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NAIA men's basketball championship; Current season, competition or edition: 2023 NAIA men's basketball tournament: Formerly: National college basketball tournament (1937–1981) Sport: College basketball: Founded: 1937: Founder: James Naismith: Motto: Passion. Tradition. History. Divisions: 1 2 (1992–2020) No. of teams: 64 (2022–present) 32 ...
The 86th NAIA Men’s Basketball National Championship tournament returns to Kansas City’s Municipal Auditorium on Thursday. It’s the 78th time the annual tourney is taking place in KC.
The 22–2 overall record was the team's best during the NAIA years. [2] The 22 wins set a team high win streak that still stands as a school record as of 2012. [ 2 ] And the 22 total wins was not eclipsed until the 2003–04 season.
NAIA Era (1969-86) The Roos were a formidable NAIA program as they had 10 winning seasons and four 20-win seasons in an 18-year stretch. They had rivalries with local Kansas City teams such as Rockhurst and William Jewell. In 1984-85, they finished a program best 27-9 (.750). In 1977, they finished 21-7 (.750) with an NAIA Tournament Appearance.
Freed-Hardeman of Tennessee recorded the first victory of the NAIA men’s basketball tournament’s Sweet 16 on Thursday afternoon at Municipal Auditorium, beating The Master’s of California 69-68.
He was with NAIA outfit Huntington University at the time, which ended the regular season ranked No. 15 and made the national tournament, and he was a big reason why.
The Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Its 12 members are located in the Midwestern United States. In many sports, the conference champion qualifies directly for national competition.
The history of basketball can be traced back to a YMCA International Training School, known today as Springfield College, located in Springfield, Massachusetts.The sport was created by a physical education teacher named James Naismith, who in the winter of 1891 was given the task of creating a game that would keep track athletes in shape and that would prevent them from getting hurt.