1978 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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The 1978 NAIA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena
Kemper Arena
Kemper Arena is a 19,500 seat indoor arena, in Kansas City, Missouri.It is named for R. Crosby Kemper Sr., a member of the powerful Kemper financial clan and who donated $3.2 million, from his estate for the arena...

 in Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. The 41st 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:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994

1978 NAIA bracket

  •  * denotes overtimes.
  •  ^ denotes 5 overtimes.

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

  • 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
    1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
    The 1978 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 32 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 11, 1978, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in St. Louis, Missouri...

  • 1978 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
    1978 NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament
    The 1978 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 1977-8 NCAA Division II men's basketball season...

  • 1978 NCAA Men's Division III Basketball Tournament
  • 1978 National Invitation Tournament
    1978 National Invitation Tournament
    The 1978 National Invitation Tournament was the 1978 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.-Selected teams:Below is a list of the 16 teams selected for the tournament.-Brackets/Results:Below is the tournament bracket....

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