1997 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

1997 (1997) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Mabee Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Champions Life
(1 title, 2 title game,
2 Final Four)
Runner-Up Oklahoma Baptist
(5 title game,
6 Final Four)
Semifinalists Point Park
(1 Final Four)
Cumberland
(1 Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP James Harris
(Life)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 Kevin Morrissey
(Oklahoma Baptist)

The 1997 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Mabee Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 60th 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: Juergen Malbeck (Hawaii Pacific).[2]

1997 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Life (GA) 107
- Huston Tillotson (TX) 68
1 Life 81
- Brigham Young-Hawaii 65
- Brigham Young Hawaii 82
16 Transylvania (KY) 67
1 Life 66
TOP TIER
8 Birmingham Southern 64
9 Southeastern Oklahoma 90
- Carroll (MT) 53
9 Southeastern Oklahoma 67
8 Birmingham Southern 73
8 Birmingham Southern (AL) 73
- The Master’s (CA) 70
1 Life 69
13 Cumberland 52
- Central Washington 61
5 Incarnate Word (TX) 58
- Central Washington 87
12 Azusa Pacific 76
12 Azusa Pacific (CA) 61
- Columbia (MO) 55*
- Central Washington 68
TOP TIER
13 Cumberland 89
13 Cumberland (KY) 71
- Southern Nazarene (OK) 50
13 Cumberland 53
- Dillard 50
- Dillard (LA) '83
4 Benedict (SC) 74
1 Life 73
3 Oklahoma Baptist 64
3 Oklahoma Baptist 74
- Lindsay Wilson (KY) 68
3 Oklahoma Baptist 39
14 Biola 36
14 Biola (CA) 97
- Georgia Southwestern 74
3 Oklahoma Baptist 82
BOTTOM TIER
- McKendree 73
- McKendree (IL) 67
11 St. Mary’s (TX) 57
- McKendree 76
6 Findlay 70
6 Findlay (OH) 72
- Olvet Nazarene (IL) 61
3 Oklahoma Baptist 93
- Point Park 75
- Point Park (PA) 111
7 Lipscomb (TN) 100
- Point Park 71
- Claflin 70
- Chafin (SC) 57
10 East Central (OK) 50
- Point Park 88
BOTTOM TIER
2 Hawaii Pacific 84*
15 Georgetown (KY) 66
- Phillips (OK) 64
15 Georgetown 70
2 Hawaii Pacific 88
2 Hawaii Pacific 82
- William Carey (MS) 79
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

References

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