1949 NAIA basketball tournament

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1949 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season 194849
Teams32
Finals site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Hamline (2nd title, 2nd title game,
4th Final Four)
Runner-up Regis (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
MVP Hal Haskins (Hamline)
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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]

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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.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1949 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

Bracket

First roundSecond roundElite EightNAIA national semifinalsNAIA national championship
          
Hamline 76
Arkansas State 43
Hamline83
Indiana Central 66
Indiana Central 72
Connecticut Teachers 59
Hamline80
TOP TIER
Texas Tech 56
Texas Tech 79
Western Montana 43
Texas Tech62
North Dakota 57
North Dakota 70
Hawaii 53
Hamline52
Beloit 43
SW Missouri State 59
Portland 56
SW Missouri State 47
Beloit66
Beloit 96
Waynesburg 56
Beloit65
TOP TIER
Eastern Illinois State 64
Eastern Illinois State 89
Miami (FL) 73
Eastern Illinois State81
San Jose State 75
San Jose State 63
Lawrence Tech 52
Hamline57
Regis 46
Loyola Maryland 79
Cedarville 67
Loyola Maryland 58
Indiana State78
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 State63
Emporia State 67
Delta State 57
Indiana State 45**
Regis48
Regis 71
Erskine 47
Regis53
St. Thomas (MN) 52
St. Thomas (MN) 74NAIA third-place game
Peru State 44
Regis56Beloit 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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References

  1. "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine