NAIA Basketball Tournament Most Valuable Player
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The Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award was created to honor the most outstanding player for the NAIA Men's Division I National Championship Tournament
. Established in 1939, it has been awarded every year with the exception of 1944.
NAIA national men's basketball championship
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Men's Basketball National Championship has been held annually since 1937 . The tournament was established by James Naismith to crown a national champion for smaller colleges and universities...
. Established in 1939, it has been awarded every year with the exception of 1944.
Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player
| Year | Most Valuable Player | Team | |
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| 1939 1939 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1939 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 3rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . This was also the year the NCAA Basketball tournament was started... |
Edgar Hinshaw | Southwestern (Kan.) | |
| 1940 1940 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1940 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 4th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
Mel Waits | Tarkio (Mo.) | |
| 1941 1941 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1941 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 5th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The third time was the charm for the Aztecs of San Diego State... |
Charles Thomas | Northwestern Louisiana | |
| 1942 1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 6th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Gus Doerner Gus Doerner Wilfred O. "Gus" Doerner was an American professional basketball player for the Fort Wayne Pistons and Indianapolis Kautskys of the National Basketball League ... |
Evansville (Ind.) | |
| 1943 1943 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1943 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 7th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Southeast Missouri State University defeating... |
Belus Smawley Belus Smawley Belus Van Smawley was an American basketball player.A 6'1" guard/forward from Rutherford County, North Carolina, Smawley was one of the first basketball players to regularly use the jump shot. Smawley developed his shot in an abandoned train depot near his home that was fashioned into a basketball... |
Appalachian State (N.C.) | |
| 1944 1944 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1944 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was not held due to the United States's involvement in World War II. It would resume with the 8th annual 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament the following year.-See also:... |
No Tournament held | ||
| 1945 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 teams playing in a single-elimination format , instead of the normal 32. The NAIA Semifinals featured four new teams for... |
Fred Lewis Fred Lewis (basketball coach) Fred Lewis was the head basketball coach at Syracuse from 1962 to 1967. He compiled a 91-57 record during his tenure. He took his team to the NIT tournament, only two years after the team suffered a 2-22 season. Prior to coaching at Syracuse, he coached at Southern Miss, where he compiled an 89-38... |
Eastern Kentucky | |
| 1946 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
Gene Stotlar | Southern Illinois | |
| 1947 1947 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1947 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 10th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . It would be the first time since 1945 the NAIA Semifinalist would feature... |
Irvin Leifer | Eastern Washington | |
| 1948 1948 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1948 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 11th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Louisville beating Indiana State 82-70.The... |
Duane Klueh Duane Klueh Duane M. Klueh is a retired American basketball player and coach. He currently lives in Terre Haute, Indiana and was the head men's basketball coach at Indiana State University for 12 seasons... |
Indiana State | |
| 1949 1949 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1949 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 12th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Hamline University defeating Regis College... |
Hal Haskins Hal Haskins Harold "Sleepy Hal" Haskins was an All-American basketball player at Hamline University who led the Pipers to the 1949 NAIA National Championship. Haskins played professionally in the upstart National Professional Basketball League.Haskins was a standout player at Alexandria High School... |
Hamline (Minn.) | |
| 1950 1950 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1950 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 13th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Indiana State University and East Central... |
Clemens "Lenny" Rzeszewski | Indiana State | |
| 1951 1951 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1951 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 14th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Hamline University and Millikin University .... |
Scotty Steagall | Millikin (Ill.) | |
| 1952 1952 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1952 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 15th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.... |
Bennie Purcell Bennie Purcell Bennie Purcell is a Hall of Fame basketball player who became a Hall of Fame tennis coach at Murray State University, coaching the Racers for 28 years... |
Murray State (Ky.) | |
| 1953 1953 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1953 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 16th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game would feature Southwest Missouri State University,... |
Jerry Anderson | Southwest Missouri | |
