| 1949 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 32 |
| Finals Site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
| Champions | Hamline (2nd title, 2nd title game, 4th Fab Four) |
| Runner-Up | Regis (1st title game, 1st Fab Four) |
| Semifinalists | Beloit Indiana State |
| Chuck Taylor MVP | Hal Haskins (Hamline) |
The 1949 NAIA Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 12th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. [1]
The championship game featured Hamline defeating Regis, 57–46.
Hamline's championship win would make them the first team to win two non-consecutive tournaments (1942, and 1949). Regis, in their first tournament appearance, would finish as the National Runner-Up, but it would be the highest finish Regis would ever see of the 5 tournament appearances. Regis would make it back to the NAIA Semifinals in 1951, only to finish in fourth place.
Many of the records set by the 1949 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:
| First Round | Second Round | Elite Eight | NAIA National Semifinals | NAIA National Championship | |||||||||||||||
| Hamline | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas State | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamline | 83 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana Central | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana Central | 72 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut Teachers | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamline | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOP TIER | |||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Western Montana | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Texas Tech | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| North Dakota | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hawaii | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamline | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beloit | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SW Missouri State | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Portland | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SW Missouri State | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beloit | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beloit | 96 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Waynesburg | 56 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Beloit | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOP TIER | |||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois State | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois State | 89 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 73 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern Illinois State | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 75 | ||||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Lawrence Tech | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hamline | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regis | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Maryland | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Cedarville | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Loyola Maryland | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 60 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Eastern New Mexico | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| BOTTOM TIER | |||||||||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 66 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||
| River Falls State | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Iowa State Teachers | 49 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Emporia State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Delta State | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Indiana State | 45** | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regis | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regis | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Erskine | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regis | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas (MN) | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Thomas (MN) | 74 | NAIA Third Place Game | |||||||||||||||||
| Peru State | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Regis | 56 | Beloit | 67 | ||||||||||||||||
| BOTTOM TIER | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State (LA) | 51 | Indiana State | 59 | ||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State (LA) | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Puget Sound | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State (LA) | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brigham Young | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brigham Young | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Northwestern State (OK) | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
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