The 1977 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at
Kemper Arena
The Hy-Vee Arena, previously known as Kemper Arena, is an indoor arena located in Kansas City, Missouri. Prior to conversion to a youth sports and community gymnasium facility, Kemper Arena was previously a 19,500-seat professional sports aren ...
in
Kansas City, Missouri. The 40th annual
NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Awards and honors
*Leading scorer:
*Leading rebounder:
*Player of the Year: est. 1994
NAIA Championship History
1977 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
* 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
*1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
The 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1976–77 NCAA Divi ...
*1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament
The 1977 NCAA Division III Men's Basketball Championship, NCAA Division III men's basketball tournament was the third annual single-elimination tournament to determine the men's college basketball, collegiate basketball national champion of Nati ...
References
{{NAIA men's basketball tournament
NAIA Men's Basketball Championship
Tournament
NAIA men's basketball tournament
NAIA men's basketball tournament
College basketball tournaments in Missouri
Basketball competitions in Kansas City, Missouri