NAIA District 13 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 13 consisted, throughout the district qualification era, of NAIA schools in Minnesota. One member from Ontario, Lakehead, competed for a few years back in the 1970s.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, most district schools competed in Division I, some dropped down to Division II and were assigned to District 14.

Primary sources for information on this district include the Saint Paul Pioneer-Press and the Minneapolis Star-Tribune.

Formats

1951-67: Single-game playoff format between representatives (not necessarily champions) of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference. In the early years, the game was held on a neutral floor.

1968-69: Two-team playoff expanded to best-of-three series.

1970-93: Four-team, single-eliminiation.

District Champions

1951	Hamline	1966	Saint Thomas (MN)	1981	Augsburg (4)
1952	Hamline (2)	1967	Saint Thomas (MN) (2)	1982	Moorhead State (2)
1953	Hamline (3)	1968	Saint Cloud State (3)	1983	Saint John's (MN) (4)
1954	Gustavus Adolphus	1969	Saint John's (MN)	1984	Saint John's (MN) (5)
1955	Gustavus Adolphus (2)	1970	Saint Thomas (MN) (3)	1985	Minnesota-Duluth (3)
1956	Gustavus Adolphus (3)	1971	Saint Thomas (MN) (4)	1986	Minnesota-Duluth (4)
1957	Hamline (4)	1972	Saint Thomas (MN) (5)	1987	Minnesota-Duluth (5)
1958	Minnesota-Duluth	1973	Winona State	1988	Minnesota-Duluth (6)
1959	Minnesota-Duluth (2)	1974	Saint Thomas (MN) (6)	1989	Minnesota-Duluth (7)
1960	Hamline (5)	1975	Winona State (2)	1990	Minnesota-Duluth (8)
1961	Gustavus Adolphus (4)	1976	Gustavus Adolphus (5)	1991	Minnesota-Duluth (9)
1962	Saint Cloud State	1977	Augsburg (3)	1992 I	Minnesota-Duluth (10)
1963	Augsburg	1978	Saint John's (MN) (2)	1992 II	unassigned
1964	Saint Cloud State (2)	1979	Saint John's (MN) (3)	1993 I	Minnesota-Morris
1965	Augsburg (2)	1980	Moorhead State‡	1993 II	unassigned

‡ - Moorhead State is now known as Minnesota State-Moorhead.

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