The 1960 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 23rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The pivotal game in this year's tournament was in the semifinals round when #4 Westminster College knocked off the three time defending national champions #1

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. This ended the 18 tournament win streak. As of 2017, it is still the tournament's longest win streak. Tennessee State would then play in the 3rd-place game where they easily defeated

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100-65. (William Jewell's highest finish in the DI tournament, as of 2010). Westminster went to the championship game and was defeated by Southwest Texas State 44-66. The Bobcats finish with their first national championship, after being in the NAIA Final Four two previous times,

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, both finishing 3rd.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1960 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later: *Leading scorer: est. 1963 *Leading rebounder: est. 1963 *Player of the Year: est. 1994 *Most consecutive tournament victories; record ends: ''18 overall; 3 in 1960'', Tennessee State,

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- 58- 59-60 *Top single-game performances: ''Charles Sharp, 16th'', Southwest Texas State vs. Wisconsin-Oshkosh, In that game Sharp scored 15 field goals and 14 free throws, totaling 44 points. *All-time leading scorer; first appearance: ''Hershell West, 15th'' Grambling (La.) (1960,61,63), 13 games, 116 field goals, 37 free throws, 269 total points, 20.7 average per game. *All-time leading scorer; final appearance: ''Charles Sharp, 5th'' Southwest Texas State (1957,59,60) 12 games, 118 field goals, 69 free throws, 305 total points, 25.4 average per game.

1960 NAIA bracket

* * denotes each overtime.

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.

References

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Awards and honors

1960 NAIA bracket

3rd-place game

See also

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