1965 NAIA basketball tournament
The 1965 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 28th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This is the first tournament since 1947 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 4th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, and 1947). It was the longest gap up until it was eclipsed by the gap between 1969-2001 which featured 1 or more repeating semi-finalist each year. It was the second time the number one seed has won the tournament.
| Season | 1964–65 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Central State (Ohio) (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Oklahoma Baptist (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
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| Coach of the year | Dick Campbell (Carson-Newman (Tenn.)) | ||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | David Kossover (Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)) | ||||
| MVP | Ken Wilburn (Central State (Ohio)) | ||||
| Top scorer | Al Tucker (Oklahoma Baptist) (125 points) | ||||
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