1997 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament

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1997 (1997) NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals site Mabee Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Life (1 title, 2 title game,
2 Fab Four)
Runner-up Oklahoma Baptist (5 title game,
6 Fab Four)
Semifinalists
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Kevin Morrissey (Oklahoma Baptist)
Chuck Taylor MVP James Harris (Life)
NAIA Division I
men's tournaments
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The 1997 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 60th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1]

Contents

Awards and honors

1997 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Life 107
- Huston–Tillotson 68
1 Life81
- BYU–Hawaii 65
- BYU–Hawaii 82
16 Transylvania 67
1 Life66
TOP TIER
8 Birmingham Southern 64
9 SE Oklahoma State 90
- Carroll (MT) 53
9 Southeastern Oklahoma 67
8 Birmingham Southern73
8 Birmingham–Southern 73
- The Master’s 70
1 Life69
13 Cumberlands 52
- Central Washington 61
5 Incarnate Word 58
- Central Washington87
12 Azusa Pacific 76
12 Azusa Pacific 61
- Columbia (MO) 55*
- Central Washington 68
TOP TIER
13 Cumberlands89
13 Cumberlands 71
- Southern Nazarene 50
13 Cumberlands53
- Dillard 50
- Dillard '83
4 Benedict 74
1 Life73
3 Oklahoma Baptist 64
3 Oklahoma Baptist 74
- Lindsey Wilson 68
3 Oklahoma Baptist39
14 Biola 36
14 Biola 97
- Georgia Southwestern State 74
3 Oklahoma Baptist82
BOTTOM TIER
- McKendree 73
- McKendree 67
11 St. Mary's (TX) 57
- McKendree76
6 Findlay 70
6 Findlay 72
- Olivet Nazarene 61
3 Oklahoma Baptist93
- Point Park 75
- Point Park 111
7 Lipscomb 100
- Point Park71
- Claflin 70
- Claflin 57
10 East Central (OK) 50
- Point Park88
BOTTOM TIER
2 Hawaii Pacific 84*
15 Georgetown (KY) 66
- Phillips 64
15 Georgetown (KY) 70
2 Hawaii Pacific88
2 Hawaii Pacific 82
- William Carey 79

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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
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