1937 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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| 1937 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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 1937 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals Site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Champions | Central Missouri State (1st title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Morningside (Iowa) (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Southwestern (Kan.) (1st Final Four) Arkansas State Teachers (1st Final Four) |
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NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1937 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 1st Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 8 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1]. In 1938 it would expand to its current size of 32 teams.
This tournament is unique in that fact that it was start two years prior to the NCAA tournament, and all the teams play over a series of six days instead of several weekends. The compactness of the tournament has given it the nickname "college basketball's toughest tournament".
It began when Dr. James Naismith and local leaders formed the National College Basketball Tournament staged at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The goal of the tournament was to establish a forum for small colleges and universities to determine a national basketball champion.
The championship game featured Central Missouri State defeating Morningside College (Iowa) 35-24.
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[edit] Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1937 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:
- Leading Scorer Award est. 1963
- Leading Rebounder Award est. 1963
- Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player est. 1939
- Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
- Coach of the Year est. 1954
- Player of the Year est. 1994[2]
[edit] 1937 NAIA bracket
| NAIA First Round March |
NAIA Semifinals March |
NAIA National Championship March |
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| - | Southwestern (Kan.) | 54 | |||||||||||
| - | Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) | 26 | |||||||||||
| - | Southwestern | 24 | |||||||||||
| - | Central Missouri State | 38 | |||||||||||
| - | Luther (Iowa) | 38 | |||||||||||
| - | Central Missouri State | 56 | |||||||||||
| - | Central Missouri State | 35 | |||||||||||
| - | Morningside (Iowa) | 24 | |||||||||||
| - | Arkansas State Teachers | 34 | |||||||||||
| - | St. Benedict (Kan.) | 33 | |||||||||||
| - | Arkansas State Teachers | 33 | |||||||||||
| - | Moringside | 40 | |||||||||||
| - | Baker (Kan.) | 21 | |||||||||||
| - | Morningside (Iowa) | 29 | |||||||||||
[edit] 3rd place game
The third place game featured the losing teams from the final four to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.
| NAIA Third Place Game March |
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| - | Southwestern (Kan.) | 46 | |
| - | Arkansas State Teachers (S.D.) | 38 | |
[edit] References
[edit] See also
| NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Champions Champions and records |
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| 1930s | 1937,1938,1939 |
| 1940s | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 |
| 1950s | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 |
| 1960s | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| 2010s | 2010, |
