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1945 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1945
ImageSize150px
Teams16
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsLoyola New Orleans
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount1st
ChampFFCount1st
RunnerFFCount1st
RunnerUpPepperdine
GameCount1st
Semifinal1Eastern Kentucky
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Southern Illinois
FinalFourCount21st
MVPFred Lewis
MVPTeamEastern Kentucky
Attendanceunknown

The 1945 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 teams playing in a single-elimination format, instead of the normal 32. It is the only tournament to feature only 16 teams.

The NAIA semifinals featured four new teams for the first time since the inaugural year, 1937.

The championship game featured Loyola New Orleans defeating Pepperdine 49–35. Loyola New Orleans would not go on to win another NAIA national title until 2022, 77 years later.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1945 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=BOTTOM TIER

| team-width = 160 | score-width = 30

| RD1-seed01=- | RD1-team01=Central (MO) | RD1-score01=54 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Eau Claire | RD1-score02=36

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Eastern Kentucky | RD1-score03=64 | RD1-seed04=- | RD1-team04=Simpson | RD1-score04=42

| RD1-seed05=- | RD1-team05=West Texas State | RD1-score05=54 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Wichita State | RD1-score06=43

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Pepperdine | RD1-score07=77 | RD1-seed08=- | RD1-team08=Peru State | RD1-score08=42

| RD1-seed09=- | RD1-team09=Central Normal (IN) | RD1-score09=53 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Catawba | RD1-score10=39

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Loyola New Orleans | RD1-score11=53 | RD1-seed12=- | RD1-team12=Phillips | RD1-score12=31

| RD1-seed13=- | RD1-team13=Southern Illinois | RD1-score13=64 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Washburn | RD1-score14=49

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=Doane | RD1-score15=54 | RD1-seed16=- | RD1-team16=Eastern Washington State | RD1-score16=51

| RD2-seed01=- | RD2-team01=Central (MO) | RD2-score01=48* | RD2-seed02=- | RD2-team02=Eastern Kentucky | RD2-score02=50

| RD2-seed03=- | RD2-team03=West Texas State | RD2-score03=45 | RD2-seed04=- | RD2-team04=Pepperdine | RD2-score04=52

| RD2-seed05=- | RD2-team05=Central Normal | RD2-score05=43 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Loyola New Orleans | RD2-score06=50

| RD2-seed07=- | RD2-team07=Southern Illinois | RD2-score07=61 | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=Doane | RD2-score08=44

| RD3-seed01=- | RD3-team01=Eastern Kentucky | RD3-score01=34 | RD3-seed02=- | RD3-team02=Pepperdine | RD3-score02=52

| RD3-seed03=- | RD3-team03=Loyola New Orleans | RD3-score03=37 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=Southern Illinois | RD3-score04=35

| RD4-seed01=- | RD4-team01=Pepperdine | RD4-score01=35 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=Loyola New Orleans | RD4-score02=49

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Eastern Kentucky | RD4-score03=45 | RD4-seed04=- | RD4-team04=Southern Illinois | RD4-score04=49

    • denotes overtime.

References

References

  1. "NAIA.org".
  2. [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History] {{webarchive. link. (2008-05-15)
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