1977 NAIA basketball tournament

1977 NAIA men's basketball tournament

Season	1976–77
Teams	32
Finals site	Kemper Arena Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Texas Southern (2 title, 1 title game, 3 Final Four)
Runner-up	Campbell (1 title game, 1 Final Four)
Semifinalists	Grand Valley State (1 Final Four) Henderson State (1 Final Four)
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award	Don Laird (Campbell)
MVP	Alonzo Bradley (Texas Southern)
NAIA men's basketball tournament «1976 1978»

The 1977 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Kemper Arena in Kansas City, Missouri. The 40th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

Awards and honors

• Leading scorer:
• Leading rebounder:
• Player of the Year: est. 1994

1977 NAIA bracket

	First round					Second round					Elite Eight					NAIA national semifinals					NAIA national championship
	1	Newberry (S.C.)	84
	-	Hastings (Neb.)	81
						1	Newberry	57
						16	Central Washington State	58
	-	Keene State (N.H.)	56
	16	Central Washington State	72
											16	Central Washington State	71
	TOP TIER
											8	Grand Valley State	75
	9	Clarion State (Pa.)	88
	-	Augsburg (Minn.)	84
						9	Clarion State	65
						8	Grand Valley State	79
	-	Missouri-Kansas City	88
	8	Grand Valley State (Mich.)	94
																8	Grand Valley State	62
																5	Texas Southern	69
	5	Texas Southern	89
	-	Central State (Ohio)	65
						5	Texas Southern	82
						12	Wisconsin-Parkside	80
	-	Paine (Ga.)	65
	12	Wisconsin-Parkside	112
											13	East Texas State	68
	TOP TIER
											5	Texas Southern	87
	13	East Texas State	70
	-	Briar Cliff (Iowa)	59
						13	East Texas State	92
						-	Emporia State	89
	-	Emporia State (Kan.)	76
	4	Fairmont State (W.Va.)	71
																					5	Texas Southern	71
																					-	Campbell	44
	3	Kentucky State	63
	-	Alabama-Huntsville	72
						-	Alabama-Huntsville	75
						14	Alcorn State	76
	-	Mount Marty (S.D.)	54
	14	Alcorn State (Miss.)	90
											-	Campbell	77
	BOTTOM TIER
											14	Alcorn State	63
	11	Southwestern Oklahoma State	99
	-	Southern Utah State	89
						11	Southwestern Oklahoma State	56
						-	Campbell	71
	-	Campbell (N.C.)	76
	6	Lincoln Memorial (Tenn.)	75
																-	Campbell	76
																7	Henderson State	52
	7	Henderson State (Ark.)	64
	-	Tri-State (Ind.)	54
						7	Henderson State	63
						-	Dowling	59
	-	Dowling (N.Y.)	75
	10	Whittier (Calif.)	66
											7	Henderson State	87
	BOTTOM TIER
											2	Illinois Wesleyan	73
	15	Hawaii-Hilo	81
	-	Spring Garden (Pa.)	66
						15	Hawaii-Hilo	74*
						2	Illinois Wesleyan	85
	-	St. Augustine's (N.C.)	67
	2	Illinois Wesleyan	87

•  * denotes 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
	8	Grand Valley State	73
	7	Henderson State	96

See also

• 1977 NCAA Division I basketball tournament
• 1977 NCAA Division II basketball tournament
• 1977 NCAA Division III basketball tournament