| 1954 1954 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1954 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 17th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The Southwest Missouri State University Bears were out to claim an... |
Jerry Anderson | Southwest Missouri | |
| 1955 1955 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1955 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 18th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The 1955 tournament was one for the record books... |
Jim Miller | East Texas State | |
| 1956 1956 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1956 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 19th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. 1956 would be the last year for unseeded teams going into the tournament.... |
Bill Riegel | McNeese State (La.) | |
| 1957 1957 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1957 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 20th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . This would be the first tournament to have seeded teams. This also means... |
Jim Spivey | Southeastern Oklahoma | |
| 1958 1958 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1958 Men's NAIA Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 21st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Dick Barnett | Tennessee A&I | |
| 1959 1959 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1959 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 22nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The 1959 Tournament is the first tournament to use the 16-seed system,... |
Dick Barnett | Tennessee A&I | |
| 1960 1960 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1960 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 23rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Charles Sharp | Southwest Texas State | |
| 1961 1961 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1961 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 24th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured the 13th seeded Grambling and the 3rd seeded... |
Charles Hardnett Charles Hardnett Charles "Charlie Red" Hardnett is a former NBA basketball player. The 6' 8" power-forward played for Carver High School Atlanta, GA. He played college basketball for Grambling State University from 1959 to 1963. Hardnett earned All-America honors in 1962. He was also the NAIA Basketball Tournament... |
Grambling | |
| 1962 1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1962 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 25th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:... |
Zelmo Beaty Zelmo Beaty Zelmo "Big Z" Beaty is a former American basketball player.A 6'9" center from Prairie View A&M, Beaty was selected with the third pick of the 1962 National Basketball Association Draft by the St. Louis Hawks. Beaty was named to the inaugural NBA All-Rookie Team in 1963, and played a total of... |
Prairie View A&M (Texas) | |
| 1963 1963 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1963 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
Lucious Jackson Lucious Jackson Lucious Brown "Luke" Jackson is a retired American professional basketball player.-Collegiate career:Born in San Marcos, Texas, Jackson played college basketball at Pan American College and was a member the U.S. Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo... |
Pan American (Texas) | |
| 1964 1964 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1964 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 27th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . It was the first time the leading rebounder was also the leading scorer,... |
Lucious Jackson Lucious Jackson Lucious Brown "Luke" Jackson is a retired American professional basketball player.-Collegiate career:Born in San Marcos, Texas, Jackson played college basketball at Pan American College and was a member the U.S. Olympic basketball team that won the gold at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo... |
Pan American (Texas) | |
| 1965 1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1965 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 28th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . This is the first tournament since 1947 tournament to feature four new... |
Kenneth Wilburn | Central State (Ohio) | |
| 1966 1966 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1966 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 29th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . This tournament featured the game with the most points scored... |
Al Tucker Al Tucker -External links:* *... |
Oklahoma Baptist | |
| 1967 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1967 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 30th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . There were only 3 upsets in this tournament. The championship game featured... |
Al Tucker Al Tucker -External links:* *... |
Oklahoma Baptist | |
| 1968 1968 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1968 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 31st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:... |
John Jamerson | Fairmont State (W.Va.) | |
| 1969 1969 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1969 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 32nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:... |
Jake Ford | Maryland State | |
| 1970 1970 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1970 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 33rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Greg Hyder Greg Hyder Gregory Peck Hyder is a former professional basketball player. He was born on June 21, 1948. He grew up in Victorville, California, and with his brother, Jerry, attended Victor Valley High School, where they excelled under future SCIBCA Hall of Fame coach, Ollie Butler... |
Eastern New Mexico University Eastern New Mexico University Eastern New Mexico University , frequently called Eastern, is a state university in Portales, Roosevelt County, New Mexico, USA... |
