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1 Awards and honors  




2 1970 NAIA bracket  


2.1  Third-place game  






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1970 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsKentucky State (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-upCentral Washington (1st title game,
3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists
  • Eastern New Mexico (2nd Final Four)
  • Guilford (1st Final Four)
    • Coach of the yearDean Nicholson (Central Washington)

    Charles Stevenson
    Hustle Award

    		David Allen (Central Washington)
    MVPGreg Hyder (Eastern New Mexico)
    Top scorerTravis Grant (Kentucky State)
    (137 points)
    NAIA men's basketball tournament
    «1969 1971»

    The 1970 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal AuditoriuminKansas City, Missouri. The 33rd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

    Kentucky State would win the first of three straight National Championship titles, becoming the second team to win three in a row, and the third team to win three titles.

    The 3rd-place game would go into overtime for the second time in tournament history. The 6th seeded Eastern New Mexico State Greyhounds beat the 8th seeded Guilford Quakers 77-72 in one overtime.

    Awards and honors[edit]

    1970 NAIA bracket[edit]

    First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
                   
    1Stephen F. Austin (TX) 100
    - South Carolina State 86
    1Stephen F. Austin 74
    16Augusta State 71
    - Monmouth (NJ) 64
    16Augusta State (GA) 85
    1Stephen F. Austin 94
    TOP TIER
    - Guilford 100
    9Eastern Michigan 108
    - East Central State (Okla.) 85
    9Eastern Michigan 85
    8Guilford 89
    - Wayne State (Neb.) 73
    8Guilford (N.C.) 90
    - Guilford 90
    4Kentucky State 108
    5Central State (Ohio) 69
    - St. Thomas (Minn.) 60
    5Central State (Ohio) 83
    - Wiley 77
    - Wiley (Tex.) 77
    12Drury (Mo.) 75
    5Central State (Ohio) 56
    TOP TIER
    4Kentucky State 66
    13Eau Claire State (Wis.) 88
    - Eastern Montana 81
    13Eau Claire State 65
    4Kentucky State 73
    - Illinois Wesleyan 56
    4Kentucky State 64
    4Kentucky State 79
    3Central Washington State 71
    3Central Washington State 77
    - St. Benedict's (Kan.) 65
    3Central Washington State 66
    14Wartburg 58
    - Northern State (S.D.) 78
    14Wartburg (Iowa) 91
    3Central Washington State 72
    BOTTOM TIER
    7Jackson State 70
    11Hanover (Ind.) 88
    - Arkansas Tech 94
    - Arkansas Tech 81
    6Eastern New Mexico 84
    - Whittier (Calif.) 66
    6Eastern New Mexico 80
    3Central Washington State 54
    6Eastern New Mexico 53
    7Jackson State (Miss.) 89
    - Campbell (N.C.) 65
    7Jackson State 90
    10Northeast Louisiana 83
    - Linfield (Ore.) 72
    10Northeast Louisiana 78
    6Eastern New Mexico 76
    BOTTOM TIER
    2Maryland State 74*
    15Morris Harvey (W.Va.) 99
    - Western New England (Mass.) 76
    15Morris Harvey 78
    2Maryland State 88
    - California State (Pa.) 67
    2Maryland State 101

    Third-place game[edit]

    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
       
    - Guilford 72*
    6Eastern New Mexico 77

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved April 19, 2009.
  • ^ NAIA. "NAIA Championship History" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on May 23, 2011. Retrieved April 19, 2009.

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