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1941 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1941
ImageSize150px
Caption1941 NAIA Division I men's national basketball tournament
Teams32
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsSan Diego State
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount3rd
ChampFFCount3rd
RunnerFFCount2nd
RunnerUpMurray State
GameCount1st
Semifinal1West Texas State
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Santa Barbara
FinalFourCount21st
MVPCharles Thomas
MVPTeamNorthwestern State
Attendanceunknown

The 1941 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 5th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

The third time was the charm for the San Diego State Aztecs. After losing the previous two years to Southwestern College and Tarkio College, the Aztecs finally won beating Murray State, 36–34.

It also was the first time that the tournament MVP was awarded to a player whose team did not win the championship, or make the NAIA Final Four (Charles Thomas played for Northwestern State which lost in the second round to Texas Wesleyan. San Diego State was the first team to make it to the championship game three times.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1941 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

Bracket

| RD2-group1=**TOP TIER ** | RD2-group2=**TOP TIER ** | RD2-group3=**BOTTOM TIER ** | RD2-group4=**BOTTOM TIER **

| team-width = 170 | score-width = 30

| RD1-seed01=- | RD1-team01=West Texas State | RD1-score01=77 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Dubuque | RD1-score02=39

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Saint Mary’s (MN) | RD1-score03=38 | RD1-seed04=- | RD1-team04=Tarkio | RD1-score04=28

| RD1-seed05=- | RD1-team05=Superior State | RD1-score05=51 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Morningside | RD1-score06=42

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Delta State | RD1-score07=52 | RD1-seed08=- | RD1-team08=Sioux Falls | RD1-score08=35

| RD1-seed09=- | RD1-team09=Northwestern State (LA) | RD1-score09=50 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Central Missouri State | RD1-score10=43

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Texas Wesleyan | RD1-score11=71 | RD1-seed12=- | RD1-team12=Evansville | RD1-score12=62

| RD1-seed13=- | RD1-team13=Culver-Stockton | RD1-score13=40 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Texas Western | RD1-score14=26

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=San Diego State | RD1-score15=46 | RD1-seed16=- | RD1-team16=Western Montana | RD1-score16=29

| RD1-seed17=- | RD1-team17=Stephen F. Austin | RD1-score17=64 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=Simpson | RD1-score18=50

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=NW Missouri State | RD1-score19=35 | RD1-seed20=- | RD1-team20=Dakota Wesleyan | RD1-score20=31

| RD1-seed21=- | RD1-team21=Alma | RD1-score21=43 | RD1-seed22=- | RD1-team22=Panhandle A&M | RD1-score22=24

| RD1-seed23=- | RD1-team23=Murray State | RD1-score23=68 | RD1-seed24=- | RD1-team24=Oregon College | RD1-score24=46

| RD1-seed25=- | RD1-team25=Appalachian State | RD1-score25=63 | RD1-seed26=- | RD1-team26=Baker (KS) | RD1-score26=42

| RD1-seed27=- | RD1-team27=Baltimore | RD1-score27=52 | RD1-seed28=- | RD1-team28=Omaha | RD1-score28=35

| RD1-seed29=- | RD1-team29=Santa Barbara | RD1-score29=32 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=Wayne State (NE) | RD1-score30=26

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=Bemidji State | RD1-score31=35 | RD1-seed32=- | RD1-team32=Pittsburg State | RD1-score32=33

| RD2-seed01=- | RD2-team01=West Texas State | RD2-score01=52 | RD2-seed02=- | RD2-team02=St. Mary’s (MN) | RD2-score02=39

| RD2-seed03=- | RD2-team03=Superior State | RD2-score03=45 | RD2-seed04=- | RD2-team04=Delta State | RD2-score04=53

| RD2-seed05=- | RD2-team05=Northwestern State (LA) | RD2-score05=47 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Texas Wesleyan | RD2-score06=56

| RD2-seed07=- | RD2-team07=Culver-Stockton | RD2-score07=41* | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=San Diego State | RD2-score08=46

| RD2-seed09=- | RD2-team09= Stephen F. Austin | RD2-score09=28 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=NW Missouri State | RD2-score10=34

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11= Alma | RD2-score11=33 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Murray State | RD2-score12=51

| RD2-seed13=- | RD2-team13=Appalachian State | RD2-score13=48 | RD2-seed14=- | RD2-team14=Baltimore | RD2-score14=36

| RD2-seed15=- | RD2-team15=Bemidji State | RD2-score15=29* | RD2-seed16=- | RD2-team16=Santa Barbara | RD2-score16=31

| RD3-seed01=- | RD3-team01=West Texas State | RD3-score01=54 | RD3-seed02=- | RD3-team02=Delta State | RD3-score02=34

| RD3-seed03=- | RD3-team03=Texas Wesleyan | RD3-score03=42 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=San Diego State | RD3-score04=44

| RD3-seed05=- | RD3-team05=NW Missouri State | RD3-score05=43 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=Murray State | RD3-score06=46

| RD3-seed07=- | RD3-team07=Appalachian State | RD3-score07=29 | RD3-seed08=- | RD3-team08=Santa Barbara | RD3-score08=36

| RD4-seed01=- | RD4-team01=West Texas State | RD4-score01=40 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=San Diego State | RD4-score02=43

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Murray State | RD4-score03=35 | RD4-seed04=- | RD4-team04=Santa Barbara | RD4-score04=33

| RD5-seed01=- | RD5-team01=San Diego State | RD5-score01=36 | RD5-seed02=- | RD5-team02=Murray State | RD5-score02=34

| RD5-seed03=- | RD5-team03=West Texas State | RD5-score03=43 | RD5-seed04=- | RD5-team04=Santa Barbara | RD5-score04=35

    • denotes overtime.

References

References

  1. [http://www.naia.org//SportSelect.dbml?&&DB_OEM_ID=27900&SPID=100296&SPSID=646078 NAIA.org]
  2. [https://web.archive.org/web/20110523103053/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/MBBDIChampionshipHistory1223.pdf NAIA Championship History archived via WebCite]
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