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| 1971 1971 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1971 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 34th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Travis Grant Travis Grant Travis Grant is a retired American professional basketball player. He is most known for being the all-time leading scorer in men's college basketball history while at Kentucky State University by amassing 4,045 points. Grant was a first round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1972 NBA Draft... |
Kentucky State | |
| 1972 1972 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1972 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 35th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
Travis Grant Travis Grant Travis Grant is a retired American professional basketball player. He is most known for being the all-time leading scorer in men's college basketball history while at Kentucky State University by amassing 4,045 points. Grant was a first round pick of the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1972 NBA Draft... |
Kentucky State | |
| 1973 1973 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1973 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 36th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
Lloyd Free World B. Free World B. Free is an American former professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1975–1988. Free was known as the "Prince of Midair" as well as "All-World".-Early years:... |
Guilford (N.C.) | |
| 1974 1974 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1974 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 37th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. It would be the last tournament to be play in Municipal until 2002. In 1975... |
Clarence Walker Foots Walker Clarence "Foots" Walker is a former professional basketball player. A 6' 0" guard from Vincennes University and the school now known as the University of West Georgia, Walker spent ten seasons in the NBA, playing for the Cleveland Cavaliers and the New Jersey Nets... |
West Georgia | |
| 1975 1975 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1975 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 38th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Bayard Forrest Bayard Forrest Bayard Forrest is a retired American professional basketball player. He was a 6'10" 235 lb center who played at Grand Canyon University before being drafted by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1976 NBA Draft... |
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | |
| 1976 1976 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1976 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 39th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:*Leading scorer:... |
Joe Pace Joe Pace Joe Pace is a retired American basketball player with the NBA's Washington Bullets. A 6'10" center from the University of Maryland Eastern Shore and Coppin State University, he played from 1976 to 1978 and averaged 3.2 points per game. Pace won a league championship with the Bullets in 1978... |
Coppin State (Md.) | |
| 1977 1977 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1977 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 40th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:*Leading scorer:... |
Alonzo Bradley Alonzo Bradley Alonzo Bradley is a retired American basketball player.He played collegiately for Texas Southern University.He was selected by the Indiana Pacers in the 2nd round of the 1977 NBA Draft.... |
Texas Southern | |
| 1978 1978 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1978 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 41st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:*Leading scorer:... |
Tom Tirzdorf | Kearney State (Neb.) | |
| 1979 1979 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1979 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 42nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .... |
Lawrence Washington | Drury (Mo.) | |
| 1980 1980 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1980 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 43rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:*Leading scorer:... |
LeRoy Jackson | Cameron (Okla.) | |
| 1981 1981 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1981 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 44th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Bethany Nazarene College and the University of... |
George Torres | Bethany Nazarene (Okla.) Southern Nazarene University Southern Nazarene University is a Christian liberal arts college located in Bethany, Oklahoma, United States.-History:The history of the institution is one of various mergers and, therefore, one of differing institutions. While SNU claims its founding date as 1899, that founding date refers to an... |
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| 1982 1982 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1982 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 45th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.-Awards and honors:*Leading scorers:... |
Mike Gibson | South Carolina-Spartanburg | |
| 1983 1983 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1983 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 46th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format .-Awards and honors:*Leading scorers:... |
Stephen Yetman | Charleston (S.C.) | |
| 1984 1984 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1984 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 47th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.-Awards and honors:*Leading scorers:... |
Terry Porter Terry Porter Terry Porter is an American professional basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association . A native of Wisconsin, he played college basketball at the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point before being drafted 24th by the Portland Trail Blazers in the 1985 NBA Draft... |
Wisconsin-Stevens Point | |
| 1985 1985 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1985 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 48th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.-Awards and honors:*Leading scorers:... |
Edgar Eason | Fort Hays State (Kan.) | |
