1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals Site

Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri

Champions

Hamline (Minn.)
(1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-Up

Southeastern Oklahoma
(1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

Pittsburg State (Kan.)
(1st Final Four)
Central Missouri
(3rd Final Four)

Chuck Taylor MVP

Gus Doerner
(Evansville (Ind.))

NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1941	1943 →

The 1942 NAIA Men's Division I 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.

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 est. 1963
Leading rebounder est. 1963
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
Coach of the Year est. 1954
Player of the Year est. 1994^[2]

1942 NAIA bracket

First Round			Second Round			Elite Eight			NAIA National Semifinals			NAIA National Championship


-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	43

-	Eastern Washington State	33
			-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	37

			-	Texas Tech	36
-	Texas Tech	59

-	Louisiana Tech	47
						-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	46
TOP TIER
						-	East Central State	41*
-	Evansville (Ind.)	73

-	Peru State (Neb.)	50
			-	Evansville	30

			-	East Central State	42
-	East Central (Okla.)	49

-	Murray State (Ky.)	45*
									-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	37

									-	Pittsburg State	36
-	Missouri Valley	68

-	George Pepperdine (Calif.)	53
			-	Missouri Valley	49

			-	Stout Institute	33
-	Stout Institute (Wis.)	47

-	Texas Wesleyan	42
						-	Missouri Valley	49
TOP TIER
						-	Pittsburg State	48
-	Luther (Iowa)	39

-	Delta State (Miss.)	35
			-	Luther	38

			-	Pittsburg State	48
-	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	37

-	Arkansas State Teachers	34
												-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	31

												-	Hamline	33
-	Southwestern (Kan.)	47

-	East Texas State	43
			-	Southwestern	31

			-	Hamline	37
-	Hamline (Minn.)	67

-	New Mexico Normal	40
						-	Hamline	45
BOTTOM TIER
						-	Indiana State	41
-	Indiana State	83

-	Stevens Point State (Wis.)	45
			-	Indiana State	51

			-	Simpson	43
-	Simpson (Iowa)	59

-	Portland (Ore.)	43
									-	Hamline	45

									-	Central Missouri State	27
-	San Diego State (Calif.)	36

-	Chadron State (Neb.)	29
			-	San Diego State	32

			-	Bemidji State	41
-	Bemidji State (Minn.)	46

-	Panzer (N.J.)	37
						-	Bemidji State	32
BOTTOM TIER
						-	Central Missouri State	46
-	Central Missouri State	53

-	Morehead State (Ky.)	29
			-	Central Missouri State	59

			-	High Point	40
-	High Point (N.C.)	44

-	Yankton (S.D.)	37

* denotes overtime.

3rd place game

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

NAIA Third Place Game


-	Pittsburg State	48

-	Central Missouri State	47

References

NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Championships

NAIA Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Players

1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

The 1944 NAIA Tournament was not held due to World War II.

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