NAIA District 7 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 7 primarily consisted of NAIA schools in the southern Rocky Mountains - Colorado, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico. The Colorado and Utah schools began in District 6 before moving to District 7 in 1955.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the remaining schools in District 7 competed in Division I. After the 1992 season, virtually all district members had moved to NCAA Division II; the remainder were transferred to District 8. For the final year of district qualifications, District 7 consisted of Division II Florida schools transferred from District 25.

Primary sources for information on this district include the Deseret News and, for 1993, the Lakeland Ledger.

Formats

1951, 1954, 1956: Three-team playoff

1952-53 1955, 1957-65: A single game playoff

1967: Best-of-three championship series

1965-66; 1968; 1970-79; 1985-88; 1992-93: Four-team playoff (1965 has the only known third-place game)

1969: Six-team playoff

1980-84; 1989-91: Eight-team playoff

District Champions

1951	Eastern New Mexico	1966	Albuquerque (2)	1981	Western New Mexico
1952	New Mexico A&M‡	1967	Eastern New Mexico (5)	1982	Western New Mexico (2)
1953	Arizona State	1968	Albuquerque (3)	1983	Santa Fe
1954	Arizona State-Flagstaff‡	1969	Eastern New Mexico (6)	1984	Denver
1955	Regis (CO)†	1970	Eastern New Mexico (7)	1985	Mesa State
1956	Eastern New Mexico (2)	1971	Eastern New Mexico (8)	1986	Southern Colorado (2)
1957	New Mexico Highlands	1972	Adams State†	1987	Western State
1958	Eastern New Mexico (3)	1973	Grand Canyon	1988	Grand Canyon (8)
1959	Westminster (UT)	1974	Grand Canyon (2)	1989	Grand Canyon (9)
1960	New Mexico Highlands (2)	1975	Grand Canyon (3)	1990	Grand Canyon (10)
1961	Westminster (UT) (2)	1976	Grand Canyon (4)	1991	Southern Colorado (3)
1962	Arizona State-Flagstaff (2)	1977	Southern Utah State‡	1992 I	Western State (2)
1963	Eastern New Mexico (4)	1978	Grand Canyon (5)	1992 II	unassigned
1964	Saint Joseph (NM)	1979	Grand Canyon (6)	1993 I	unassigned
1965	Southern Colorado‡	1980	Grand Canyon (7)	1993 II	Webber†‡

† - Regis also won the District 6 title in 1954. Adams State also win the District 6 title in 1953. Webber also win the 1986 District 25 title.

‡ - New Mexico A&M is now known as New Mexico State. Arizona State-Flagstaff is now known as Northern Arizona. Saint Joseph (NM) later became Albuquerque. Southern Colorado is now known as Colorado State-Pueblo. Southern Utah State is now known as Southern Utah. Webber is now known as Webber International.

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