1968 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

1968 NAIA men's basketball tournamentSeason| 1967-68

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Teams| 32
Finals site| Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions| Central State (Ohio) (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up| Fairmont State (W.Va.) (1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists|

* Wisconsin-Oshkosh (1st Final Four)
* Westminster (Pa.) (4th Final Four)

Coach of the year| Jack Dobbins (Northeastern State (Okla.))

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

| Mike Malone (Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
MVP| John Jamerson (Fairmont State (W.Va.))
Top scorer| Ron Hayek (Wisconsin-Oshkosh)
(116 points)
| NAIA men's basketball tournament

«1967 | 1969»

The 1968 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 31st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

## Awards and honors

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* Leading scorer: Ron Hayek, Wisconsin-Oshkosh; 5 games, 47 field goals, 22 free throws, 116 total points (23.2 average points per game)
* Leading rebounder: Wayne Denham, Fairmont State (W.Va.); 5 games, 68 total rebounds (13.6 average rebounds per game)
* Player of the Year: est. 1994[2]

## 1968 NAIA bracket

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

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| 1 | Guilford (NC) | 78 | | | | |
| \- | Oshkosh State (Wis.) | 80 |
| | \- | Oshkosh State | 82 |
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| | | \- | Eastern Montana | 75 |
| \- | Eastern Montana | 83 |

| 16 | Wayne State (Neb.) | 70 |
| | \- | Oshkosh State | 57 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | \- | Drury | 55 |
| 9 | Union (Ky.) | 69 | |

| \- | Drury (Mo.) | 75 |
| | \- | Drury | 85 |
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| | | 8 | Northeastern State | 69 |
| \- | Athens (Al.) | 72 |

| 8 | Northeastern State (Okla.) | 89 |
| | \- | Oshkosh State | 74 |
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| | | \- | Fairmont State | 76 |
| 5 | St. Cloud State (Minn.) | 88 | | |

| \- | Millersville State (Pa.) | 77 |
| | 5 | St. Cloud State | 68 |
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| | | \- | Dickinson State | 70 |
| \- | Dickinson State (N.D.) | 76 |

| 12 | Washburn (Kan.) | 71 |
| | \- | Dickinson State | 81 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | \- | Fairmont State | 86 |
| 13 | Albany State (Ga.) | 68 | |

| \- | New Haven (Conn.) | 69 |
| | \- | New Haven | 72 |
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| | | \- | Fairmont State | 97 |
| \- | Fairmont State (W.Va.) | 78 |

| 4 | Oklahoma Christian | 75 |
| | \- | Fairmont State | 48 |
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| | | 3 | Central State (Ohio) | 51 |
| 3 | Central State (Ohio) | 81 | | | |

| \- | Millikin (Ill.) | 64 |
| | 3 | Central State (Ohio) | 60 |
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| | | 14 | Valdosta State | 53 |
| \- | Westmar (Iowa) | 57 |

| 14 | Valdosta State (Ga.) | 62 |
| | 3 | Central State (Ohio) | 66 |
| BOTTOM TIER  |
| | | 10 | Central Washington State | 47 |
| 10 | Central Washington State | 95 | |

| \- | Albuquerque (N.Mex.) | 72 |
| | 10 | Central Washington State | 85 |
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| | | 7 | Alcorn A&M | 70 |
| \- | Henderson State (Ark.) | 70 |

| 7 | Alcorn A&M (Miss.) | 79 |
| | 3 | Central State (Ohio) | 72 |
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| | | 6 | Westminster (Pa.) | 51 |
| 6 | Westminster (Pa.) | 69 | | |

| \- | Pasadena (Calif.) | 67 |
| | 6 | Westminster (Pa.) | 70 |
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| | | 11 | Monmouth | 69 |
| \- | Bishop (Tex.) | 91 |

| 11 | Monmouth (N.J.) | 102 |
| | 6 | Westminster (Pa.) | 92 |
| BOTTOM TIER  |
| | | \- | Eastern Michigan | 84 |
| 15 | Hanover (Ind) | 107 | |

| \- | Southern Oregon State | 59 |
| | 15 | Hanover | 81 |
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| | | \- | Eastern Michigan | 94 |
| \- | Eastern Michigan | 82 |

| 2 | Stephen F. Austin (Tex.) | 80 |

### 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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| \- | Oshkosh State | 102 |
| 6 | Westminster (Pa.) | 68 |

## See also

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* 1968 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
* 1968 NCAA College Division basketball tournament

## References

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1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved March 26, 2009.
2. ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved March 26, 2009.

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