| Type: | NAIA men's basketball tournament |
| Year: | 1963 |
| Teams: | 32 |
| Finalfourarena: | Municipal Auditorium |
| Finalfourcity: | Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions: | Pan American (Texas) |
| Titlecount: | 1st |
| Champgamecount: | 1st |
| Champffcount: | 1st |
| Runnerup: | Western Carolina (N.C.) |
| Gamecount: | 1st |
| Runnerffcount: | 1st |
| Semifinal1: | Grambling (La.) |
| Finalfourcount1: | 2nd |
| Semifinal2: | Fort Hays State (Kan.) |
| Finalfourcount2: | 2nd |
| Coty: | Fred Hodby |
| Cotyschool: | Grambling (La.) |
| Mvp: | Lucious Jackson |
| Mvpteam: | Pan American (Texas) |
| Hustle: | Gil Luttrell |
| Hustleschool: | Carson–Newman (Tenn.) |
| Attendance: | unknown |
| Topscorer: | Mel Gibson |
| Topscorerteam: | Western Carolina |
| Topscorer2: | Willis Reed |
| Topscorer2team: | Grambling (La.) |
| Points: | 137 |
The 1963 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held March 11–16 at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 26th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This tournament did not feature any games going into overtime. This was the first tournament to feature a Leading Scorer, and Leading Rebounder awards. They were presented to Mel Gibson, Willis Reed and Lucious Jackson respectively. In the inaugural year of the Leading Scorer award, there was a tie. This would not happen again until 1981.
The third-place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.