1963 NAIA basketball tournament

1963 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season1962–63
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsPan American (Texas) (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-upWestern Carolina (N.C.) (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Coach of the yearFred Hodby (Grambling (La.))
Charles Stevenson
Hustle Award
Gil Luttrell (Carson–Newman (Tenn.))
MVPLucious Jackson (Pan American (Texas))
Top scorersMel Gibson (Western Carolina)
Willis Reed (Grambling (La.))
(137 points)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1962 1964»

The 1963 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held March 11–16 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In the inaugural year of the Leading Scorer award, there was a tie. This would not happen again until 1981.

  1. ^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 17, 2020.