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1947 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1947
ImageSize150px
Caption1947 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament
Teams32
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsMarshall
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount1st
ChampFFCount1st
RunnerFFCount1st
RunnerUpMankato State
GameCount1st
Semifinal1Arizona State-Flagstaff
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Emporia State
FinalFourCount21st
MVPIrvin Leifer
MVPTeamEastern Washington
Attendanceunknown

The 1947 NAIA National Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 10th annual men's basketball tournament of what is now the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

It would be the first time since 1945 the NAIA Semifinalist would feature four new teams. Becoming the 3rd tournament to do so, and a feat that would not be repeated until 1965.

The championship game featured Marshall defeating Mankato State, 73–59. The third place game featured Arizona State-Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona, defeating Emporia State, 47–38.

1947 kicked off the "golden age" of NAIA National Tournaments. Harold Haskins became the first of 16 all-time leading scorers. Coach John Wooden withdrew Indiana State from the tournament because the NAIB would not allow black student-athlete Clarence Walker to play. The NAIB changed in time for Walker to play for Indiana in the 1948 tournament.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1947 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
  • Top single-game scoring performances: 2nd by Nate DeLong, Wisconsin-River Falls vs. Marshall (W.Va.). Delong scored 22 field goals had 12 free throws totaling 56 points.
  • All-time scoring leader; first appearance: Harold Haskins, 12th, Hamline (Minn.) (1947,48,49,50), 14 games, 104 field goals, 72 free throws, 280 total points, 20.0 average per game.

Bracket

March 11, 1947 March 12, 1947

| 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=Beloit | RD1-score01=75 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Arkansas State | RD1-score02=60

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Texas Wesleyan | RD1-score03=84 | RD1-seed04=- | RD1-team04=Linfield | RD1-score04=50

| RD1-seed05=- | RD1-team05=Canterbury (IN) | RD1-score05=68 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Western Carolina | RD1-score06=55

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Emporia State | RD1-score07=78 | RD1-seed08=- | RD1-team08=Lawrence Tech | RD1-score08=54

| RD1-seed09=- | RD1-team09=Dakota Wesleyan | RD1-score09=44 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Southern Illinois | RD1-score10=39

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Eastern Washington State | RD1-score11=51 | RD1-seed12=- | RD1-team12=Culver–Stockton | RD1-score12=48

| RD1-seed13=- | RD1-team13=Hamline | RD1-score13=71 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=New Mexico | RD1-score14=49

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=Marshall | RD1-score15=113 | RD1-seed16=- | RD1-team16=River Falls State | RD1-score16=80

| RD1-seed17=- | RD1-team17=Whittier | RD1-score17=70 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=Northwestern State (LA) | RD1-score18=56

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=NE Missouri State | RD1-score19=76 | RD1-seed20=- | RD1-team20=Delta State | RD1-score20=58

| RD1-seed21=- | RD1-team21=Arizona State-Flagstaff | RD1-score21=49 | RD1-seed22=- | RD1-team22=Youngstown | RD1-score22=45*

| RD1-seed23=- | RD1-team23=Houston | RD1-score23=60 | RD1-seed24=- | RD1-team24=Montana State | RD1-score24=58

| RD1-seed25=- | RD1-team25=Hastings | RD1-score25=53 | RD1-seed26=- | RD1-team26=Loyola Maryland | RD1-score26=44

| RD1-seed27=- | RD1-team27=Southeastern State (OK) | RD1-score27=53 | RD1-seed28=- | RD1-team28=Eastern Illinois State | RD1-score28=42

| RD1-seed29=- | RD1-team29=Mankato State | RD1-score29=71 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=Loras | RD1-score30=63

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=DePauw | RD1-score31=82 | RD1-seed32=- | RD1-team32=Oglethorpe | RD1-score32=30

| RD2-seed01=- | RD2-team01=Beloit | RD2-score01=63 | RD2-seed02=- | RD2-team02=Texas Wesleyan | RD2-score02=53

| RD2-seed03=- | RD2-team03=Canterbury | RD2-score03=48 | RD2-seed04=- | RD2-team04=Emporia State | RD2-score04=60

| RD2-seed05=- | RD2-team05=Dakota Wesleyan | RD2-score05=48 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Eastern Washington State | RD2-score06=62

| RD2-seed07=- | RD2-team07=Hamline | RD2-score07=54 | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=Marshall | RD2-score08=55

| RD2-seed09=- | RD2-team09=Whittier | RD2-score09=49 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=NE Missouri State | RD2-score10=51

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11=Arizona State-Flagstaff | RD2-score11=44 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Houston | RD2-score12=42***

| RD2-seed13=- | RD2-team13=Hastings | RD2-score13=42 | RD2-seed14=- | RD2-team14=Southeastern State | RD2-score14=48

| RD2-seed15=- | RD2-team15=Mankato State | RD2-score15=65 | RD2-seed16=- | RD2-team16=DePauw | RD2-score16=54

| RD3-seed01=- | RD3-team01=Beloit | RD3-score01=52 | RD3-seed02=- | RD3-team02=Emporia State | RD3-score02=55

| RD3-seed03=- | RD3-team03=Eastern Washington State | RD3-score03=48 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=Marshall | RD3-score04=56

| RD3-seed05=- | RD3-team05=Arizona State-Flagstaff | RD3-score05=59 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=NE Missouri State | RD3-score06=55

| RD3-seed07=- | RD3-team07=Southeastern State | RD3-score07=44 | RD3-seed08=- | RD3-team08=Mankato State | RD3-score08=50

| RD4-seed01=- | RD4-team01=Emporia State | RD4-score01=55 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=Marshall | RD4-score02=56*

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Arizona State-Flagstaff | RD4-score03=46 | RD4-seed04=- | RD4-team04=Mankato State | RD4-score04=52

| RD5-seed02=- | RD5-team02=Mankato State | RD5-score02=59 | RD5-seed01=- | RD5-team01=Marshall | RD5-score01=73

| RD5-seed03=- | RD5-team03=Arizona State-Flagstaff | RD5-score03=47 | RD5-seed04=- | RD5-team04= Emporia State | RD5-score04=38

    • denotes overtime.

References

References

  1. "NAIA.org".
  2. (March 16, 2017). "Indiana basketball player broke racial barrier, changed game forever". Indianapolis Star.
  3. [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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