1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
1942 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Hamline (Minn.) (1st title)
Runner-Up	Southeastern Oklahoma State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Pittsburg State (Kan.) (1st Final Four) Central Missouri (3rd Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Gus Doerner University of Evansville (Ind.)
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1941  1943»

The 1942 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 6th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format ^[1]. The championship game featured Hamline University (Minn.) beating Southeastern Oklahoma State University 33 to 31.

Contents 1 Awards and honors 2 1942 NAIA bracket 2.1 3rd place game 3 References 4 See also

[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1942 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

• Leading Scorer Award est. 1963
• Leading Rebounder Award est. 1963
• Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player: Gus Doerner, University of Evansville (Ind.)
• Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
• Coach of the Year est. 1954
• Player of the Year est. 1994^[2]

[edit] 1942 NAIA bracket

	First Round March					Second Round March					Elite Eight March					NAIA National Semifinals March					NAIA National Championship March
	-	Southeastern Oklahoma	43
	-	Eastern Washington	33
						-	Southeastern Oklahoma	37
						-	Texas Tech	36
	-	Texas Tech	59
	-	Louisiana Tech	47
											-	Southeastern Oklahoma	46
	TOP TIER
										-	East Central	41 OT
	-	Evansville (Ind.)	73
	-	Peru State (Neb.)	50
						-	Evansville	30
						-	East Central	42
	-	East Central (Okla.)	45
	-	Murray State (Ky.)	45 OT
																-	Southeastern Oklahoma	37
																-	Pittsburg State	36
	-	Missouri Valley	68
	-	Pepperdine (Calif.)	53
						-	Missouri Valley	49
						-	Wisconsin-Stout	33
	-	Wisconsin-Stout	47
	-	Texas Weslyean	42
											-	Missouri Valley	49
										-	Pittsburg State	48
	-	Luther (Iowa)	39
	-	Delta State (Miss.)	35
						-	Luther	38
						-	Pittsburg State	48
	-	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	37
	-	Arkansas State	34
																					-	Southeastern Oklahoma	31
																					-	Hamline	33
	-	Southwestern (Kan.)	47
	-	East Texas State	43
						-	Southwestern	31
						-	Hamline	37
	-	Hamline (Minn.)	67
	-	New Mexico Western	40
											-	Hamline	45
	BOTTOM TIER
										-	Indiana State	41
	-	Indiana State	83
	-	Wisconsin-Stevens Point	45
						-	Indiana State	51
						-	Simpson	43
	-	Simpson (Iowa)	59
	-	Portland (Ore.)	43
																-	Hamline	45
																-	Central Missouri	27
	-	San Diego State (Calif.)	36
	-	Chadron State (Neb.)	29
						-	San Deigo State	32
						-	Bemidji State	41
	-	Bemidji State (Minn.)	46
	-	Panzer (N.J.)	37
											-	Bemidji State	32
										-	Central Missouri	46
	-	Central Missouri	53
	-	Morehead State (Ky.)	29
						-	Central Missouri	59
						-	High Point	40
	-	High Point (N.C.)	44
	-	Yankton (S.D.)	37

[edit] 3rd place game

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

	NAIA Third Place Game March
	-	Pittsburg State	48
	-	Central Missouri	47

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Champions Champions and records
1930s	1937,1938,1939
1940s	1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950s	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960s	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
1970s	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
1980s	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
1990s	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000s	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010s	2010,