1940 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1940 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
1940 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
1940 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Tarkio (Mo.) (1st title)
Runner-Up San Diego State (Calif.) (2nd title game)
Semifinalists Delta State (Miss.) (1st Final Four)
Hamline (Minn.) (1st Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP Mel Waits Tarkio (Mo.)
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1939  1941»

The 1940 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 4th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1]. The championship game featured Tarkio College (Mo.) beating the Aztecs of San Diego State University (Calif.) 52-42. San Diego State became the first team to loss back to back title games.

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[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1940 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: Mel Waits, Tarkio College (Mo.)
  • Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
  • Coach of the Year est. 1954
  • Player of the Year est. 1994[2]

[edit] 1940 NAIA bracket

  First Round
March
Second Round
March
Elite Eight
March
NAIA National Semifinals
March
NAIA National Championship
March
                                               
-  Kansas Weslyan 45  
-  Arkansas State 33  
  -  Kansas Weselyan 50  
  -  Hamline 61  
-  Hamline (Minn.) 47
-  Pacific (Ore.) 26  
  -  Southwestern 33  
TOP TIER
  -  Hamline 38  
-  Southwestern (Kan.) 36  
-  Loras (Iowa) 30  
  -  Southwestern 38
  -  Glenville State 37  
-  Glenville State (W.Va.) 50
-  Wayne (Neb.) 38  
  -  Hamline 34  
  -  Tarkio 48  
-  Southeastern Oklahoma 33  
-  Northwestern (La.) 27  
  -  Southeastern Oklahoma 39
  -  Texas Wesleyan 40  
-  Texas Wesleyan 40
-  Central Missouri 36  
  -  Texas Wesleyan 25
  -  Tarkio 37  
-  Tarkio (Mo.) 54  
-  Alfred Holbrook (Ohio) 37  
  -  Tarkio 50
  -  West Texas State 49  
-  West Texas State 60
-  Northern (S.D.) 52  
-  Tarkio 52
-  San Deigo State 42
-  East Texas State 49  
-  Ripon (Wis.) 39  
  -  East Texas State 33  
  -  Pittsburg State 55  
-  Pittsburg State (Kan.) 47
-  St. Joseph’s (Ind.) 26  
  -  Pittsburg State 30  
BOTTOM TIER
  -  San Diego State 32  
-  San Diego State (Calif.) 36  
-  Central Oklahoma 35  
  -  San Diego State 48
  -  Appalachian State 46  
-  Appalachian State (N.C.) 43
-  Bemidji State (Minn.) 34  
  -  San Diego State 30
  -  Delta State 28  
-  Northwest Missouri 45  
-  Simpson (Iowa) 44  
  -  Northwest Missouri 43
  -  Peru State 41  
-  Peru State (Neb.) 49
-  Augustana (Ill.) 45  
  -  Northwest Missouri 30
  -  Delta State 44  
-  Wisconsin-Superior 55  
-  Upper Iowa 42  
  -  Wisconsin-Superior 40
  -  Delta State 57  
-  Delta State (Miss.) 43
-  Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 31  

[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
       
-  Hamline 26
-  Delta State 45

[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,