1938 NAIA basketball tournament

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1938 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals site Municipal Auditorium,
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Central Missouri State (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up Roanoke (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
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The 1938 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The second annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1]

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This was the first tournament to expand to 32 teams. The tournament featured the only forfeit in tournament history when Western Kentucky State forfeited to Simpson due to the Hilltoppers not showing up. Drake was a last second replacement for Cheyney Normal who could not make it to Kansas City on time. [2] The first-round game between Delta State University (Miss.) and Drury gave the first overtime in tournament history. Delta State beat Drury College 52–51 in one overtime.

The championship game featured Central Missouri State defending their first national championship over Roanoke, making them the first team to win back-to-back titles. It would be the last year without a Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award. [3]

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1938 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

Bracket

First roundSecond roundElite EightNAIA national semifinalsNAIA national championship
          
Marshall 67
Peru State 60
Marshall 51
Washburn53
Washburn 37
Winona State 36
Washburn44
TOP TIER
Jordan 21
Jordan 32
Ottawa (KS) 31
Jordan31
Simpson 29
Simpson 2
Western Kentucky 0†
Washburn 24
Central Missouri State44
Delta State 52
Drury 51*
Delta State48
North Texas State 39
North Texas State 31
Morningside 29
Delta State 35
TOP TIER
Central Missouri State48
Valparaiso 57
Oregon College 48
Valparaiso 24
Central Missouri State44
Central Missouri State 36
Dakota Wesleyan 33
Central Missouri State45
Roanoke 30
Roanoke 45
Nebraska Wesleyan 20
Roanoke38
West Texas State 34
West Texas State 35
Westminster (MO) 34
Roanoke46
BOTTOM TIER
St. Ambrose 43
St. Ambrose 50
Kansas Wesleyan 35
St. Ambrose38
Central State (OK) 36
Central State (OK) 43
Arkansas State Teachers 34
Roanoke35
Murray State 29
Idaho State 41
Manchester (IN) 38
Idaho State 40
New Mexico A&M State56
New Mexico A&M State 53NAIA third-place game
McPherson 37
New Mexico A&M State 29 Murray State33
BOTTOM TIER
Murray State30Washburn 24
NW Missouri State 39
Sioux Falls 27
NW Missouri State 30
Murray State38
Murray State 47
Drake 40

See also

References

  1. NAIA.org
  2. "The National College Tournament Drawing". The Kansas City Star, via Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  3. NAIA history Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  4. NAIA Results