1969 NAIA basketball tournament
The 1969 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 32nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. This is the first tournament since 1965 tournament to feature four new teams to the NAIA Semifinals. (It would be the 5th time since 1937 this has happened; previous years were the inaugural year 1937, 1945, 1947, 1965.) This would not happen again until 2001.
| Season | 1968–69 | ||||
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| Teams | 32 | ||||
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Eastern New Mexico (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Maryland State (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
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| Coach of the year | Joe Retton (Fairmont State (W.Va.)) | ||||
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award | Larry Vanzant (Eastern New Mexico) | ||||
| MVP | Jake Ford (Maryland State) | ||||
| Top scorer | Jake Ford (Maryland State) (156 points) | ||||
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