1954 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1954 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
1954 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
1954 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1953  1955»

The 1954 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 17th 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 1954 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:
  • Player of the Year est. 1994 [2]

[edit] 1954 results

Southwest Missouri 77, East Tennessee State 72 Gustavus Adolphus (Minn.) 104, Mississippi Southern 64 East Texas State 72, Portland (Ore.) 59 Geneva (Pa.) 88, Indiana State 82 Rio Grande (Ohio) 90, Arizona State-Flagstaff 74 Southeastern Louisiana 77, Georgetown (Ky.) 76 Southeastern Oklahoma 68, Montana State 62 Western Illinois 84, Morris Harvey (W.Va.) 68 St. Peter's (N.J.) 76, Wayland (Texas) 63 Regis (Colo.) 61, Tennessee A&I 58 Arkansas Tech 100, Mercer (Ga.) 72 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 75, Carroll (Wis.) 70 St. Benedict's (Kan.) 68, East Carolina (N.C.) 61 St. Ambrose (Iowa) 77, North Dakota 70 Nebraska Wesleyan 58, Whitworth (Wash.) 54 OT Pasadena (Calif.) 79, Bridgeport (Conn.) 60 Southwest Missouri 66, Gustavus Adolphus 57 East Texas State 79, Geneva 52 Southeastern Louisiana 78, Rio Grande 65 Western Illinois 79, Southeastern Oklahoma 74 OT St. Peter's 63, Regis 58 Arkansas Tech 85, Lawrence Tech 72 St. Benedict's 74, St. Ambrose 50 Pasadena 81, Nebraska Wesleyan 74 Southwest Missouri 65, East Texas State 59 OT (Quarterfinals) Western Illinois 84, Southeastern Louisiana 79 OT (Quarterfinals) Arkansas Tech 81, St. Peter's 77 (Quarterfinals) St. Benedict's 62, Pasadena 61 (Quarterfinals) Western Illinois 78, Southwest Missouri 75 (Semifinals) St. Benedict's 63, Arkansas Tech 59 (Semifinals) Southwest Missouri 75, Arkansas Tech 61 (3rd) St. Benedict's 62, Western Illinois 56 (Championship)

[edit] 1954 NAIA bracket

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March		 Elite Eight
March		 NAIA National Semifinals
March		 NAIA National Championship
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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,