1948 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1948 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
1948 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1947  1949»

The 1948 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 11th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format ^[1].

Contents 1 Awards and honors 2 1948 results 3 1948 NAIA bracket 3.1 3rd place game 4 References 5 See also

[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1948 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:
• Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
• Coach of the Year est. 1954
• Player of the Year est. 1994 ^[2]

[edit] 1948 results

Marshall (W.Va.) 72, Peru State (Neb.) 53 San Jose State (Calif.) 64, Iowa State Teachers 58 Brigham Young (Utah) 66, Delta State (Miss.) 61 OT Indiana State 72, St. Francis (Pa.) 40 Southern Illinois 54, Southern Oregon 50 Manhattan (N.Y.) 65, Arkansas State Teachers 60 Gonzaga (Wash.) 46, Texas Wesleyan 45 Hamline (Minn.) 85, Mercer (Ga.) 41 Louisville (Ky.) 63, South Dakota State 60 Emporia State (Kan.) 65, Loyola (Md.) 57 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 76, Appalachian State (N.C.) 48 Beloit (Wis.) 84, East Central (Okla.) 60 Central Connecticut 63, Montana 52 Xavier (Ohio) 67, Northwestern (La.) 43 Mankato State (Minn.) 49, Denver (Colo.) 46 Arizona State-Tempe 68, Northeast Missouri 66 San Jose State 74, Marshall 72 OT Indiana State 82, Brigham Young 68 Manhattan 52, Southern Illinois 42 Hamline 70, Gonzaga 55 Louisville 82, Emporia State 66 Beloit 78, Lawrence Tech 62 Xavier 57, Central Connectivut 35 Mankato State 54, Arizona State-Tempe 53 Indiana State 59, San Jose State 52 (Quarterfinals) Hamline 60, Manhattan 51 (Quarterfinals) Louisville 85, Beloit 76 (Quarterfinals) Xavier 62, Mankato State 50 (Quarterfinals) Indiana State 66, Hamline 65 OT (Semifinals) Louisville 56, Xavier 49 (Semifinals) Hamline 59, Xavier 58 (3rd) Louisville 82, Indiana State 70 (Championship)

[edit] 1948 NAIA bracket

First Round March

Second Round March

Elite Eight March

NAIA National Semifinals March

NAIA National Championship March

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[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
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[edit] References

[edit] See also

• 1948 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,