Geneva 68
Midwestern State78
10 Central Washington 74
10 Central Washington 78
Central Arkansas 66
Midwestern State88
BOTTOM TIER
Minnesota Morris 76
Belmont 87
15 Findlay 73
Belmont 59
Minnesota Morris66
Minnesota–Morris 83
2 Azusa Pacific 68

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References

  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 18, 2020.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine