1952 NAIA basketball tournament explained

Type:NAIA men's basketball tournament
Year:1952
Teams:32
Fabfourarena:Municipal Auditorium
Fabfourcity:Kansas City, Missouri
Champions:Southwest Missouri State
Titlecount:1st
Champgamecount:1st
Champffcount:1st
Runnerffcount:4th
Runnerup:Murray State
Gamecount:2nd
Semifinal1:Southwest Texas State
Finalfourcount1:1st
Semifinal2:Portland
Finalfourcount2:1st
Mvp:Bennie Purcell
Mvpteam:Murray State
Attendance:unknown

The 1952 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 15th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] In 1952, the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) changes its name to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)[2]

The championship game featured Southwest Missouri State, now Missouri State University, who defeated Murray State, 73–64.

Finishing out the NAIA Final Four, and playing for the 3rd place game were Southwest Texas State, now Texas State University–San Marcos, and Portland. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State defeated the Pilots of Portland, 78–68.

A notorious game happened in the first round between Morningside and Pepperdine. There was a tournament record of forty personal fouls between the two teams in one game. Incidentally, Morningside would win the game 84 to 80.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1952 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://www.naiahoops.com/page/history.php NAIA History
  3. http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History