1951 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1951 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
1951 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
1951 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1950  1952»

The 1951 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 14th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1].

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[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1951 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:
  • Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
  • Coach of the Year est. 1954
  • Player of the Year est. 1994 [2]

[edit] 1951 results

Evansville (Ind.) 85, Westminster (Pa.) 74 Morningside (Iowa) 66, Providence (R.I.) 63 Regis (Colo.) 72, East Central (Okla.) 55 Southwest Texas State 70, Morehead State (Ky.) 62 Millikin (Ill.) 77, Eastern New Mexico 63 East Texas Baptist 67, High Point (N.C.) 64 Pepperdine (Calif.) 86, Wisconsin-Eau Claire 53 Florida State 85, South Dakota State 70 Hamline (Minn.) 82, Rocky Mountain (Mont.) 57 Arkansas Tech 64, Pacific (Calif.) 61 Central Methodist (Mo.) 68, Southeast Louisiana 66 New Mexico A&M 68, Glenville State (W.Va.) 54 Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) 67, American (D.C.) 66 Ottawa (Kan.) 73, Hillsdale (Mich.) 58 Memphis State (Tenn.) 76, Portland (Ore.) 74 Hastings (Neb.) 71, Pacific Lutheran (Wash.) 51 Evansville 75, Morningside 62 Regis 82, Southwest Texas State 64 Millikin 80, East Texas Baptist 62 Florida State 61, Pepperdine 59 Hamline 64, Arkansas Tech 52 New Mexico A&M 73, Central Methodist 69 Baldwin-Wallace 68, Ottawa 67 Memphis State 81, Hastings 79 OT Regis 70, Evansville 68 (Quarterfinals) Millikin 91, Florida State 60 (Quarterfinals) Hamline 80, New Mexico A&M 56 (Quarterfinals) Baldwin-Wallace 90, Memphis State 67 (Quarterfinals) Millikin 88, Regis 70 (Semifinals) Hamline 78, Baldwin-Wallace 62 (Semifinals) Baldwin-Wallace 82, Regis 78 (3rd) Hamline 69, Millikin 61 (Championship)

[edit] 1951 NAIA bracket

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March		 Elite Eight
March		 NAIA National Semifinals
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[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
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[edit] References

  1. ^ NAIA.org
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History

[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,