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1943 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

Summary

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1943
ImageSize150px
Teams32
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsSoutheast Missouri State
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount1st
ChampFFCount1st
RunnerFFCount1st
RunnerUpNorthwest Missouri State
GameCount1st
Semifinal1North Texas State
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Murray State
FinalFourCount23rd
MVPBelus Smawley
MVPTeamAppalachian State (N.C.)
Attendanceunknown

The 1943 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 7th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured Southeast Missouri State defeating Northwest Missouri State 34–32.

This was the first tournament to feature a championship game between two teams from the same state, Missouri, playing in Missouri. The 3rd place game featured the first overtime in the NAIA Final Four history when North Texas State defeated Murray State 59–55 in one overtime.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1943 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=SE Missouri State | RD1-score01=50 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Dakota Wesleyan | RD1-score02=30

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Westminster (MO) | RD1-score03=48 | RD1-seed04=- | RD1-team04=Loyola Chicago | RD1-score04=45*

| RD1-seed05=- | RD1-team05=Eastern Washington State | RD1-score05=54 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Valparaiso | RD1-score06=42

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=St. Cloud State | RD1-score07=59 | RD1-seed08=- | RD1-team08=Texas Wesleyan | RD1-score08=54

| RD1-seed09=- | RD1-team09=Murray State | RD1-score09=72 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=SW Missouri State | RD1-score10=44

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Southwestern (KS) | RD1-score11=70 | RD1-seed12=- | RD1-team12=Ouachita Baptist | RD1-score12=36

| RD1-seed13=- | RD1-team13=George Pepperdine | RD1-score13=50 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Kearney State | RD1-score14=45

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=Luther | RD1-score15=31 | RD1-seed16=- | RD1-team16=Southwestern State (OK) | RD1-score16=29

| RD1-seed17=- | RD1-team17=York (NE) | RD1-score17=52 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=Akron | RD1-score18=49

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=North Texas State | RD1-score19=60 | RD1-seed20=- | RD1-team20=Stout Institute | RD1-score20=37

| RD1-seed21=- | RD1-team21=East Central State | RD1-score21=53 | RD1-seed22=- | RD1-team22=South Dakota State | RD1-score22=47

| RD1-seed23=- | RD1-team23=Hamline | RD1-score23=65 | RD1-seed24=- | RD1-team24=Central (MO) | RD1-score24=38

| RD1-seed25=- | RD1-team25=Kansas Wesleyan | RD1-score25=43 | RD1-seed26=- | RD1-team26=Lawrence Tech | RD1-score26=42

| RD1-seed27=- | RD1-team27=Appalachian State | RD1-score27=48 | RD1-seed28=- | RD1-team28=Simpson | RD1-score28=31

| RD1-seed29=- | RD1-team29=Eastern Oregon | RD1-score29=45 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=Illinois Wesleyan | RD1-score30=40

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=NW Missouri State | RD1-score31=37 | RD1-seed32=- | RD1-team32=Indiana State | RD1-score32=28

| RD2-seed01=- | RD2-team01=SE Missouri State | RD2-score01=56 | RD2-seed02=- | RD2-team02=Westminster | RD2-score02=33

| RD2-seed03=- | RD2-team03=Eastern Washington State | RD2-score03=54 | RD2-seed04=- | RD2-team04=St. Cloud State | RD2-score04=41

| RD2-seed05=- | RD2-team05=Murray State | RD2-score05=44 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Southwestern (KS) | RD2-score06=42

| RD2-seed07=- | RD2-team07=George Pepperdine | RD2-score07=43 | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=Luther | RD2-score08=38

| RD2-seed09=- | RD2-team09=York | RD2-score09=49 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=North Texas State | RD2-score10=51

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11=East Central State | RD2-score11=39 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Hamline | RD2-score12=41

| RD2-seed13=- | RD2-team13=Kansas Wesleyan | RD2-score13=40 | RD2-seed14=- | RD2-team14=Appalachian State | RD2-score14=54

| RD2-seed15=- | RD2-team15=Eastern Oregon State | RD2-score15=24 | RD2-seed16=- | RD2-team16=NW Missouri State | RD2-score16=61

| RD3-seed01=- | RD3-team01=SE Missouri State | RD3-score01=57 | RD3-seed02=- | RD3-team02=Eastern Washington State | RD3-score02=51

| RD3-seed03=- | RD3-team03=Murray State | RD3-score03=44 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=George Pepperdine | RD3-score04=38

| RD3-seed05=- | RD3-team05=North Texas State | RD3-score05=45 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=Hamline | RD3-score06=41

| RD3-seed07=- | RD3-team07=Appalachian State | RD3-score07=34 | RD3-seed08=- | RD3-team08=NW Missouri State | RD3-score08=46

| RD4-seed01=- | RD4-team01=SE Missouri State | RD4-score01=38 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=Murray State | RD4-score02=36

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=North Texas State | RD4-score03=31 | RD4-seed04=- | RD4-team04=NW Missouri State | RD4-score04=47

| RD5-seed01=- | RD5-team01=SE Missouri State | RD5-score01=34 | RD5-seed02=- | RD5-team02=NW Missouri State | RD5-score02=32

| RD5-seed03=- | RD5-team03=Murray State | RD5-score03=55* | RD5-seed04=- | RD5-team04=North Texas State | RD5-score04=59

    • 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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