NAIA District 8 Men's Basketball

NAIA District primarily consisted of NAIA schools in West Texas. The definition of "West Texas" was sometimes a bit fluid, and sometimes schools would flip back and forth from District 8 to District 4 and vice versa from season to season.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, Division I teams were assigned to District 4, while Division II teams were assigned to District 8. In 1993, the Division II teams were returned to District 4, while the Division I teams were split between Districts 4 and 8. Lastly, the Division II schools in Louisiana, who had previously competed in District 30, were members of District 8 in 1992 and District 4 in 1993.

Primary sources for information on this district include the Austin American-Statesman, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Dallas Morning News.

District Champions

1951	Southwest Texas State†‡	1966	Midwestern State (5)	1981	Midwestern State (11)
1952	West Texas State	1967	Midwestern State (6)	1982	Paul Quinn (2)
1953	Midwestern State	1968	Bishop	1983	Texas Wesleyan
1954	Wayland Baptist†	1969	Corpus Christi‡	1984	Midwestern State (12)
1955	Wayland Baptist (2)	1970	Wiley	1985	Wayland Baptist (4)
1956	Midwestern State (2)	1971	Texas Southern†	1986	Wayland Baptist (5)
1957	Wayland Baptist (3)	1972	Bishop (2)	1987	Wayland Baptist (6)
1958	Austin	1973	Dallas Baptist	1988	Paul Quinn (3)
1959	Austin (2)	1974	Midwestern State (7)	1989	Wayland Baptist (7)
1960	Midwestern State (3)	1975	Midwestern State (8)	1990	Paul Quinn (4)
1961	East Texas Baptist†	1976	Texas Southern (2)	1991	Wayland Baptist (8)
1962	McMurry	1977	Texas Southern (3)	1992 I	unassigned
1963	Howard Payne†	1978	Midwestern State (9)	1992 II	Tarleton State
1964	Pan American†	1979	Midwestern State (10)	1993 I	Midwestern State (13)
1965	Midwestern State (4)	1980	Paul Quinn	1993 II	unassigned

† - East Texas Baptist also won a District 4 titles on six occasions. Southwest Texas State also won the District 4 title five times. Pan American also won the District 4 title twice. Howard Payne also won the District 4 title three times. Wayland Baptist won the District 4 title in 1992. Texas Southern won two District 6 titles, a District 29 title, and a District 29W title before the end of segregated districts. Tarleton State won the District 4 Division II title in 1993 after District 8 was re-designated as District 4 that year.

‡ - Southwest Texas State is now known simply as Texas State. West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M. East Texas State is now known as Texas A&M-Commerce. Pan American is now known as Texas-Pan American. Corpus Christi is now known as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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