The 1965 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at
Municipal Auditorium in
Kansas City, Missouri
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. The 28th annual
NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This is the first tournament since
1947
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Events
January
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tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 4th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year
1937
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, and 1947). It was the longest gap up until it was eclipsed by the gap between
1969
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which featured 1 or more repeating semi-finalist each year. It was the second time the number one seed has won the tournament.
Awards and honors
*Leading scorer: ''Al Tucker'', Oklahoma Baptist; 5 games, 43 field goals, 39 free throws, 125 total points (25.0 average points per game)
*Leading rebounder: ''Ken Wilburn'', Central State (Ohio); 5 games, 90 total rebounds (18.0 average rebounds per game)
*Player of the Year: est. 1994
*All-time leading scorer; first appearance: ''Al Tucker 2nd'', Oklahoma Baptist (1965,66,67); 15 games, 177 field goals, 117 free throws, 471 total points (31.4 points per game).
NAIA Championship History
1965 NAIA bracket
* * 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.
See also
* 1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament
The 1965 NCAA University Division basketball tournament involved 23 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 8, 1965, and ended with the cham ...
* 1965 NCAA College Division basketball tournament
The 1965 NCAA College Division basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA College Division college basketball as a culmination of the 1964–65 ...
References
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NAIA men's basketball championship
Tournament
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# One or more competitions held at a single venue and concen ...
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