A group of Kansas City businessmen got together in 1937 to organize a college basketball tournament to replace the Amateur Athletic Union tournament, which had moved to Denver.
The result was the National Small College Basketball Tournament, which featured the champions of eight Midwestern conferences. The field expanded to 32 teams in 1938 and in 1940 the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) was founded to run the tournament and to estblish standards of eligibility for member schools and conferences.
The NAIB was renamed the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) in 1952, when it added national championships in golf, tennis, and track. The NAIA in 1991 reorganized into two divisions and began conducting basketball tournaments for both divisions in 1992.
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| Year | Winner |
| 1937 | Central Missouri 35, Morningside 24 |
| 1938 | Central Missouri 45, Roanoke 30 |
| 1939 | Southwestern (KS) 32, San Diego St. 31 |
| 1940 | Tarkio 52, San Diego St. 31 |
| 1941 | San Diego St. 36, Murray St. 32 |
| 1942 | Hamline 33, SE Oklahoma 31 |
| 1943 | SE Missouri St. 34, NW Missouri St. 32 |
| 1944 | Not held |
| 1945 | Loyola (LA) 49, Pepperdine 36 |
| 1946 | Southern Illinois 49, Indiana St. 40 |
| 1947 | Marshall 73, Mankato St. 59 |
| 1948 | Louisville 82, Indiana St. 70 |
| 1949 | Hamline 57, Regis (CO) 46 |
| 1950 | Indiana St. 61, E. Central Oklahoma 47 |
| 1951 | Hamline 69, Millikin 61 |
| 1952 | SW Missouri St. 73, Murray St. 64 |
| 1953 | SW Missouri St. 79, Hamline 71 |
| 1954 | St.Benedict's (KS) 62, Western Illinois 56 |
| 1955 | East Texas St. 71, SE Oklahoma 54 |
| 1956 | McNeese St. 60, Texas Southern 55 |
| 1957 | Tennessee St. 92, SE Oklahoma 73 |
| 1958 | Tennessee St. 85, Western Illinois 73 |
| 1959 | Tennessee St. 97, Pacific Lutheran 87 |
| 1960 | SW Texas St. 66, Westminster (PA) 44 |
| 1961 | Grambling 95, Georgetown (KY) 75 |
| 1962 | Prairie View 62, Westminster 53 |
| 1963 | Pan American 73, Western Carolina 62 |
| 1964 | Rockhurst 66, Pan American 56 |
| 1965 | Central St. (OH) 85, Oklahoma Baptist 51 |
| 1966 | Oklahoma Baptist 88, Georgia Southern 59 |
| 1967 | St.Benedict's 71, Oklahoma Baptist 6i5 |
| 1968 | Central St. (OH) 51, Fairmont St. 48 |
| 1969 | Eastern New Mexico 99, Md.-Eastern Shore 76 |
| 1970 | Kentucky St. 79, Central Washinton 71 |
| 1971 | Kentucky St. 102, Eastern Michigan 82 |
| 1972 | Kentucky St. 71, Wis.-Eau Claire 62 |
| 1973 | Guilford 99, Md.-Eastern Shore 96 |
| 1974 | West Georgia 97, Alcorn St. 79 |
| 1975 | Grand Canyon 65, Midwestern St. (TX) 54 |
| 1976 | Coppin St. 96, Henderson St. 91 |
| 1977 | Texas Southern 71, Campbell 44 |
| 1978 | Grand Canyon 79, Kearney St. 75 |
| 1979 | Drury 60, Henderson St. 54 |
| 1980 | Cameron 84, Alabama St. 77 |
| 1981 | Bethel Nazarene 86, Alabama-Huntsville 85 (OT) |
| 1982 | SC-Spartanburg 51, Biola 38 |
| 1983 | Charleston 57, W. Virginia Wesleyan 53 |
| 1984 | Fort Hays St. 48, Wi.-Stevens Point 46 (OT) |
| 1985 | Fort Hays St. 82, Wayland Baptist 80 (OT) |
| 1986 | David Lipscomb 67, Ark.-Monticello 54 |
| 1987 | Washburn 79, West Virginia St. 77 |
| 1988 | Grand Canyon 88, Auburn-Montgomery 86 (OT) |
| 1989 | St.Mary's (TX) 61, East Central (OK) 58 |
| 1990 | Birmingham-Southern 88, Wi.-Eau Claire 80 |
| 1991 | Oklahoma City 77, Central Arkansas 74 |
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| Year | Result |
| 1992 | Oklahoma City 82, Central Ark. 73 (OT) |
| 1993 | Hawaii Pacific 88, Okla. Baptist 83 |
| 1994 | Oklahoma City 99, Life 81 |
| 1995 | Birmingham-Southern 92, Pfeiffer 76 |
| 1996 | Oklahoma City 86, Georgetown (KY) 80 |
| 1997 | Life 73, Okla. Baptist 64 |
| 1998 | Georgetown 83, Southern Nazarene 69 |
| 1999 | Life 63, Mobile 60 |
| 2000 | Life 61, Georgetown (KY) 59 |
| 2001 | Faulkner (AL) 63, Science & Arts (OK) 59 |
| 2002 | Science & Arts (OK) 96, Oklahoma Baptist 79 |
| 2003 | Concordia (CA) 88, Mountain State 84 (OT) |
| 2004 | Mountain State 74, Concordia (CA) 70 |
| 2005 | John Brown 65, Azusa Pacific 55 |
| 2006 | Texas Wesleyan 67, Oklahoma City 65 |
| 2007 | Oklahoma City 79, Concordia (CA) 71 |
| 2008 | Oklahoma City 75, Mountain State 72 |
| 2009 | Rocky Mountain 77, Columbia (MO) 61 |
| 2010 | Oklahoma Baptist 84, Azusa Pacific 83 |
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| Year | Winner |
| 1992 | Grace (IN) 85, Northwestern Iowa 79 (OT) |
| 1993 | Williamette 63, Northern St. (SD) 56 |
| 1994 | Eureka 98, Northern St. 95 (OT) |
| 1995 | Bethel 103, NW Nazarene (ID) 95 (OT) |
| 1996 | Albertson 81, Whitworth (WA) 72 (OT) |
| 1997 | Bethel 95, Siena Heights 94 |
| 1998 | Bethel 89, Oregon Tech 87 |
| 1999 | Cornerstone 113, Bethel 109 |
| 2000 | Embry-Riddle 75, Ozarks 63 |
| 2001 | Northwestern (IA) 82, MidAmerica Nazarene 78 |
| 2002 | Evangel (MO) 84, Robert Morris (IL) 61 |
| 2003 | Northwestern (IA) 77, Bethany (KS) 57 |
| 2004 | Oregon Tech 81, Bellevue (NE) 72 |
| 2005 | Walsh 81, Concordia (NE) 70 |
| 2006 | College of the Ozarks 74, Huntington 56 |
| 2007 | MidAmerica Nazarene 78, Mayville St. 60 |
| 2008 | Oregon Tech 63, Bellevue (NE) 56 |
| 2009 | Oklahoma Wesleyan 60, College of the Ozarks 53 |
| 2010 | St. Francis (IN) 67, Walsh 66 |
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