1963 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

1963 NAIA men's basketball tournamentSeason| 1962-63

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Teams| 32
Finals site| Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions| Pan American (Texas) (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-up| Western Carolina (N.C.) (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists|

* Grambling (La.) (2nd Final Four)
* Fort Hays State (Kan.) (2nd Final Four)

Coach of the year| Fred Hodby (Grambling (La.))

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

| Gil Luttrell (Carson–Newman (Tenn.))
MVP| Lucious Jackson (Pan American (Texas))
Top scorers| Mel Gibson (Western Carolina)
Willis Reed (Grambling (La.))
(137 points)
| NAIA men's basketball tournament

«1962 | 1964»

The 1963 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held March 11–16 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In the inaugural year of the Leading Scorer award, there was a tie. This would not happen again until 1981.

## Awards and honors

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* Leading scorers; tie: Mel Gibson, Western Carolina (N.C.) 5 games, 60 field goals 17 free throws 137 total points (27.4 average points per game) and Willis Reed, Grambling (La.) 5 games, 58 field goals, 21 free throws, 137 total points (27.4 average points per game)
* Leading rebounder: Lucious Jackson, Pan American (Texas), 5 games, 93 rebounds (18.6 rebounds per game)
* Player of the Year: est. 1994
* Most rebounds; career continues: 180, Lucious Jackson, Pan American (Texas), (1962,63,64)
* All-time leading scorer; second appearance: Lucious Jackson, 7th Pan American (Texas) (1962,63,64), 12 games, 117 field goals, 67 free throws, 301 total points, 25.0 average per game; Willis Reed, 16th Grambling (La.) (1961,63,64), 12 games 108 field goals 39 free throws 265 total points, 22.8 average per
* All-time leading scorer; final appearance: Hershell West, 15th Grambling (La.) (1960,61,63), 13 games, 116 field goals, 37 free throws, 269 total points, 20.7 average per game.[2]

## 1963 NAIA bracket

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

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| 1 | Grambling State (La.) | 76 | | | | |
| \- | Arkansas Tech | 59 |
| | 1 | Grambling State | 56 |
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| | | \- | Athens | 45 |
| \- | Athens (Ala.) | 72 |

| 16 | Central Connecticut State | 71 |
| | 1 | Grambling State | 79 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | 9 | Carson-Newman | 70 |
| 9 | Carson-Newman (Tenn.) | 83 | |

| \- | Rider (N.J.) | 57 |
| | 9 | Carson-Newman | 70 |
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| | | 8 | Indiana State | 63 |
| \- | Parsons College (Iowa) | 77 |

| 8 | Indiana State | 78 |
| | 1 | Grambling State | 83 |
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| | | 12 | Pan American | 90 |
| 5 | Howard Payne (Tex.) | 66 | | |

| \- | Stetson (Fla.) | 68 |
| | \- | Stetson | 41 |
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| | | 12 | Pan American | 64 |
| \- | Peru State College (Neb.) | 48 |

| 12 | Pan American (Tex.) | 83 |
| | 12 | Pan American | 99 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | 13 | Northern Michigan | 73 |
| 13 | Northern Michigan | 72 | |

| \- | California Western | 52 |
| | 13 | Northern Michigan | 101 |
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| | | \- | Central State (Ohio) | 87 |
| \- | Central State (Ohio) | 71 |

| 4 | Oklahoma Baptist | 70 |
| | 12 | Pan American | 73 |
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| | | 10 | Western Carolina | 62 |
| 3 | Winston-Salem State (N.C.) | 60 | | | |

| \- | Transylvania (Ky.) | 64 |
| | \- | Transylvania | 80 |
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| | | 14 | Lewis & Clark | 88 |
| \- | Oshkosh State (Wis.) | 74 |

| 14 | Lewis & Clark (Ore.) | 75 |
| | 14 | Lewis & Clark | 57 |
| BOTTOM TIER  |
| | | 10 | Western Carolina | 77 |
| 7 | Western Illinois | 81 | |

| \- | Miles College (Ala.) | 84 |
| | \- | Miles | 86 |
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| | | 10 | Western Carolina | 107 |
| \- | Eastern Montana | 61 |

| 10 | Western Carolina (N.C.) | 64 |
| | 10 | Western Carolina | 100 |
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| | | \- | Fort Hays State | 84 |
| 11 | Alliance College (Penn.) | 76 | | |

| \- | Yankton College (S.D.) | 68 |
| | 11 | Alliance | 53 |
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| | | 6 | Rockhurst | 64 |
| \- | Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) | 77 |

| 6 | Rockhurst (Mo.) | 83 |
| | 6 | Rockhurst | 76 |
| BOTTOM TIER  |
| | | 15 | Fort Hays State | 96 |
| 15 | Fort Hays State (Kan.) | 95 | |

| \- | Eastern New Mexico | 69 |
| | 15 | Fort Hays State | 82 |
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| | | 2 | Augsburg | 71 |
| \- | West Virginia State | 57 |

| 2 | Augsburg College (Minn.) | 67 |

### Third-place game

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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 |

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| 1 | Grambling State | 107 |
| 15 | Fort Hays State | 86 |

## See also

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* 1963 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
* 1963 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

## References

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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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