1979 NAIA basketball tournament

1979 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season	1978–79
Teams	32
Finals site	Kemper Arena; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Drury (1 title, 1 title game,; 1 Final Four)
Runner-up	Henderson State (2 title game,; 3 Final Four)
Semifinalists	Southwest Texas State (4 Final Four); Midwestern State (2 Final Four);
Charles Stevenson; Hustle Award	Mike Carter (Drury)
MVP	Lawrence Washington (Drury)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1978	1980»

The 1979 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 42nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

Awards and honors

Leading scorer:
Leading rebounder:
Player of the Year: est. 1994^[2]

1979 NAIA bracket

First round			Second round			Elite Eight			NAIA national semifinals			NAIA national championship

1	Cameron (Okla.)	76

-	Central State (Ohio)	69
			1	Cameron	74*

			16	Tri-State	73
-	Southern Maine	61

16	Tri-State (Ind.)	84
						1	Cameron	73
TOP TIER
						8	Southwest Texas State	77*
9	St. John's (Minn.)	83*

-	West Virginia Wesleyan	81
			9	St. John's	75

			8	Southwest Texas State	79
-	Kentucky State	74

8	Southwest Texas State	78
									8	Southwest Texas State	57

									5	Henderson State	58
5	Henderson State (Ark.)	70

-	Point Park (Pa.)	69
			5	Henderson State	84*

			12	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	78
-	Central Wesleyan (S.C.)	48

12	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	84
						5	Henderson State	70
TOP TIER
						-	Quincy	69
13	Southern Tech (Ga)	75

-	California State-Dominguez Hills	66
			13	Southern Tech	57

			-	Quincy	61
-	Quincy (Ill.)	77

4	Birmingham–Southern (Ala.)	75
												5	Henderson State	54

												3	Drury	60
3	Drury (Mo.)	69

-	Hanover (Ind.)	60
			3	Drury	72

			14	Kearney State	69
-	LeMoyne-Owen (Tenn.)	79

14	Kearney State (Neb.)	98
						3	Drury	89
BOTTOM TIER
						6	Briar Cliff	84
11	High Point (N.C.)	91

-	Oregon Tech	62
			11	High Point	65

			6	Briar Cliff	76
-	Louisiana College	69

6	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	83
									3	Drury	77

									-	Midwestern State	59
7	Central Washington	83

-	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	62
			7	Central Washington	66

			-	Midwestern State	73
-	Midwestern State (Tex.)	64

10	Grand Valley State (Mich.)	63
						-	Midwestern State	77*
BOTTOM TIER
						-	Marymount	76
15	Norfolk State (Virginia)	64

-	St. John Fisher(N.Y.)	57
			15	Norfolk State	77

			-	Marymount	87
-	Marymount (Kan.)	79

2	Grand Canyon (Ariz.)	74

* denotes overtime.

Third-place game

The third-place game featured the losing national semifinalist teams to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA third-place game

8	Southwest Texas State	101

-	Midwestern State	88

References

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

[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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1979 NAIA basketball tournament

Awards and honors

1979 NAIA bracket

Third-place game

See also

References