The 1965 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 28th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
It was the longest gap up until it was eclipsed by the gap between 1969-2001 which featured 1 or more repeating semi-finalist each year.
It was the second time the number one seed has won the tournament.
The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament.