The 1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

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. The 25th annual NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer: est. 1963
• Leading rebounder: est. 1963
• Player of the Year: est. 1994
• Most tournament appearances: Georgetown (Ky.), 6th of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament
• Most rebounds; tournament: 96, Zelmo Beaty, Prairie View A&M (Texas)
• Most rebounds; career start: 180, Lucious Jackson, Pan American (Texas), (1962,63,64)
• All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Lucious Jackson 7th, Pan American (Texas) (1962,63,64), 12 games, 117 field goals, 67 free throws, 301 total points, 25.0 average per game.

1962 NAIA bracket

•  * denotes overtime.

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.

See also

• 1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  1962 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  -Mideast region:-Midwest region:-West region:-Final Four:-External links:* on Shrp Sports * , source for much of the information on this page....
  
  
• 1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
  1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
  The 1962 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division II college basketball as a culmination of the 1961-2 NCAA Division II men's basketball season. It was won by Mount...
  
  
• 1962 National Invitation Tournament
  1962 National Invitation Tournament
  The 1962 National Invitation Tournament was the 1962 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.-Selected teams:Below is a list of the 12 teams selected for the tournament.-Brackets/Results:Below is the tournament bracket....