NAIA District 25 Men's Basketball
NAIA District 25 primarily consisted of NAIA schools in Georgia and Florida.
When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the district split, and teams participated in both divisions. In 1993, the Florida schools were reassigned to District 7, competing in Division II.
Primary sources for information on this district include the Lakeland Ledger, the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, the Daytona Beach Morning Journal, the Rome News-Tribune, the Albany Herald, the Waycross Journal-Herald, and the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Formats
1951-65, 1969-79, 1992 (Division II): Four-team playoff. Some years had a third place game.
1966: Was scheduled as a four-team playoff, but was reduced to three teams after a withdrawal. One team was placed in the final game and the other two played in a semifinal.
1967-68: Best-of-three championship series involving the champion of the Georgia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and another team.
1980: Six-team playoff, with seeds. The top two seeds received byes.
1981-93: Eight-team playoff.
District Champions
| 1951 | Florida State | 1966 | Georgia Southern (5) | 1981 | Southern Poly (4) |
| 1952 | Tampa | 1967 | Valdosta State | 1982 | Southern Poly (5) |
| 1953 | Stetson | 1968 | Valdosta State (2) | 1983 | North Georgia |
| 1954 | Mercer | 1969 | Valdosta State (3) | 1984 | North Georgia (2) |
| 1955 | Florida State (2) | 1970 | Augusta State‡ | 1985 | Georgia Southwestern |
| 1956 | Georgia Teachers‡ | 1971 | Augusta State (2) | 1986 | Webber†‡ |
| 1957 | Stetson (2) | 1972 | West Georgia | 1987 | Southern Poly (6) |
| 1958 | Georgia Teachers (2) | 1973 | Valdosta State (4) | 1988 | Georgia College & State |
| 1959 | Georgia Teachers (3) | 1974 | West Georgia (2) | 1989 | Georgia College & State (2) |
| 1960 | Stetson (3) | 1975 | Palm Beach Atlantic | 1990 | Georgia College & State (3) |
| 1961 | Oglethorpe | 1976 | West Florida | 1991 | Georgia Southwestern (2) |
| 1962 | Stetson (4) | 1977 | Paine | 1992 I | Berry |
| 1963 | Stetson (5) | 1978 | Southern Poly | 1992 II | Florida Memorial |
| 1964 | Georgia Southern (4) | 1979 | Southern Poly (2) | 1993 I | Kennesaw State |
| 1965 | Jacksonville | 1980 | Southern Poly (3) | 1993 II | unassigned |
† - Webber later won the 1993 District 7 title.
‡ - Georgia Teachers became Georgia Southern. Webber is now known as Webber International. Augusta State is now known as Georgia Regents.
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