1952 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1952 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
1952 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
1952 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1951  1953»

The 1952 NAIA Division I Men's 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].

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[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1952 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] 1952 results

Montana State 82, American International (Maine) 66 Murray State (Ky.) 72, Centenary (La.) 46 Millikin (Ill.) 101, Elon (N.C.) 69 Whitworth (Wash.) 71, Wisconsin-Whitewater 60 Indiana State 79, Farleigh-Dickinson (N.J.) 72 Hamline (Minn.) 91, Tampa (Fla.) 65 Southwest Missouri 87, Chadron State (Neb.) 66 Portland (Ore.) 84, Findlay (Ohio) 82 Memphis State (Tenn.) 60, Baltimore (Md.) 39 West Texas State 88, West Liberty State (W.Va.) 69 Morningside (Iowa) 84, Pepperdine (Calif.) 80 New Mexico A&M 86, Mississippi Southern 70 Utah State 85, Clarion State (Pa.) 68 Eastern Illinois 113, Huron (S.D.) 78 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 97, Washburn (Kan.) 80 Southwest Texas State 97, Arkansas Tech 53 Whitworth 72, Millikin 71 Murray State 75, West Texas State 73 OT Portland 72, Memphis State 48 Southwest Texas State 69, New Mexico A&M 52 Hamline 85, Montana State 72 Morningside 98, Eastern Illinois 93 Southwest Missouri 82, Indiana State 64 Lawrence Tech 72, Utah State 63 Murray State 81, Whitworth 69 (Quarterfinals) Southwest Missouri 87, Morningside 74 (Quarterfinals) Southwest Texas State 65, Lawrence Tech 57 (Quarterfinals) Portland 75, Hamline 65 (Quarterfinals) Southwest Missouri 70, Southwest Texas State 67, 2OT (Semifinals) Murray State 58, Portland 57 (Semifinals) Southwest Texas State 78, Portland 68 (3rd) Southwest Missouri 73, Murray State 64 (Championship)

[edit] 1952 NAIA bracket

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March
Second Round
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Elite Eight
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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

[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,