1974 NAIA basketball tournament

The 1974 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 37th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1] It would be the last tournament to be played in Municipal until 2002. In 1975, it would be held in the new Kemper Arena. Kemper would host the NAIA Tournament until 1993, when the NAIA would move the tournament and its offices to Tulsa.

1974 NAIA men's basketball tournament

Season	1973–74
Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	West Georgia (1 title, 1 title game, 1 Final Four)
Runner-up	Alcorn State (1 title game, 1 Final Four)
Semifinalists	St. Mary's (TX) (1 Final Four) Kentucky State (4 (other 3 Champs of NAIA) Final Four)
Coach of the year	Roger Kaiser (West Georgia)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	George Harris (St. Mary's (TX))
MVP	Foots Walker (West Georgia)
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Awards and honors

• Leading scorer:
• Leading rebounder:
• Player of the Year: est. 1994^[2]

1974 NAIA bracket

	First round					Second round					Elite Eight					NAIA national semifinals					NAIA national championship
	1	Fairmont State (W.V.)	92
	-	Cameron (Okla.)	88
						1	Fairmont State	55
						16	St. Mary's	71
	-	Keene State (N.H.)	66
	16	St. Mary's (Tex.)	95
											16	St. Mary's	74
	TOP TIER
											8	Augustana	65
	9	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	50
	-	Washburn (Kan.)	67
						-	Washburn	55
						8	Augustana	57
	-	Wartburg (Iowa)	64
	8	Augustana (Ill.)	85
																16	St. Mary's	71
																4	Alcorn State	76
	5	Hanover (Ind.)	87
	-	State College of Arkansas	83
						5	Hanover	85
						12	Northwestern State	76
	-	Millersville State (Pa.)	76
	12	Northwestern State (La.)	95
											5	Hanover	102
	TOP TIER
											4	Alcorn State	107*
	13	Missouri Western State	96
	-	Monmouth (N.J.)	84
						13	Missouri Western State	72
						4	Alcorn State	80
	-	Central Washington State	55
	4	Alcorn State (Miss.)	93
																					4	Alcorn State	79
																					14	West Georgia	97
	3	Gardner–Webb (N.C.)	91
	-	Oregon Tech	56
						3	Gardner–Webb	101
						14	West Georgia	116
	-	Huron (S.D.)	71
	14	West Georgia	102
											14	West Georgia	102
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	Indiana	69
	11	Azusa Pacific (California)	74
	-	Indiana (Pa.)	79
						-	Indiana	66
						6	Grand Canyon	65
	-	Virginia State	65
	6	Grand Canyon (Ariz.)	69
																14	West Georgia	79
																2	Kentucky State	75
	7	Midwestern (Tex.)	77
	-	Defiance (Ohio)	63
						7	Midwestern	92
						10	St. Thomas	78
	-	Grand Valley State (Mich.)	71
	10	St. Thomas (Minn.)	95
											7	Midwestern	74
	BOTTOM TIER
											2	Kentucky State	80
	15	Hastings (Neb.)	96
	-	Roger Williams (R.I.)	61
						15	Hastings	57
						2	Kentucky State	75
	-	Erskine (S.C.)	69
	2	Kentucky State	82

•  * denotes double 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
	16	St. Mary's (TX)	79
	2	Kentucky State	95

See also

• 1974 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
• 1974 NCAA Division II basketball tournament