NAIA District 24 Men's Basketball

NAIA District 24 primarily consisted of NAIA schools in Kentucky and Tennessee. In the initial alignment, the district was assigned to Kentucky. This continued until the 1965 season, when Tennessee moved in from District 27, which was assigned to Alabama. In 1976, there was a split; this time, it was the Kentucky schools being moved out to District 32.

When the NAIA split into divisions in 1992, the district split, and teams participated in both divisions. In 1993, however, the Division II schools moved to District 32.

Primary sources for information on this district during the Kentucky years include the Park City Daily News, the Lexington Herald-Leader, the Middlesboro Daily News, the Kentucky New Era, and the Harlan Daily Enterprise. In the latter portion of the Tennessee years, the Memphis Commercial Appeal was a primary source.

Formats

1951-52: Unknown

1953: No district playoff was held, and an at-large bid was awarded to Loyola (MD), whose old district, District 29 was abolished in favor of a new one that was reserved for HBCUs.

1955-64: Two-team playoff.

1966: Three-team playoff.

1965; 1967-79: Four-team playoff.

1980-81; 1992-93 (both divisions): Eight-team playoff.

1982-91: Eight-team playoff with two four-team playoffs based on location (1990 and 1991 playoffs had a best-of-three championship series, instead of a single game final).

District Champions

1951	Morehead State	1966	Carson-Newman†	1981	Lincoln Memorial (3)
1952	Murray State	1967	Tennessee Wesleyan	1982	David Lipscomb†
1953	unassigned	1968	Union (KY)	1983	Carson-Newman (2)
1954	Georgetown (KY)†	1969	Georgetown (KY) (8)	1984	Carson-Newman (3)
1955	Georgetown (KY) (2)	1970	Kentucky State†	1985	David Lipscomb (2)
1956	Georgetown (KY) (3)	1971	Kentucky State (2)	1986	David Lipscomb (3)
1957	Villa Madonna‡	1972	Kentucky State (3)	1987	Trevecca Nazarene
1958	Georgetown (KY) (4)	1973	Kentucky State (4)	1988	David Lipscomb (4)
1959	Pikeville†	1974	Kentucky State (5)	1989	Belmont
1960	Villa Madonna (2)	1975	Kentucky State (6)	1990	David Lipscomb (5)
1961	Georgetown (KY) (5)	1976	Lincoln Memorial	1991	David Lipscomb (6)
1962	Georgetown (KY) (6)	1977	Lincoln Memorial (2)	1992 I	Union (TN)†
1963	Transylvania†	1978	Lemoyne-Owen	1992 II	King
1964	Georgetown (KY) (7)	1979	Lemoyne-Owen (2)	1993 I	David Lipscomb (7)
1965	Transylvania (2)	1980	Lemoyne-Owen (3)	1993 II	unassigned

† - Georgetown (KY) also won two District 32 titles after being reassigned. Pikeville won the 1976 District 32 title. Transylvania won the District 32 title in 1988. Carson-Newman won four District 27 titles, consecutively from 1961 to 1964. Kentucky State won the District 29 title in 1959 and 1964, and the District 32 title in 1977 and 1979. Union (TN) also won the District 27 title in 1958.

‡ - Villa Madonna is now known as Thomas More. David Lipscomb is now known simply as Lipscomb.

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