1997 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Teams

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)

NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1996	1998 →

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.

References

NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championships

NAIA Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Players

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The 1944 NAIA Tournament was not held due to World War II.

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1997 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Awards and honors

1997 NAIA bracket

References

See also