1986 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1986 (1986) NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Kemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions David Lipscomb
(1 title, 1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Runner-Up Arkansas Monticello
(1 title game,
1 Final Four)
Semifinalists Southeastern Oklahoma
(5 Final Four)
St. Thomas Aquinas
(1 Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP John Kimbrell
(David Lipscomb)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
 Daren Reeves
(Arkansas Monticello)
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1985 1987 →

The 1986 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 49th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

Awards and honors

1986 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
1 Cumberland (Ky.) 74
- Southern Colorado 40
1 Cumberland (Ky.) 46
16 Charleston (S.C.) 59
16 College of Charleston (S.C.) 57
- Taylor (Ind.) 47
16 Charleston (S.C.) 60
TOP TIER
- Arkansas-Monticello 63
9 Wayland Baptist (Tex.) 72
- College of Idaho 66
9 Wayland Baptist 51
- Arkansas-Monticello 56
- Arkansas-Monticello 90**
8 Briar Cliff (Iowa) 86
- Arkansas-Monticello 67
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 61
- Southwestern (Tex.) 80
5 Webber (Fla.) 79
- Southwestern (Tex.) 53
12 Wisconsin Eau Claire 47
12 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 63
- Cabrini (Pa.) 45
- Southwestern (Tex.) 55
TOP TIER
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 58
13 Huron (S.D.) 90
- Quincy (Ill.) 77
13 Huron 66
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 79
4 Southeastern Oklahoma State 79'
- Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 62
- Arkansas-Monticello 54
11 David Lipscomb 67
3 Birmingham Southern (Ala.) 76
- Kearney State (Neb.) 64
3 Birmingham Southern 56
14 Central Washington 59
14 Central Washington 86
- Findlay (Ohio) 82
11 David Lipscomb 80
BOTTOM TIER
14 Central Washington 64
11 David Lipscomb (Tenn.) 62
- Minnesota-Duluth 56
11 David Lipscomb 79
7 Emporia State 76
7 Emporia State (Kan.) 80
- Brigham Young-Hawaii 72
11 David Lipscomb 102
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 91
7 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 51
- Saginaw Valley State (Mich.) 49
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 77
- Atlantic Christian 71
- Atlantic Christian (N.C.) 92
10 Waynesburg (Pa.) 89
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 78
BOTTOM TIER
2 Charleston (W.Va.) 77
15 Drury (Mo.) 53
- Westmont (Calif.) 52
15 Drury 51
2 Charleston (W.Va.) 55
2 University of Charleston (W.Va.) 78
- William Carey (Miss.) 73

3rd 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.

NAIA Third Place Game
   
4 Southeastern Oklahoma 75
7 St. Thomas Aquinas 74

References

  1. ↑ NAIA.org
  2. ↑ NAIA Championship History

See also

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