NAIA District 32 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 32 began as the district for NAIA schools in New England. In 1973, the district was split into North and South sections for two years, before the North schools were reassigned to District 5 in 1975. After the 1975 season, the remaining South schools followed, and the Kentucky schools were reassigned to District 32 from District 24.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the teams in the district competed in Division I. In 1993, however, some schools dropped down to Division II, joined by Tennessee Division II schools from District 24, as well as some Virginia schools.

Primary sources for information on this district in the New England era include the Lewiston Daily Sun, the Bangor Daily News, the Day, and the Meriden Journal. In the Kentucky period, primary sources include the Park City Daily News, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Middlesboro Daily News, the Kentucky New Era, and the Harlan Daily Enterprise.

Formats

1951-70; 1975-86: Four team format, with third place game held throughout most of the period.

1987-88; 1992-93: Six team format, with top two seeds earning byes to the semifinals.

1971: Eight team format that was split into two zones of four teams each.

1972; 1989-91: Eight team format.

1973: When District 32 was split into two distinct districts, both districts held four team playoffs.

1974: District 32S held a four team playoff as before, but 32N expanded theirs to six teams.

District Champions

1951	Providence	1966	New Haven	1981	Campbellsville
1952	American International	1967	Boston State‡	1982	Cumberland (KY) (3)
1953	Arnold	1968	New Haven (2)	1983	Cumberland (KY) (4)
1954	Bridgeport	1969	New Haven (3)	1984	Cumberland (KY) (5)
1955	Assumption	1970	Western New England	1985	Berea
1956	American International (2)	1971	Western New England (2)	1986	Cumberland (KY) (6)
1957	New Haven State‡	1972	Quinnipiac	1987	Georgetown (KY)†
1958	Assumption (2)	1973	N: Keene State† S: Quinnipiac (2)	1988	Transylvania†
1959	New Britain State‡	1974	N: Keene State (2) S: Roger Williams	1989	Cumberland (KY) (7)
1960	Central Connecticut State (2)	1975	Bryant	1990	Georgetown (KY) (2)
1961	Central Connecticut State (3)	1976	Pikeville†	1991	Campbellsville (2)
1962	Central Connecticut State (4)	1977	Kentucky State†	1992 I	Cumberland (KY) (8)
1963	Central Connecticut State (5)	1978	Cumberland (KY)	1992 II	unassigned
1964	Central Connecticut State (6)	1979	Kentucky State (2)	1993 I	Cumberland (KY) (9)
1965	Central Connecticut State (7)	1980	Cumberland (KY) (2)	1993 II	Alice Lloyd

† - Keene State later won the 1977 District 5 title. Pikeville had previously won the 1959 District 24 title. Kentucky State won the District 29 title in 1959 and 1964, and won the District 24 title six times, consecutively from 1970 to 1975. Georgetown (KY) had previously won eight District 24 titles. Transylvania won the 1963 and 1965 District 24 titles.

‡ - New Haven State is now known as Southern Connecticut State. New Britain State became Central Connecticut State. Boston State is now known as Massachusetts-Boston.

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