1986 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1986 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 49th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

1986 (1986) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsDavid Lipscomb
(1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-UpArkansas Monticello
(1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
SemifinalistsSoutheastern Oklahoma
St. Thomas Aquinas
Chuck Taylor MVPJohn Kimbrell
(David Lipscomb)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Daren Reeves
(Arkansas Monticello)

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

1986 NAIA bracket
First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Cumberland (Ky.) 74
- Southern Colorado 40
1 Cumberland (Ky.) 46
16 Charleston (S.C.) 59
16 College of Charleston (S.C.) 57
- Taylor (Ind.) 47
16 Charleston (S.C.) 60
TOP TIER
- Arkansas-Monticello 63
9 Wayland Baptist (Tex.) 72
- College of Idaho 66
9 Wayland Baptist 51
- Arkansas-Monticello 56
- Arkansas-Monticello 90**
8 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 86
- Arkansas-Monticello 67
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 61
- Southwestern (Tex.) 80
5 Webber (Florida) 79
- Southwestern (Tex.) 53
12 Wisconsin Eau Claire 47
12 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 63
- Cabrini (Pa.) 45
- Southwestern (Tex.) 55
TOP TIER
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 58
13 Huron (S.D.) 90
- Quincy (Ill.) 77
13 Huron 66
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 79
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 79'
- Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 62
- Arkansas-Monticello 54
11 David Lipscomb 67
3 Birmingham Southern (Ala.) 76
- Kearney State (Neb.) 64
3 Birmingham Southern 56
14 Central Washington 59
14 Central Washington 86
- Findlay (Ohio) 82
11 David Lipscomb 80
BOTTOM TIER
14 Central Washington 64
11 David Lipscomb (Tenn.) 62
- Minnesota-Duluth 56
11 David Lipscomb 79
7 Emporia State 76
7 Emporia State (Kan.) 80
- Brigham Young-Hawaii 72
11 David Lipscomb 102
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 91
7 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 51
- Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) 49
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 77
- Atlantic Christian 71
- Atlantic Christian (N.C.) 92
10 Waynesburg (Pa.) 89
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 78
BOTTOM TIER
2 Charleston (W.Virginia) 77
15 Drury (Mo.) 53
- Westmont (California) 52
15 Drury 51
2 Charleston (W.Virginia) 55
2 University of Charleston (W.Virginia) 78
- William Carey (Miss.) 73
  •  * 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
   
4 Southeastern Oklahoma 75
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 74

References
  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite
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