1979 NAIA Basketball Tournament

1979 (1979) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

Teams| 32
Champions| Drury
(1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-Up| Henderson State
(2 title game,
3 Fab Four)
Semifinalists| Southwest Texas State
Midwestern State
Chuck Taylor MVP| Lawrence Washington
(Drury)

Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award

| Mike Carter
(Drury)
| <- 1978 | NAIA Division I
Men's Tournaments | 1980 ->

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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]

## Contents

* 1 Awards and honors
* 2 1979 NAIA bracket
* 2.1 3rd place game
* 3 See also
* 4 References

## Awards and honors[edit]

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

## 1979 NAIA bracket[edit]

| First Round | | | Second Round | | | Elite Eight | | | NAIA National Semifinals | | | NAIA National Championship |

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| 1 | Cameron (Okla.) | 76 | | | | |
| \- | Central State (Ohio) | 69 |
| | 1 | Cameron | 74* |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | 8 | Southwest Texas State | 79 |
| \- | Kentucky State | 74 |

| 8 | Southwest Texas State | 78 |
| | 8 | Southwest Texas State | 57 |
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| | | 5 | Henderson State | 58 |
| 5 | Henderson State (Ark.) | 70 | | |

| \- | Point Park (Pa.) | 69 |
| | 5 | Henderson State | 84* |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | \- | Quincy | 61 |
| \- | Quincy (Ill.) | 77 |

| 4 | Birmingham–Southern (Ala.) | 75 |
| | 5 | Henderson State | 54 |
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| | | 3 | Drury | 60 |
| 3 | Drury (Mo.) | 69 | | | |

| \- | Hanover (Ind.) | 60 |
| | 3 | Drury | 72 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | 6 | Briar Cliff | 76 |
| \- | Louisiana College | 69 |

| 6 | Briar Cliff (Iowa) | 83 |
| | 3 | Drury | 77 |
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| | | \- | Midwestern State | 59 |
| 7 | Central Washington | 83 | | |

| \- | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 62 |
| | 7 | Central Washington | 66 |
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| | | \- | 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 |
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| | | \- | Marymount | 87 |
| \- | Marymount (Kan.) | 79 |

| 2 | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | 74 |

* * denotes overtime.

### 3rd place game[edit]

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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| 8 | Southwest Texas State | 101 |
| \- | Midwestern State | 88 |

## See also[edit]

* 1979 NCAA Division I Basketball Tournament
* 1979 NCAA Division II Basketball Tournament
* 1979 NCAA Division III Basketball Tournament

## References[edit]

1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-01. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
2. ^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine

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