1973 NAIA basketball tournament

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{{32TeamBracket

| RD1=First round

| RD2=Second round

| RD3=Elite Eight

| RD4=NAIA national semifinals

| RD5=NAIA national championship

| RD2-group1=TOP TIER

| RD2-group2=TOP TIER

| RD2-group3=BOTTOM TIER

| RD2-group4=BOTTOM TIER

| RD1-seed01=1

| RD1-team01=Sam Houston State (Tex.)

| RD1-score01=88

| RD1-seed02=-

| RD1-team02=Wartburg (Iowa)

| RD1-score02=62

| RD1-seed03=-

| RD1-team03=Xavier (La.)

| RD1-score03=81

| RD1-seed04=-

| RD1-team04=Marist (N.Y.)

| RD1-score04=65

| RD1-seed05=-

| RD1-team05=Ferris State (Mich.)

| RD1-score05=78

| RD1-seed06=-

| RD1-team06=Pembroke State (N.C.)

| RD1-score06=56

| RD1-seed07=-

| RD1-team07=Eastern Montana

| RD1-score07=107

| RD1-seed08=8

| RD1-team08=Maryland-Eastern Shore

| RD1-score08=114

| RD1-seed09=5

| RD1-team09=Marymount (Kan.)

| RD1-score09=73

| RD1-seed10=-

| RD1-team10=Slippery Rock State (Pa.)

| RD1-score10=74

| RD1-seed11=-

| RD1-team11=Quinnipiac (Conn.)

| RD1-score11=79

| RD1-seed12=-

| RD1-team12=Ouachita Baptist (Ark.)

| RD1-score12=66

| RD1-seed13=-

| RD1-team13=South Carolina State

| RD1-score13=82

| RD1-seed14=-

| RD1-team14=Hastings (Neb.)

| RD1-score14=71

| RD1-seed15=-

| RD1-team15=Dallas Baptist (Tex.)

| RD1-score15=66

| RD1-seed16=4

| RD1-team16=Wisconsin-Green Bay

| RD1-score16=77

| RD1-seed17=3

| RD1-team17=Kentucky State

| RD1-score17=81

| RD1-seed18=-

| RD1-team18=Valdosta State (Ga.)

| RD1-score18=90

| RD1-seed19=-

| RD1-team19=Guilford (N.C.)

| RD1-score19=92

| RD1-seed20=-

| RD1-team20=Keene State (N.H.)

| RD1-score20=82

| RD1-seed21=-

| RD1-team21=Westmont (Calif.)

| RD1-score21=85

| RD1-seed22=-

| RD1-team22=South Dakota Tech

| RD1-score22=66

| RD1-seed23=-

| RD1-team23=Missouri Southern State

| RD1-score23=70

| RD1-seed24=6

| RD1-team24=Fairmont State (W.Va.)

| RD1-score24=63

| RD1-seed25=7

| RD1-team25=Alcorn A&M (Miss.)

| RD1-score25=76

| RD1-seed26=-

| RD1-team26=Oklahoma Baptist

| RD1-score26=79

| RD1-seed27=-

| RD1-team27=Winona State (Minn.)

| RD1-score27=70

| RD1-seed28=-

| RD1-team28=Grand Canyon (Ariz.)

| RD1-score28=64

| RD1-seed29=-

| RD1-team29=Defiance (Ohio)

| RD1-score29=82

| RD1-seed30=-

| RD1-team30=George Fox (Ore.)

| RD1-score30=62

| RD1-seed31=-

| RD1-team31=Hanover (Ind.)

| RD1-score31=65

| RD1-seed32=2

| RD1-team32=Augustana (Ill.)

| RD1-score32=66

| RD2-seed01=1

| RD2-team01=Sam Houston State

| RD2-score01=60

| RD2-seed02=-

| RD2-team02=Xavier

| RD2-score02=67

| RD2-seed03=-

| RD2-team03=Ferris State

| RD2-score03=90

| RD2-seed04=8

| RD2-team04=Maryland-Eastern Shore

| RD2-score04=95

| RD2-seed05=-

| RD2-team05=Slippery Rock State

| RD2-score05=104

| RD2-seed06=-

| RD2-team06=Quinnipiac

| RD2-score06=75

| RD2-seed07=-

| RD2-team07=South Carolina State

| RD2-score07=55

| RD2-seed08=4

| RD2-team08=Wisconsin-Green Bay

| RD2-score08=72

| RD2-seed09=-

| RD2-team09=Valdosta State

| RD2-score09=81

| RD2-seed10=-

| RD2-team10=Guilford

| RD2-score10=98

| RD2-seed11=-

| RD2-team11=Westmont

| RD2-score11=86

| RD2-seed12=-

| RD2-team12=Missouri Southern State

| RD2-score12=70

| RD2-seed13=-

| RD2-team13=Oklahoma Baptist

| RD2-score13=82

| RD2-seed14=-

| RD2-team14=Winona State

| RD2-score14=72

| RD2-seed15=-

| RD2-team15=Defiance

| RD2-score15=61

| RD2-seed16=2

| RD2-team16=Augustana

| RD2-score16=64

| RD3-seed01=-

| RD3-team01=Xavier

| RD3-score01=80

| RD3-seed02=8

| RD3-team02=Maryland-Eastern Shore

| RD3-score02=87

| RD3-seed03=-

| RD3-team03=Slippery Rock State

| RD3-score03=60

| RD3-seed04=4

| RD3-team04=Wisconsin-Green Bay

| RD3-score04=58

| RD3-seed05=-

| RD3-team05=Guilford

| RD3-score05=70

| RD3-seed06=-

| RD3-team06=Westmont

| RD3-score06=67

| RD3-seed07=-

| RD3-team07=Oklahoma Baptist

| RD3-score07=46

| RD3-seed08=2

| RD3-team08=Augustana

| RD3-score08=63

| RD4-seed01=8

| RD4-team01=Maryland-Eastern Shore

| RD4-score01=113

| RD4-seed02=-

| RD4-team02=Slippery Rock State

| RD4-score02=82

| RD4-seed03=-

| RD4-team03=Guilford

| RD4-score03=77

| RD4-seed04=2

| RD4-team04=Augustana

| RD4-score04=69

| RD5-seed01=8

| RD5-team01=Maryland-Eastern Shore

| RD5-score01=96

| RD5-seed02=-

| RD5-team02=Guilford

| RD5-score02=99

}}

The third-place game featured the losing national semifinalist teams to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

{{2TeamBracket

| RD1=NAIA third-place game

| RD1-seed1=-

| RD1-team1=Slippery Rock State

| RD1-score1=93

| RD1-seed2=2

| RD1-team2=Augustana

| RD1-score2=96

}}

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