NAIA District 21 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 21 consisted, until the end of the district qualification era, of NAIA schools in Indiana.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the district split, and teams participated in both divisions.

Primary sources for information on this district include the Madison Courier, the Warsaw Times-Union, the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, and the Post-Tribune of Northwest Indiana.

Formats

1951-62: Four-team playoff:

1968-77(at least): Seven-team format with three teams placed directly into the semifinals. The other four teams played off to determine the fourth team.

1982; 1985-92(Division II only in 1992): 12-team format with top 4 seeds receiving byes to the quarterfinals.

1992(Division I Only): six-team format.

Other formats to be added later.

District Champions

1951	Evansville	1966	Indiana Central (3)	1981	Hanover (6)
1952	Indiana State	1967	Indiana Central (4)	1982	Hanover (7)
1953	Indiana State (2)	1968	Hanover	1983	Tri-State (4)
1954	Indiana State (3)	1969	Indiana Central (5)	1984	Taylor
1955	Evansville (2)	1970	Hanover (2)	1985	IUPU-Indianapolis
1956	Indiana Central‡	1971	Earlham	1986	Taylor (2)
1957	Ball State	1972	Tri-State†‡	1987	Taylor (3)
1958	Anderson (IN)	1973	Hanover (3)	1988	Grace
1959	Indiana State (4)	1974	Hanover (4)	1989	Taylor (4)
1960	Oakland City	1975	Tri-State (2)	1990	IUPU-Indianapolis (2)
1961	Anderson (IN) (2)	1976	Franklin	1991	Taylor (5)
1962	Indiana State (5)	1977	Tri-State (3)	1992 I	Taylor (6)
1963	Indiana State (6)	1978	Franklin (2)	1992 II	Franklin (4)
1964	Indiana Central (2)	1979	Hanover (5)	1993 I	Taylor (7)
1965	Indiana Tech	1980	Franklin (3)	1993 II	Grace (2)

† - Tri-State later won the 1993 District 23 title.

‡ - Indiana Central is now known as Indianapolis. Tri-State is now known as Trine.

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