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1950 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1950
ImageSize150px
Caption1950 NAIA national basketball tournament
Teams32
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsIndiana State
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount3rd
ChampFFCount4th
RunnerFFCount1st
RunnerUpEast Central State
GameCount1st
Semifinal1Central Methodist
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Tampa
FinalFourCount21st
MVPClemens "Lenny" Rzeszewski
MVPTeamIndiana State
Attendanceunknown

The 1950 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 13th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

The championship game featured Indiana State and East Central State. It was the first time these two teams had met in the tournament history. The Sycamores defeated the Tigers, 61-57.

This would be Indiana State's highest finish in their 12 career appearances in the NAIA tournament. Winning the championship puts them in a unique group to place 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Also Indiana State finally gets a win after 2 times as runner-up. 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.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1950 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
  • All-Tournament Team: Len Rzeszewski, Dan Dimich, Don McDonald - Indiana State; Stacey Howell, Claude Overton - East Central (Okla)
  • Coach of the Year est. 1954
  • Player of the Year est. 1994
  • All-time scoring leaders; first appearance: Lloyd Thorgaard, 10th, Hamline (Minn.) (1950,51,52,53), 15 games, 111 field goals, 61 free throws, 283 total points, 18.9 average per game; James Fritsche, 14th, Hamline (Minn.) (1950,51,52,53), 15 games, 113 field goals, 46 free throws, 272 total points, 18.1 average per game.
  • All-time scoring leader; final 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=Hamline | RD1-score01=74 | RD1-seed02=- | RD1-team02=Regis | RD1-score02=66

| RD1-seed03=- | RD1-team03=Central (MO) | RD1-score03=** 68** | RD1-seed04=- | RD1-team04=Peru State | RD1-score04=59

| RD1-seed05=- | RD1-team05=Portland | RD1-score05=48 | RD1-seed06=- | RD1-team06=Montana | RD1-score06=47

| RD1-seed07=- | RD1-team07=Central Washington State | RD1-score07=61 | RD1-seed08=- | RD1-team08=Murray State | RD1-score08=55

| RD1-seed09=- | RD1-team09=Brooklyn | RD1-score09=79 | RD1-seed10=- | RD1-team10=Appalachian State | RD1-score10=75

| RD1-seed11=- | RD1-team11=Puget Sound | RD1-score11=70 | RD1-seed12=- | RD1-team12=Southeastern Louisiana | RD1-score12=68*

| RD1-seed13=- | RD1-team13=East Central State (OK) | RD1-score13=70 | RD1-seed14=- | RD1-team14=Kansas Wesleyan | RD1-score14=68

| RD1-seed15=- | RD1-team15=River Falls State) | RD1-score15=80 | RD1-seed16=- | RD1-team16=Eastern Illinois State | RD1-score16=68

| RD1-seed17=- | RD1-team17=Westminster (PA) | RD1-score17=70 | RD1-seed18=- | RD1-team18=Connecticut Teachers | RD1-score18=62

| RD1-seed19=- | RD1-team19=Davis & Elkins | RD1-score19=79 | RD1-seed20=- | RD1-team20=St. Thomas (MN) | RD1-score20=55

| RD1-seed21=- | RD1-team21=Tampa | RD1-score21=85 | RD1-seed22=- | RD1-team22=New Mexico A&M | RD1-score22=75

| RD1-seed23=- | RD1-team23=Pepperdine | RD1-score23=54 | RD1-seed24=- | RD1-team24=American | RD1-score24=53

| RD1-seed25=- | RD1-team25=East Texas State | RD1-score25=55 | RD1-seed26=- | RD1-team26=South Dakota | RD1-score26=54

| RD1-seed27=- | RD1-team27=Baldwin-Wallace | RD1-score27=84 | RD1-seed28=- | RD1-team28=Kalamazoo | RD1-score28=83

| RD1-seed29=- | RD1-team29=Arkansas Tech | RD1-score29=75 | RD1-seed30=- | RD1-team30=Morningside | RD1-score30=74

| RD1-seed31=- | RD1-team31=Indiana State | RD1-score31=65 | RD1-seed32=- | RD1-team32=Delta State | RD1-score32=59

| RD2-seed01=- | RD2-team01=Hamline | RD2-score01=66 | RD2-seed02=- | RD2-team02=Central College | RD2-score02=76

| RD2-seed03=- | RD2-team03=Portland | RD2-score03=43 | RD2-seed04=- | RD2-team04=Central Washington State | RD2-score04=51

| RD2-seed05=- | RD2-team05=Brooklyn | RD2-score05=64 | RD2-seed06=- | RD2-team06=Puget Sound | RD2-score06=47

| RD2-seed07=- | RD2-team07=East Central State | RD2-score07=75 | RD2-seed08=- | RD2-team08=River Falls State | RD2-score08=64

| RD2-seed09=- | RD2-team09=Westminster | RD2-score09=75 | RD2-seed10=- | RD2-team10=Davis & Elkins | RD2-score10=85

| RD2-seed11=- | RD2-team11=Tampa | RD2-score11=69 | RD2-seed12=- | RD2-team12=Pepperdine | RD2-score12=61

| RD2-seed13=- | RD2-team13=East Texas State | RD2-score13=62 | RD2-seed14=- | RD2-team14=Baldwin-Wallace | RD2-score14=82

| RD2-seed15=- | RD2-team15=Arkansas Tech | RD2-score15=79 | RD2-seed16=- | RD2-team16=Indiana State | RD2-score16=87

| RD3-seed01=- | RD3-team01=Central College | RD3-score01=65 | RD3-seed02=- | RD3-team02=Central Washington State | RD3-score02=55

| RD3-seed03=- | RD3-team03=Brooklyn | RD3-score03=52 | RD3-seed04=- | RD3-team04=East Central State | RD3-score04=84

| RD3-seed05=- | RD3-team05=Davis & Elkins | RD3-score05=69 | RD3-seed06=- | RD3-team06=Tampa | RD3-score06=81

| RD3-seed07=- | RD3-team07=Baldwin-Wallace | RD3-score07=39 | RD3-seed08=- | RD3-team08=Indiana State | RD3-score08=61

| RD4-seed01=- | RD4-team01=Central College | RD4-score01=54 | RD4-seed02=- | RD4-team02=East Central State | RD4-score02=57

| RD4-seed03=- | RD4-team03=Tampa | RD4-score03=69 | RD4-seed04=- | RD4-team04=Indiana State | RD4-score04=73

| RD5-seed01=- | RD5-team01=East Central State | RD5-score01=57 | RD5-seed02=- | RD5-team02=Indiana State | RD5-score02=61

| RD5-team03=Central College | RD5-score03=80 | RD5-team04=Tampa | RD5-score04=67

    • 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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