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1948 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1948
ImageSize150px
Caption1948 NAIA national basketball tournament
Teams32
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsLouisville
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount1st
ChampFFCount1st
RunnerFFCount2nd
RunnerUpIndiana State
GameCount2nd
Semifinal1Hamline
FinalFourCount13rd
Semifinal2Xavier
FinalFourCount21st
MVPDuane Klueh
MVPTeamIndiana State
Attendanceunknown
TopScorerDuane Klueh
TopScorerTeamIndiana State
Points96

The 1948 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 11th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

The championship game featured Louisville beating Indiana State, 82–70.

The only school to have won national titles in both the NAIA and NCAA Division I is Louisville. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the NAIA (1946 and 1948), the NCAA Division I (1979) and the NCAA Division II (1968) tournaments. Indiana State won the NAIA in 1950.

The tournament was the first intercollegiate postseason to feature a black student-athlete, Clarence J. Walker of Indiana State under coach John Wooden. Wooden had withdrawn from the 1947 tournament because the NAIB would not allow Walker to play.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1948 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
  • All-time scoring leader; second 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

| 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=Marshall | RD1-score01=72 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Peru State | RD1-score02=53

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=San Jose State | RD1-score03=64 | RD1-seed04=- | RD1-team04=Iowa State Teachers | RD1-score04=58

| RD1-seed05=- | RD1-team05=Brigham Young | RD1-score05=66 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Delta State | RD1-score06=61*

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Indiana State | RD1-score07=72 | RD1-seed08=- | RD1-team08=St. Francis (PA) | RD1-score08=40

| RD1-seed09=- | RD1-team09=Southern Illinois | RD1-score09=54 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Southern Oregon State | RD1-score10=50

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Manhattan | RD1-score11=65 | RD1-seed12=- | RD1-team12=Arkansas State Teachers | RD1-score12=60

| RD1-seed13=- | RD1-team13=Gonzaga | RD1-score13=46 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Texas Wesleyan | RD1-score14=45

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=Hamline | RD1-score15=85 | RD1-seed16=- | RD1-team16=Mercer | RD1-score16=41

| RD1-seed17=- | RD1-team17=Louisville | RD1-score17=63 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=South Dakota State | RD1-score18=60

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=Emporia State | RD1-score19=65 | RD1-seed20=- | RD1-team20= Loyola Maryland | RD1-score20=57

| RD1-seed21=- | RD1-team21=Lawrence Tech | RD1-score21=76 | RD1-seed22=- | RD1-team22=Appalachian State | RD1-score22=48

| RD1-seed23=- | RD1-team23=Beloit | RD1-score23=84 | RD1-seed24=- | RD1-team24=East Central State | RD1-score24=60

| RD1-seed25=- | RD1-team25=Connecticut Teachers | RD1-score25=63 | RD1-seed26=- | RD1-team26=Montana | RD1-score26=52

| RD1-seed27=- | RD1-team27=Xavier (OH) | RD1-score27=67 | RD1-seed28=- | RD1-team28=Northwestern State (LA) | RD1-score28=43

| RD1-seed29=- | RD1-team29=Mankato State | RD1-score29=49 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=Denver | RD1-score30=46

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=Arizona State-Tempe | RD1-score31=68 | RD1-seed32=- | RD1-team32=NE Missouri State | RD1-score32=66

| RD2-seed01=- | RD2-team01=Marshall | RD2-score01=72* | RD2-seed02=- | RD2-team02=San Jose State | RD2-score02=74

| RD2-seed03=- | RD2-team03=Brigham Young | RD2-score03=68 | RD2-seed04=- | RD2-team04=Indiana State | RD2-score04=82

| RD2-seed05=- | RD2-team05=Southern Illinois | RD2-score05=42 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Manhattan | RD2-score06=52

| RD2-seed07=- | RD2-team07=Gonzaga | RD2-score07=55 | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=Hamline | RD2-score08=70

| RD2-seed09=- | RD2-team09=Louisville | RD2-score09=82 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=Emporia State | RD2-score10=66

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11=Lawrence Tech | RD2-score11=62 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Beloit | RD2-score12=78

| RD2-seed13=- | RD2-team13=Connecticut Teachers | RD2-score13=35 | RD2-seed14=- | RD2-team14=Xavier | RD2-score14=57

| RD2-seed15=- | RD2-team15=Mankato State | RD2-score15=54 | RD2-seed16=- | RD2-team16=Arizona State-Tempe | RD2-score16=53

| RD3-seed01=- | RD3-team01=San Jose State | RD3-score01=52 | RD3-seed02=- | RD3-team02=Indiana State | RD3-score02=59

| RD3-seed03=- | RD3-team03=Manhattan | RD3-score03=51 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=Hamline | RD3-score04=60

| RD3-seed05=- | RD3-team05=Louisville | RD3-score05=85 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=Beloit | RD3-score06=76

| RD3-seed07=- | RD3-team07=Xavier | RD3-score07=63 | RD3-seed08=- | RD3-team08=Mankato State | RD3-score08=50

| RD4-seed01=- | RD4-team01=Indiana State | RD4-score01=66 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=Hamline | RD4-score02=65*

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Louisville | RD4-score03=56 | RD4-seed04=- | RD4-team04=Xavier | RD4-score04=49

| RD5-seed01=- | RD5-team01=Indiana State | RD5-score01=70 | RD5-seed02=- | RD5-team02=Louisville | RD5-score02=82

| RD5-seed03=- | RD5-team03=Hamline | RD5-score03=59 | RD5-seed04=- | RD5-team04=Xavier | RD5-score04=58

    • 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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