Season | 1974–75 | ||||
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Teams | 32 | ||||
Finals site | Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
Champions | Grand Canyon (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Midwestern State (1 title game, 1 Final Four) | ||||
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Coach of the year | Ed Messbarger (St. Mary’s (Texas)) | ||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Tom Kropp (Kearney State (NE)) | ||||
MVP | Bayard Forrest (Grand Canyon (AZ)) | ||||
Top scorer | John McGill (Alcorn State (Miss.)) ( points) | ||||
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The 1975 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 38th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This would be the first tournament played in Kemper Arena. Kemper would host the NAIA Tournament until 1993, when the NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa.