NAIA District 17 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 17 consisted, throughout the district qualification era, of NAIA schools in Arkansas.

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

There is no primary source for information on this district.

Formats

1951: No playoff was held.

1952-56; 1975: Four-team playoff.

1977: Best-of-three series involving the Arkansas Intercollegiate Conference champion and the top team in the district as determined by the Dunkel Ratings.

1978-93: Eight-team playoff

Other formats to be added later

District Champions

1951	Arkansas Tech	1966	Southern State (AR) (2)	1981	Henderson State (6)
1952	Arkansas Tech (2)	1967	Southern State (AR) (3)	1982	Henderson State (7)
1953	Arkansas Tech (3)	1968	Henderson State	1983	Southern Arkansas (5)
1954	Arkansas Tech (4)	1969	Henderson State (2)	1984	Arkansas College‡
1955	Arkansas Tech (5)	1970	Arkansas Tech (9)	1985	Hendrix
1956	Arkansas Tech (6)	1971	Southern State (AR) (4)	1986	Arkansas-Monticello (2)‡
1957	Southern State (AR)‡	1972	Ouachita Baptist (4)	1987	Harding
1958	Arkansas Tech (7)	1973	Ouachita Baptist (5)	1988	University of the Ozarks
1959	Arkansas Teachers‡	1974	State College of Arkansas (3)	1989	Southern Arkansas (6)
1960	Arkansas A&M‡	1975	Central Arkansas (4)	1990	Central Arkansas (6)
1961	Arkansas Teachers (2)	1976	Henderson State (3)	1991	Central Arkansas (7)
1962	Ouachita Baptist	1977	Henderson State (4)	1992 I	Central Arkansas (8)
1963	Arkansas Tech (8)	1978	Ouachita Baptist (6)	1992 II	unassigned
1964	Ouachita Baptist (2)	1979	Henderson State (5)	1993 I	University of the Ozarks (2)
1965	Ouachita Baptist (3)	1980	Central Arkansas (5)	1993 II	unassigned

‡ - Southern State (AR) became Southern Arkansas. Arkansas Teachers became State College of Arkansas, then Central Arkansas. Arkansas A&M is now known as Arkansas-Monticello. Arkansas College is now known as Lyon.

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