The initial years
of Southland Conference basketball saw many great players and coaches push the
league to the top of what was then known as the NCAA’s College Division (later
Division II).
Almost
immediately, the league was placing multiple teams into postseason play, with
Abilene Christian and Lamar earning NCAA berths in 1964.
ACU received
another postseason bid in 1965, and in 1966, Abilene Christian, Arkansas State
and Lamar all advanced to NCAA action. In fact, ACU lost to North Dakota in the
1966 College Division National Championship game, 63-62.
Arkansas State
repeated with an NCAA trip in 1967, and Trinity earned a berth in 1968, and the
Tigers advanced to win the NCAA’s Third-Place Game, 68-62, against Ashland.
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