1977 NAIA basketball tournament

1977 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season1976–77
Teams32
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTexas Southern (2 title, 1 title game,
3 Final Four)
Runner-upCampbell (1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Semifinalists
  • Grand Valley State (1 Final Four)
  • Henderson State (1 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Don Laird (Campbell)
MVPAlonzo Bradley (Texas Southern)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1976 1978»

The 1977 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 40th 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]

1977 NAIA bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Newberry (S.C.) 84
- Hastings (Neb.) 81
1 Newberry 57
16 Central Washington State 58
- Keene State (N.H.) 56
16 Central Washington State 72
16 Central Washington State 71
TOP TIER
8 Grand Valley State 75
9 Clarion State (Pa.) 88
- Augsburg (Minn.) 84
9 Clarion State 65
8 Grand Valley State 79
- Missouri-Kansas City 88
8 Grand Valley State (Mich.) 94
8 Grand Valley State 62
5 Texas Southern 69
5 Texas Southern 89
- Central State (Ohio) 65
5 Texas Southern 82
12 Wisconsin-Parkside 80
- Paine (Ga.) 65
12 Wisconsin-Parkside 112
13 East Texas State 68
TOP TIER
5 Texas Southern 87
13 East Texas State 70
- Briar Cliff (Iowa) 59
13 East Texas State 92
- Emporia State 89
- Emporia State (Kan.) 76
4 Fairmont State (W.Va.) 71
5 Texas Southern 71
- Campbell 44
3 Kentucky State 63
- Alabama-Huntsville 72
- Alabama-Huntsville 75
14 Alcorn State 76
- Mount Marty (S.D.) 54
14 Alcorn State (Miss.) 90
- Campbell 77
BOTTOM TIER
14 Alcorn State 63
11 Southwestern Oklahoma State 99
- Southern Utah State 89
11 Southwestern Oklahoma State 56
- Campbell 71
- Campbell (N.C.) 76
6 Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.) 75
- Campbell 76
7 Henderson State 52
7 Henderson State (Ark.) 64
- Tri-State (Ind.) 54
7 Henderson State 63
- Dowling 59
- Dowling (N.Y.) 75
10 Whittier (Calif.) 66
7 Henderson State 87
BOTTOM TIER
2 Illinois Wesleyan 73
15 Hawaii-Hilo 81
- Spring Garden (Pa.) 66
15 Hawaii-Hilo 74*
2 Illinois Wesleyan 85
- St. Augustine's (N.C.) 67
2 Illinois Wesleyan 87
  •  * 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 Grand Valley State 73
7 Henderson State 96

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