1957 NAIA basketball tournament

1957 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season	1956–57
Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Tennessee State (1st title, 1st title game,; 1st Final Four)
Runner-up	Southeastern State (2nd title game,; 3rd Final Four)
Semifinalists	Pacific Lutheran (1st Final Four); Eastern Illinois (1st Final Four);
Coach of the year	Bloomer Sullivan (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
MVP	Jim Spivey (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1956	1958»

The 1957 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 20th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

This would be the first tournament to have seeded teams. This also means that this is the first tournament to have an 'upset'. The first upset in tournament history was when the 3 seeded West Virginia Tech lost to Villa Madonna, predecessor to today's Thomas More of Kentucky, 93–91. There were three upsets this year, including the championship game. The NAIA seeded teams 21 years prior to the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. The NAIA would adjust seeding to 16 seed system, in 1959. In 2016 the seeds would be adjust again, each bracket would be ranked 1-8, with the overall number 1 in the Naismith Bracket.

The championship game featured Tennessee State and Southeastern State (OK). With Tennessee State's win, they became the first historically black institution to win a collegiate basketball national championship.^[2] This would be the first of three national championship titles for Tennessee State.

The 3rd place game featured Pacific Lutheran defeating Eastern Illinois.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1957 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

Leading scorer est. 1963
Leading rebounder est. 1963
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
Player of the Year est. 1994
Most free throws made; career: 120 free throws made by Jim Spivey of Southeastern Oklahoma State (1954,55,56,57).
Most free throws made; single-game, team: 48, Southeastern Oklahoma State vs. Southwest Texas State
Most free throws made in one tournament; individual: 68 free throws made by Jim Spivey of Southeastern Oklahoma State (1954,55,56,57).
Most free throws made in one tournament; team: 153, Southeastern Oklahoma State
Most consecutive tournament victories; record start: 18 overall, 5 in 1957, Tennessee State, 1957-58-59-60
Top single-game performances: Jim Spivey, 4th, Southeastern Oklahoma State vs. Eastern Illinois, 20 field goals, 13 free throws and 53 total points; Jim Spivey 13th, Southeastern Oklahoma State vs Southwest Texas State, 14 field goals, 18 free throws and 46 total points; Jim Spivey 20th, Southeastern Oklahoma State vs. Tennessee State, 14 field goals 15 free throws and 43 total points.
All-time leading scorer; first appearance: Charles Sharp, 5th Southwest Texas State (1957,59,60) 12 games, 118 field goals, 69 free throws, 305 total points, 25.4 average per game
All-time leading scorers; second appearance: Dick Barnett, 3rd, Tennessee State (1956,57,58,59) 18 games, 186 field goals, 79 free throws, 451 total points 25.1 average per game, Charles Curtis, 8th, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) (1956,57,58,59) 14 games 101 field goals, 85 free throws, 287 total points, 20.5 average per game, Roger Iverson, 20th, Pacific Lutheran (1956,57,58,59) 14 games, 109 field goals, 23 free throws, 241 total points, 17.2 average per game, and John Barnhill, 21st, Tennessee State (1956,57,58,59) 17 games, 104 field goals, 27 free throws, 235 total points, 13.8 average per game.
All-time leading scorer; third appearance: Bennie Swain, 6th Texas Southern (1955,56,57,58) 15 games, 119 field goals, 64 free throws, 302 total points, 20.1 average per game.
All-time leading scorer; final appearance: James Spivey, 4th, Southeastern Oklahoma (1954,55,56,57) 13 games, 133 field goals, 120 free throws, 386 total points, 29.7 average per game.^[3]

Bracket

First round			Second round			Elite Eight			NAIA national semifinals			NAIA national championship

1	Pacific Lutheran	76

	Elon	61
			1	Pacific Lutheran	105

				Stetson	83
	Stetson	100

	Wayne State (NE)	84
						1	Pacific Lutheran	91
TOP TIER
						8	Texas Southern	72
	Ball State	98

	Troy State	70
				Ball State	72

			8	Texas Southern	97
	New Haven State	66

8	Texas Southern	67
									1	Pacific Lutheran	70

										Tennessee State	71
5	Portland	77

	Austin Peay State	65
			5	Portland	70

				Tennessee State	87
	Tennessee State	87

	Adrian	69
							Tennessee State	90
TOP TIER
						4	Western Illinois State	88
	William Jewell	70

	Adelphi	69*
				William Jewell	67

			4	Western Illinois State	80
	Southern State	70

4	Western Illinois State	101
													Tennessee State	92

												7	Southeastern State	73
3	West Virginia Tech	91

	Villa Madonna	93
				Villa Madonna	78

				Eastern Illinois State	110
	Eastern Illinois State	88

	New Mexico Highlands	76
							Eastern Illinois State	88
BOTTOM TIER
						6	Hamline	83
	Stevens Point State	93

	Millersville State	85
				Stevens Point State	69

			6	Hamline	81
	Wayland Baptist	72

6	Hamline	75
										Eastern Illinois State	81

									7	Southeastern State	95
7	Southeastern State	82

	Northwest Nazarene	58
			7	Southeastern State	98

				Southwest Texas State	78
	Southwest Texas State	104										NAIA third-place game

	Upper Iowa	71
						7	Southeastern State	69				1	Pacific Lutheran	87
BOTTOM TIER
						2	Youngstown	65					Eastern Illinois State	85
	Emporia State	82

	Northern State (SD)	66
				Emporia State	74

			2	Youngstown	80
	Westmont	75

2	Youngstown	81

denotes overtime

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Bracket

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