1973 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1973 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 36th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] Valdosta State ended (3) Kentucky State's run to get 4 championship in a row by upsetting (3) Kentucky State in the first round by 9.

1973 (1973) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Guilford (2 title, 1 title game)
Runner-Up	Maryland Eastern Shore (2 title game)
Semifinalists	Augustana Slippery Rock
Chuck Taylor MVP	Lloyd Free (Guilford (NC))
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	David Hudson (Slippery Rock (PA))

Awards and honors

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

1973 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Elite Eight					NAIA National Semifinals					NAIA National Championship
	1	Sam Houston State (Tex.)	88
	-	Wartburg (Iowa)	62
						1	Sam Houston State	60
						-	Xavier	67
	-	Xavier (La.)	81
	-	Marist (N.Y.)	65
											-	Xavier	80
	TOP TIER
											8	Maryland-Eastern Shore	87
	-	Ferris State (Mich.)	78
	-	Pembroke State (N.C.)	56
						-	Ferris State	90
						8	Maryland-Eastern Shore	95
	-	Eastern Montana	107
	8	Maryland-Eastern Shore	114
																8	Maryland-Eastern Shore	113
																-	Slippery Rock State	82
	5	Marymount (Kan.)	73
	-	Slippery Rock State (Pa.)	74
						-	Slippery Rock State	104
						-	Quinnipiac	75
	-	Quinnipiac (Conn.)	79
	-	Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)	66
											-	Slippery Rock State	60
	TOP TIER
											4	Wisconsin-Green Bay	58
	-	South Carolina State	82
	-	Hastings (Neb.)	71
						-	South Carolina State	55
						4	Wisconsin-Green Bay	72
	-	Dallas Baptist (Tex.)	66
	4	Wisconsin-Green Bay	77
																					8	Maryland-Eastern Shore	96
																					-	Guilford	99
	3	Kentucky State	81
	-	Valdosta State (Ga.)	90
						-	Valdosta State	81
						-	Guilford	98
	-	Guilford (N.C.)	92
	-	Keene State (N.H.)	82
											-	Guilford	70
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	Westmont	67
	-	Westmont (Calif.)	85
	-	South Dakota Tech	66
						-	Westmont	86
						-	Missouri Southern State	70
	-	Missouri Southern State	70
	6	Fairmont State (W.Va.)	63
																-	Guilford	77
																2	Augustana	69
	7	Alcorn A&M (Miss.)	76
	-	Oklahoma Baptist	79
						-	Oklahoma Baptist	82
						-	Winona State	72
	-	Winona State (Minn.)	70
	-	Grand Canyon (Ariz.)	64
											-	Oklahoma Baptist	46
	BOTTOM TIER
											2	Augustana	63
	-	Defiance (Ohio)	82
	-	George Fox (Ore.)	62
						-	Defiance	61
						2	Augustana	64
	-	Hanover (Ind.)	65
	2	Augustana (Ill.)	66

3rd 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
	-	Slippery Rock State	93
	2	Augustana	96

References

1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-19.
2. NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2009-04-19.