1996 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament

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]

1996 (1996) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams32
ChampionsOklahoma City
(4 title, 4 title game,
4 Fab Four)
Runner-UpGeorgetown
(2 title game,
6 Fab Four)
SemifinalistsLipscomb
Belmont
Chuck Taylor MVPReggie Garrett
(Oklahoma City)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Shannon Hoskins
(Georgetown (KY))

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 80
14 Oklahoma City 86
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.

References

  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on 2009-05-05. Retrieved 2020-05-18.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2009-05-05 at WebCite
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