NAIA District 10 Men's Basketball
NAIA District 10 consisted, throughout the district qualification era, of NAIA schools in Kansas.
When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the Division I schools were transferred to District 16, while a couple of Oklahoma schools from District 9 moved to join the Division II schools in District 10.
Primary sources for information on this district include the Lawrence Journal-World, the Wichita Eagle, the Kansas City Star, the Fort Scott Tribune, the Junction City Union, and the Saint Joseph Gazette.
Formats
1951-64: Best-of-three championship series involving representatives of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Conference and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference. In some years, an independent team replaced one of the champions.
1965: Three-team playoff with one semifinal and a best-of-three series.
1966-76: Four-team playoff.
1977-80: Six-team playoff, with the top two seeds receiving 1st round byes.
1981-93: Eight-team playoff.
District Champions
| 1951 | Ottawa | 1966 | Pittsburg State (3) | 1981 | Fort Hays State (4) |
| 1952 | Washburn | 1967 | Saint Benedict's (5) | 1982 | Washburn (5) |
| 1953 | Saint Benedict's‡ | 1968 | Washburn (2) | 1983 | Fort Hays State (5) |
| 1954 | Saint Benedict's (2) | 1969 | Washburn (3) | 1984 | Fort Hays State (6) |
| 1955 | Southwestern (KS) | 1970 | Saint Benedict's (6) | 1985 | Fort Hays State (7) |
| 1956 | Pittsburg State | 1971 | Sacred Heart (KS)‡ | 1986 | Emporia State (5) |
| 1957 | Emporia State† | 1972 | Pittsburg State (4) | 1987 | Washburn (6) |
| 1958 | Saint Benedict's (3) | 1973 | Marymount (KS) | 1988 | Fort Hays State (8) |
| 1959 | Fort Hays State | 1974 | Washburn (4) | 1989 | Washburn (7) |
| 1960 | Pittsburg State (2) | 1975 | Marymount (KS) (2) | 1990 | Washburn (8) |
| 1961 | Emporia State (2) | 1976 | Marymount (KS) (3) | 1991 | Emporia State (6) |
| 1962 | Fort Hays State (2) | 1977 | Emporia State (4) | 1992 I | unassigned |
| 1963 | Fort Hays State (3) | 1978 | Kansas Newman (2) | 1992 II | MidAmerica Nazarene |
| 1964 | Emporia State (3) | 1979 | Marymount (KS) (4) | 1993 I | unassigned |
| 1965 | Saint Benedict's (4) | 1980 | Marymount (KS) (5) | 1993 II | Ottawa (2) |
† - Emporia State also won the 1992 District 16 title.
‡ - Saint Benedict's is now known as Benedictine (KS). Sacred Heart (KS) became Kansas Newman, and is now simply known as Newman.
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