| 1986 1986 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 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.-Awards and honors:*Leading scorers:... |
John Kimbrell | David Lipsomb (Tenn.) | |
| 1987 1987 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1987 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 50th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.-Awards and honors:*Leading scorers:... |
Tom Meier | Washburn (Kan.) | |
| 1988 1988 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 1988 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 51st annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The last time 3rd and 4th decided on the court.... |
Rodney Johns | Grand Canyon (Ariz.) | |
| 1989 | Vernell Kemp | East Central (Okla.) | |
| 1990 | Stacy Butler | Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) | |
| 1991 | Eric Manuel Eric Manuel Eric Manuel was an American college basketball player.Born in Macon, Georgia; Manuel made the Parade and McDonald's All-America teams as a high school senior in 1987. The small forward/shooting guard signed with the Kentucky Wildcats, and broke into the starting lineup by the middle of his... |
Oklahoma City | |
| 1992 | Smokey McCovery | Oklahoma City | |
| 1993 | Lemar Young | Hawaii Pacific | |
| 1994 | Kevin Franklin | Oklahoma City | |
| 1995 | James Cason | Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) | |
| 1996 | Reggie Garrett | Oklahoma City | |
| 1997 | James Harris | Life (Ga.) | |
| 1998 | Will Carlton | Georgetown (Ky.) | |
| 1999 | Corey Evans | Life (Ga.) | |
| 2000 2000 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 63rd NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 63rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . The championship game featured Life University and Georgetown College... |
Jimmie Hunter | Life (Ga.) | |
| 2001 2001 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 64th NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at the Tulsa Convention Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was the second tournament held in the Tulsa Convention Center and the last tournament to be held in Tulsa, Oklahoma. The 64th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32... |
Paul Little | Faulkner (Ala.) | |
| 2002 2002 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2002 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the first NAIA tournament back in Kansas City since 1993. The NAIA headquarters also relocated to Olathe, Kansas this year.The 65th annual NAIA... |
Michael Williamson | Science & Arts (Okla.) | |
| 2003 2003 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2003 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 66th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.... |
Raynardo Curry | Mountain State (W.Va.) | |
| 2004 2004 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament -See also:* 2004 NAIA Men’s Division II Basketball Tournament* 2004 NAIA Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament* 2004 NAIA Women’s Division II Basketball Tournament* 2004 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament... |
Zach Moss | Mountain State (W.Va.) | |
| 2005 2005 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2005 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 16 to 22 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The sixty-eighth annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
Brandon Cole | John Brown (Ark.) | |
| 2006 2006 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2006 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 15th to 21st at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 69th annual NAIA DI basketball tournament and featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. . The unranked Texas Wesleyan... |
Evan Patterson | Texas Wesleyan | |
| 2007 2007 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2007 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 14 to 20 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. This was the 70th annual NAIA basketball tournament and features 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This tournament had the most total... |
Kameron Gray | Oklahoma City | |
| 2008 2008 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2008 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 19th to 25th at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri... |
Ollie Bailey | Oklahoma City | |
| 2009 2009 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 72nd Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held from March 18 to 24 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 72nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The Heart of America Athletic Conference was the... |
Devin Uskoski | Rocky Mountain (Mont.) | |
| 2010 2010 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2010 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament will be held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 73rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format... |
DeJovaun Sawyer-Davis | Saint Francis | |
| 2011 2011 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament The 2011 Buffalo Funds - NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 74th annual NAIA basketball tournament will feature 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.... |
Trevor Setty | Pikeville College Pikeville College The University of Pikeville is a private, liberal arts university affiliated with the Presbyterian Church, located in Pikeville, Kentucky. The university is home to one of three medical schools in the state of Kentucky. It's current president is former Kentucky Governor Paul E... (Ky.) |
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- NCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerNCAA Basketball Tournament Most Outstanding PlayerAt the conclusion of the NCAA men's and women's Division I basketball championships , the Associated Press selects a Most Outstanding Player. The MOP need not be, but almost always is a member of the Championship team, especially since the third place game was eliminated after 1981...