1982 NAIA men's basketball tournament

The 1982 NAIA men's 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.[1]

1982 (1982) NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteKemper Arena
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsSouth Carolina-Spartanburg (1 title, 1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Runner-upBiola (1 title game,
1 Fab Four)
Semifinalists
  • Hampton (1 Final Four)
  • Kearney State (2 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Warren Ellis (Biola)
Chuck Taylor MVPMike Gibson (South Carolina-Spartanburg)
NAIA men's tournaments
«1981 1983»

Awards and honors
  • Leading scorers:
  • Leading rebounder:
  • Player of the Year: est. 1994.[2]

1982 NAIA bracket
First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
               
1 Biola (Calif.) 69
- West Virginia Tech 66
1 Biola 62
16 Quincy 56
16 Quincy (Ill.) 95
- Cedarville (Ohio) 65
1 Biola 42
TOP TIER
- Saginaw Valley 40
9 Southern Tech (Ga.) 84
- Paul Quinn (Tex.) 79
- Saginaw Valley 67
9 Southern Tech 61
- Saginaw Valley (Mich.) 60
8 Stephen F. Austin State (Tex.) 48
1 Biola 84
- Kearney State 75
5 David Lipscomb (Tenn.) 87
- Kearney State (Neb.) 92
- Kearney State 77
12 Hanover 76
- Westminster (Pa.) 39
12 Hanover (Ind.) 49
- Kearney State 97
TOP TIER
4 Western Oregon 95
13 Western New Mexico 58
- Briar Cliff (Iowa) 59*
4 Western Oregon 63
- Briar Cliff 55
- Missouri Western State 66
4 Western Oregon 76
1 Biola 38
14 South Carolina Spartanburg 51
3 Xavier (La.) 57
- St. Mary’s (Tex.) 73
- St. Mary’s (TX) 53
14 South Carolina Spartanburg 63
- Franklin Pierce (N.H.) 62
14 South Carolina Spartanburg 75
14 South Carolina Spartanburg 76
BOTTOM TIER
6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 64
11 St. Thomas Aquinas (N.Y.) 72
- Washburn (Kan.) 68
11 St. Thomas Aquinas 77
6 Wisconsin Eau Claire 91
- Mary (N.D.) 73
6 Wisconsin-Eau Claire 74
14 South Carolina Spartanburg 68
- Hampton Institute 54
7 Catawba (N.C.) 75
- Moorhead State (Minn.) 82
- Morehead State 61
10 Henderson State 70
- Birmingham-Southern (Ala.) 52
10 Henderson State (Ark.) 53
10 Henderson State 66
BOTTOM TIER
- Hampton Institute 70
15 Central Washington 74
- Cumberland (Ky.) 65
15 Central Washington 49
- Hampton Institute 63
- Hampton Institute (Va.) 65
2 Oklahoma Christian 64
  •  * denotes overtime.

Third-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.

NAIA third-place game
   
- Hampton Institute 98
- Kearney State 94

See also

References
  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2020.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2011-05-23 at the Wayback Machine
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