1979 NAIA basketball tournament

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]

1979 (1979) NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsDrury (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-upHenderson State (2 title game,
3 Fab Four)
Semifinalists
  • Southwest Texas State (4 Final Four)
  • Midwestern State (2 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Mike Carter (Drury)
Chuck Taylor MVPLawrence Washington (Drury)
NAIA men's tournaments
«1978 1980»

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 teams from the national semifinalist 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

See also

References
  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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