1996 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1996 (1996) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Mabee Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Oklahoma City
(4 title, 4 title game,
4 Final Four)
Runner-Up Georgetown
(2 title game,
6 Final Four)
Semifinalists Lipscomb
(3 Final Four)
Belmont
(1 Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP Reggie Garrett
(Oklahoma City)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 Shannon Hoskins
(Georgetown (KY))

The 1996 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 59th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

Awards and honors

  • Leading scorers:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: Jason Cason (Birmingham Southern).[2]

1996 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Georgetown (KY) 116
- North Georgia 68
1 Georgetown 78
- Arkansas Tech 49
- Arkansas Tech 68
- Lewis Clark State (ID) 60
1 Georgetown 93
TOP TIER
- Geneva 77
- Geneva (PA) 74
9 Montana State-Northern 69
- Geneva 81
8 Oklahoma Baptist 79
8 Oklahoma Baptist 75
- St. Mary’s (TX) 69
1 Georgetown 97
4 Lipscomb 84
5 Brigham Young-Hawaii 83
- St. Francis (IL) 68
5 Brigham Young-Hawaii 60
- East Central 66
- East Central (OK) 62
12 Azusa Pacific (CA) 60
- East Central 75
TOP TIER
4 Lipscomb 93
4 Lipscomb (TN) 91
- Talladega (AL) 78
4 Lipscomb 95
- McKendree 87
- McKendree (IL) 73
13 East Texas Baptist 69
1 Georgetown 86
14 Oklahoma City 80
3 The Master’s (CA) 72
- Clafin (SC) 64
3 The Master’s 85
14 Oklahoma City 108
14 Oklahoma City 94
- St. Xavier (IL) 58
14 Oklahoma City 82
BOTTOM TIER
6 Birmingham Southern 66
- Findlay (OH) 68
11 Harding (AR) 65
- Findlay 69
6 Birmingham Southern 72
6 Birmingham Southern (AL) 88
- Westmont (CA) 75
14 Oklahoma City 97
- Belmont 77
7 Hawaii-Pacific 74
- Southeastern Oklahoma 72*
7 Hawaii Pacific 64
10 Cumberland 89
10 Cumberland (KY) 65
- Columbia (MO) 58
10 Cumberland 65
BOTTOM TIER
- Belmont 66
- Belmont (TN) 57
15 Westminster (PA) 54
- Belmont 74
2 Life (GA) 73
2 Life (GA) 79
- Xavier (LA) 72
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

References

  1. ↑ NAIA.org
  2. ↑ NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite
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