NAIA District 8 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 8 primarily consisted of NAIA schools in Texas. Initially, it consisted of schools in the western part of the state. By 1958, it consisted mostly of schools that did not belong to a conference. Eventually, it would house members from the Texoma Athletic Conference, the Texas Intercollegiate Athletic Association (1976-1996), and the Southwestern Athletic Conference, plus western independents.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, Division I teams were assigned to District 4, while Division II teams were assigned to District 8. Additionally, the Division II schools in Louisiana, who had previously competed in District 30, joined District 8.

Primary sources for information on this district include the Austin American-Statesman, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, and the Dallas Morning News.

Formats

1974-77: Best-of-three playoff.

1992-93(Division II): Eight-team playoff.

1993(Division I): Four-team playoff.

Other formats to be added later.

District Champions

1951	East Texas Baptist†	1966	Midwestern State (5)	1981	Midwestern State (11)
1952	West Texas State	1967	Midwestern State (6)	1982	Paul Quinn (2)
1953	Midwestern State	1968	Bishop	1983	Texas Wesleyan
1954	Wayland Baptist†	1969	Corpus Christi‡	1984	Midwestern State (12)
1955	Wayland Baptist (2)	1970	Wiley	1985	Wayland Baptist (4)
1956	Midwestern State (2)	1971	Texas Southern†	1986	Wayland Baptist (5)
1957	Wayland Baptist (3)	1972	Bishop (2)	1987	Wayland Baptist (6)
1958	Austin	1973	Dallas Baptist	1988	Paul Quinn (3)
1959	Austin (2)	1974	Midwestern State (7)	1989	Wayland Baptist (7)
1960	Midwestern State (3)	1975	Midwestern State (8)	1990	Paul Quinn (4)
1961	East Texas Baptist (2)†	1976	Texas Southern (2)	1991	Wayland Baptist (8)
1962	McMurry	1977	Texas Southern (3)	1992 I	unassigned
1963	Pan American†	1978	Midwestern State (9)	1992 II	Tarleton State
1964	Pan American (2)†	1979	Midwestern State (10)	1993 I	Midwestern State (13)
1965	Midwestern State (4)	1980	Paul Quinn	1993 II	Tarleton State (2)

† - East Texas Baptist also won the District 4 title in 1988. Pan American also won the District 4 title in 1962. Wayland Baptist won the District 4 title in 1992. Texas Southern won two District 6 titles, a District 29 title, and a District 29W title before the end of segregated districts.

‡ - West Texas State is now known as West Texas A&M. Pan American is now known as Texas-Pan American. Corpus Christi is now known as Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.

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