1946 NAIA basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA men's basketball tournament
Year:1946
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Municipal Auditorium
Fabfourcity:Kansas City, Missouri
Champions:Southern Illinois
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:2nd
Runnerffcount:1st
Runnerup:Indiana State
Gamecount:1st
Semifinal1:Pepperdine
Finalfourcount1:2nd
Semifinal2:Loyola New Orleans
Finalfourcount2:2nd
Mvp:Gene Stotlar
Mvpteam:Southern Illinois
Attendance:unknown

The 1946 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

The championship game was won by Southern Illinois when the Salukis defeated the Indiana State Sycamores, 49-40.

Central Missouri State, the original National Champions, and first back-to-back National Champions, played in their final NAIA tournament, although they remained an NAIA member for another decade, leaving in the mid 1950s to join the NCAA. The Mules appeared seven tournaments recording an overall record of 13 wins and 6 losses. The Mules won two National Championships in 1937 and 1938 and finishing in 4th place in 1942.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1945 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

Bracket

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: NAIA.org . 2020-05-16 . https://web.archive.org/web/20090501033134/http://naia.cstv.com/ . 2009-05-01 . dead .
  2. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History