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The 1965 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 28th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This is the first tournament since 1947 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 4th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, and 1947). It was the longest gap up until it was eclipsed by the gap between 1969-2001 which featured 1 or more repeating semi-finalist each year. It was the second time the number one seed has won the tournament.

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorer: Al Tucker, Oklahoma Baptist; 5 games, 43 field goals, 39 free throws, 125 total points (25.0 average points per game)
  • Leading rebounder: Ken Wilburn, Central State (Ohio); 5 games, 90 total rebounds (18.0 average rebounds per game)
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994
  • All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Al Tucker 2nd, Oklahoma Baptist (1965,66,67); 15 games, 177 field goals, 117 free throws, 471 total points (31.4 points per game).[2]

1965 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Central State (Ohio) 78
- Jacksonville (Fla.) 57
1 Central State (Ohio) 75
16 Midwestern 61
- Valley City State (N.D.) 57
16 Midwestern (Texas) 102
1 Central State (Ohio) 66
TOP TIER
9 Augsburg 57
9 Augsburg College (Minn.) 107
- Central Connecticut State 87
9 Augsburg 66
8 Hastings 65
- Northern Michigan 89*
8 Hastings College (Neb.) 95
1 Central State (Ohio) 91
- Fairmont State 75
5 St. Benedict's (Kan.) 75
- Maryland State 73
5 St. Benedict's 101
- Albany State 74
- Albany State (Ga.) 74
12 Transylvania (Ky.) 57
5 St. Benedict's 87
TOP TIER
- Fairmont State 103
13 Alliance College (Pa.) 86
- Stephen F. Austin (Texas) 61
13 Alliance 69
- Fairmont State 83
- Fairmont State (W. Va.) 94
4 Upper Iowa 90
1 Central State (Ohio) 85
15 Oklahoma Baptist 51
3 Southern-Baton Rouge (La.) 94
- Indiana Tech 77
3 Southern 97
- Eastern Montana 86
- Eastern Montana 63
14 Central Washington State 61
3 Southern 64
BOTTOM TIER
- Ouachita Baptist 65
- Ouachita Baptist (Ark.) 83
10 Lincoln (Mo.) 76
- Ouachita Baptist 77
- Lewis 61
7 Mansfield State (Pa.) 74
- Lewis (Ill.) 90
- Ouachita Baptist 53
15 Oklahoma Baptist 66
- California Western 57
6 High Point (N.C.) 79
6 High Point 62
11 Winston-Salem State 78
11 Winston-Salem State (N.C.) 87
- St. Norbert (Wis.) 69
11 Winston-Salem State 62
BOTTOM TIER
15 Oklahoma Baptist 71
15 Oklahoma Baptist 87
- Linfield (Ore.) 84
15 Oklahoma Baptist 95
2 Southwestern Louisiana 82
- Southern Colorado State 59
2 Southwestern Louisiana 66
  •  * denotes overtime.

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.

NAIA third-place game
   
- Fairmont State 71
- Ouachita Baptist 78

See also

References

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
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