NAIA District 26 Men's Basketball

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NAIA District 26 consisted, until the end of the district qualification era, of NAIA schools in the Carolinas, strictly North Carolina after 1968, and even there, it did not encompass the entire state until 1978. By 1990, schools from South Carolina and Tennessee were included as well (via the South Atlantic Conference).

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the teams in the district competed in Division I.

Primary sources for information on this district include the Spartanburg Herald-Journal, the Lexington Dispatch, the Rock Hill Herald, the Sumter Daily Item, the Wilmington Star-News, and the Charlotte Observer.

Formats

1951, 1991: Five-team format.

1952-77, 1982-90: Four-team format.

1978-79, 1992-93: Six-team format.

1980-81: Eight-team format.

District Champions

1951 High Point 1966 Guilford 1981 Gardner-Webb (3)
1952 Elon 1967 Guilford (2) 1982 Catawba
1953 East Carolina 1968 Guilford (3) 1983 Catawba (2)
1954 East Carolina (2) 1969 High Point (4) 1984 Pembroke State†‡
1955 Atlantic Christian 1970 Guilford (4) 1985 Pfeiffer
1956 Elon (2) 1971 North Carolina A&T 1986 Atlantic Christian (2)
1957 Elon (3) 1972 Gardner-Webb 1987 Atlantic Christian (3)
1958 Lenoir-Rhyne 1973 Guilford (5) 1988 Belmont Abbey (2)
1959 Lenoir-Rhyne (2) 1974 Gardner-Webb (2) 1989 Guilford (7)
1960 Wofford 1975 Winston-Salem State 1990 Pfeiffer (2)
1961 Newberry 1976 Guilford (6) 1991 Pfeiffer (3)
1962 Belmont Abbey 1977 Saint Augustine's 1992 I Pfeiffer (4)
1963 Western Carolina 1978 Winston-Salem State (2) 1992 II unassigned
1964 High Point (2) 1979 High Point (5) 1993 I Lenoir-Rhyne (3)
1965 High Point (3) 1980 Saint Augustine's (2) 1993 II unassigned

† - Newberry also won three District 6 titles. Western Carolina won the 1972 District 6 title. Winston-Salem State also won four District 29 titles. Pembroke State won the 1973 District 29 title.

‡ - Atlantic Christian is now known as Barton. Pembroke State is now known as North Carolina-Pembroke.