1938 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1938 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
1938 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
1938 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Central Missouri State (2nd title)
Runner-Up Roanoke (Va.) (1st title game)
Semifinalists Murray State (Ky.) (1st Final Four)
Washburn (Kan.) (1st Final Four)
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1937  1939»

The 1938 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2nd Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1]. The tournament featured the only forfeit in tournament history when Western Kentucky University bowed out to Simpson College (Iowa) after only 2 points were scored. The first round game between Delta State University (Miss.) and Drury College (Mo.) gave the first overtime in tournament history. Delta State beat Drury College 52 to 51 in one overtime.

The championship game featured Central Missouri State University defending there first national championship over Roanoke College (Va.), making them the first team to win back to back titles.

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[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1938 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] 1938 NAIA bracket

  First Round
March
Second Round
March
Elite Eight
March
NAIA National Semifinals
March
NAIA National Championship
March
                                               
-  Marshall (W.Va.) 67  
-  Peru State (Neb.) 60  
  -  Marshall 51  
  -  Washburn 53  
-  Washburn (Kan.) 37
-  Winona State (Minn.) 36  
  -  Washburn 44  
TOP TIER
  -  Jordan 21 21  
-  Jordan (Mich.) 32  
-  Ottawa (Kan.) 31  
  -  Jordan 31
  -  Simpson 29  
-  Simpson (Iowa) 2
-  Western Kentucky forfeit 0  
  -  Washburn 24 24  
  -  Central Missouri 44  
-  Delta State (Miss.) 52  
-  Drury (Mo.) 51 OT  
  -  Delta State 48
  -  North Texas State 39  
-  North Texas State 31
-  Morningside (Iowa) 29  
  -  Delta State 35
  -  Central Missouri 48  
-  Valparaiso (Ind.) 57  
-  Oregon College 48  
  -  Valparaiso 24
  -  Central Missouri 44  
-  Central Missouri State 36
-  Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 33  
-  Central Missouri 45
-  Roanoke 30
-  Roanoke (Va.) 45  
-  Nebraska Wesleyan 20  
  -  Roanoke 38  
  -  West Texas State 34  
-  West Texas State 35
-  Westminster (Mo.) 34  
  -  Roanoke 46  
BOTTOM TIER
  -  St. Ambrose 43  
-  St. Ambrose (Iowa) 50  
-  Kansas Wesleyan 35  
  -  St. Ambrose 38
  -  Central Oklahoma 36  
-  Central Oklahoma 43
-  Arkansas State Teachers 34  
  -  Roanoke 35
  -  Murray State 29  
-  Idaho State 41  
-  Manchester (Ind.) 38  
  -  Idaho State 40
  -  New Mexico State 56  
-  New Mexico State 53
-  McPherson (Kan.) 37  
  -  New Mexico State 29
  -  Murray State 30  
-  Northwest Missouri 39  
-  Sioux Falls (S.D.) 27  
  -  Northwest Missouri 30
  -  Murray State 38  
-  Murray State (Ky.) 47
-  Drake (Iowa) 40  

[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
       
-  Murray State 33
-  Washburn 24

[edit] References

[edit] See also


NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Champions
Champions and records
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,