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| The '''1981 NAIA men's basketball tournament''' was held in March at [[Kemper Arena]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. The 44th annual [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://naia.cstv.com/ |title=NAIA.org |access-date=2020-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501033134/http://naia.cstv.com/ |archive-date=2009-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The championship game featured [[Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm|Bethany Nazarene College]] and the [[University of Alabama in Huntsville]]. It was the first time the championship game that went into overtime. Bethany Nazarene edged out Alabama-Huntsville with the final score of 86-85 (OT). 1981 was also the first year the NAIA held a women's national basketball championship tournament. For the second time since [[1961 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament|1963]], the year the award was established, there was a tie for the leading scorer. Todd Thurman, and George Torres both scored 104 over course of the 1981 tournament. There have been no ties since. And for the first time since the Coach of the Year Award was established, Ken Anderson, won Coach of the Year for the second time. No other coach has won the award twice. | The '''1981 NAIA men's basketball tournament''' was held in March at [[Kemper Arena]] in [[Kansas City, Missouri]]. The 44th annual [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]] basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://naia.cstv.com/ |title=NAIA.org |access-date=2020-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501033134/http://naia.cstv.com/ |archive-date=2009-05-01 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The championship game featured [[Southern Nazarene Crimson Storm|Bethany Nazarene College]] and the [[University of Alabama in Huntsville]]. It was the first time that the championship game went into overtime. Bethany Nazarene edged out Alabama-Huntsville with the final score of 86-85 (OT). 1981 was also the first year the NAIA held a women's national basketball championship tournament. For the second time since [[1961 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament|1963]], the year the award was established, there was a tie for the leading scorer. Todd Thurman and George Torres both scored 104 over the course of the 1981 tournament. There have been no ties since. And for the first time since the Coach of the Year Award was established, Ken Anderson, won Coach of the Year for the second time. No other coach has won the award twice. |
| ==Awards and honors== | ==Awards and honors== |
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