NAIA District 23 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 23 consisted, until the end of the district qualification era, of NAIA schools in Michigan.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the district teams competed in Division I. Additionally, one Indiana team -- Tri-State -- was transferred from District 21 to District 23.

There are no primary sources for information on this district.

Formats

1951: Single game playoff.

1992-93: Six-team format with top two seeds receiving byes to the semifinals.

Other formats to be added.

District Champions

1951	Hillsdale	1966	Central Michigan	1981	Hillsdale (3)
1952	Lawrence Tech	1967	Central Michigan (2)	1982	Saginaw Valley State (2)
1953	Adrian	1968	Eastern Michigan	1983	Saginaw Valley State (3)
1954	Lawrence Tech (2)	1969	Eastern Michigan (2)	1984	Hillsdale (4)
1955	Adrian (2)	1970	Eastern Michigan (3)	1985	Hillsdale (5)
1956	Kalamazoo	1971	Eastern Michigan (4)	1986	Saginaw Valley State (4)
1957	Adrian (3)	1972	Hillsdale (2)	1987	Northwood (MI)
1958	Northern Michigan	1973	Ferris State (4)	1988	Hillsdale (6)
1959	Northern Michigan (2)	1974	Grand Valley State	1989	Siena Heights
1960	Ferris State	1975	Ferris State (5)	1990	Siena Heights (2)
1961	Northern Michigan (3)	1976	Lake Superior State	1991	Saint Mary's (MI)
1962	Ferris State (2)	1977	Grand Valley State (2)	1992 I	Saint Mary's (MI) (2)
1963	Northern Michigan (4)	1978	Lake Superior State (2)	1992 II	unassigned
1964	Ferris State (3)	1979	Grand Valley State (3)	1993 I	Tri-State†
1965	Northern Michigan (5)	1980	Saginaw Valley State	1993 II	unassigned

† - Tri-State won four District 21 titles before moving to District 23.

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