1974 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1974 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 37th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] It would be the last tournament to be played in Municipal until 2002. In 1975 would be held in the new Kemper Arena. Kemper would host the NAIA Tournament until 1993, when the NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa.

1974 (1974) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsWest Georgia
(1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-UpAlcorn State
(1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
SemifinalistsSt. Mary's (TX)
Kentucky State
Coach of the YearRoger Kaiser
(West Georgia)
Chuck Taylor MVPFoots Walker
(West Georgia)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
George Harris
(St. Mary's (TX))

Awards and honors
  • Leading scorer:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994[2]

1974 NAIA bracket
First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Fairmont State (W.V.) 92
- Cameron (Okla.) 88
1 Fairmont State 55
16 St. Mary's 71
- Keene State (N.H.) 66
16 St. Mary's (Tex.) 95
16 St. Mary's 74
TOP TIER
8 Augustana 65
9 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 50
- Washburn (Kan.) 67
- Washburn 55
8 Augustana 57
- Wartburg (Iowa) 64
8 Augustana (Ill.) 85
16 St. Mary's 71
4 Alcorn State 76
5 Hanover (Ind.) 87
- State College of Arkansas 83
5 Hanover 85
12 Northwestern State 76
- Millersville State (Pa.) 76
12 Northwestern State (La.) 95
5 Hanover 102
TOP TIER
4 Alcorn State 107*
13 Missouri Western State 96
- Monmouth (N.J.) 84
13 Missouri Western State 72
4 Alcorn State 80
- Central Washington State 55
4 Alcorn State (Miss.) 93
4 Alcorn State 79
14 West Georgia 97
3 Gardner–Webb (N.C.) 91
- Oregon Tech 56
3 Gardner–Webb 101
14 West Georgia 116
- Huron (S.D.) 71
14 West Georgia 102
14 West Georgia 102
BOTTOM TIER
- Indiana 69
11 Azusa Pacific (California) 74
- Indiana (Pa.) 79
- Indiana 66
6 Grand Canyon 65
- Virginia State 65
6 Grand Canyon (Ariz.) 69
14 West Georgia 79
2 Kentucky State 75
7 Midwestern (Tex.) 77
- Defiance (Ohio) 63
7 Midwestern 92
10 St. Thomas 78
- Grand Valley State (Mich.) 71
10 St. Thomas (Minn.) 95
7 Midwestern 74
BOTTOM TIER
2 Kentucky State 80
15 Hastings (Neb.) 96
- Roger Williams (R.I.) 61
15 Hastings 57
2 Kentucky State 75
- Erskine (S.C.) 69
2 Kentucky State 82
  •  * denotes double 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
   
16 St. Mary's (TX) 79
2 Kentucky State 95

References
  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
  2. NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
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