1997 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

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]

1997 (1997) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsLife
(1 title, 2 title game,
2 Fab Four)
Runner-UpOklahoma Baptist
(5 title game,
6 Fab Four)
SemifinalistsPoint Park
Cumberland
Chuck Taylor MVPJames Harris
(Life)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Kevin Morrissey
(Oklahoma Baptist)

Awards and honors
  • Leading scorers:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: Juergen Malbeck (Hawaii Pacific).[2]

1997 NAIA bracket
First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Life 107
- Huston–Tillotson 68
1 Life 81
- BYU–Hawaii 65
- BYU–Hawaii 82
16 Transylvania 67
1 Life 66
TOP TIER
8 Birmingham Southern 64
9 SE Oklahoma State 90
- Carroll (MT) 53
9 Southeastern Oklahoma 67
8 Birmingham Southern 73
8 Birmingham–Southern 73
- The Master’s 70
1 Life 69
13 Cumberland 52
- Central Washington 61
5 Incarnate Word 58
- Central Washington 87
12 Azusa Pacific 76
12 Azusa Pacific 61
- Columbia (MO) 55*
- Central Washington 68
TOP TIER
13 Cumberland 89
13 Cumberland 71
- Southern Nazarene 50
13 Cumberland 53
- Dillard 50
- Dillard '83
4 Benedict 74
1 Life 73
3 Oklahoma Baptist 64
3 Oklahoma Baptist 74
- Lindsey Wilson 68
3 Oklahoma Baptist 39
14 Biola 36
14 Biola 97
- Georgia Southwestern State 74
3 Oklahoma Baptist 82
BOTTOM TIER
- McKendree 73
- McKendree 67
11 St. Mary's (TX) 57
- McKendree 76
6 Findlay 70
6 Findlay 72
- Olivet Nazarene 61
3 Oklahoma Baptist 93
- Point Park 75
- Point Park 111
7 Lipscomb 100
- Point Park 71
- Claflin 70
- Claflin 57
10 East Central (OK) 50
- Point Park 88
BOTTOM TIER
2 Hawaii Pacific 84*
15 Georgetown (KY) 66
- Phillips 64
15 Georgetown (KY) 70
2 Hawaii Pacific 88
2 Hawaii Pacific 82
- William Carey 79
  •  * denotes overtime.

References
  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite
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