1947_NAIA_Division_I_Men's_Basketball_Tournament

1947 NAIA basketball tournament

1947 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

The 1947 NAIA National Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 10th annual men's basketball tournament of what is now the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

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It would be the first time since 1945 the NAIA Semifinalist would feature four new teams. Becoming the 3rd tournament to do so, and a feat that would not be repeated until 1965.

The championship game featured Marshall defeating Mankato State, 73–59. The third place game featured Arizona State-Flagstaff, now Northern Arizona, defeating Emporia State, 47–38.

1947 kicked off the "golden age" of NAIA National Tournaments. Harold Haskins became the first of 16 all-time leading scorers. Coach John Wooden withdrew Indiana State from the tournament because the NAIB would not allow black student-athlete Clarence Walker to play.[2] The NAIB changed in time for Walker to play for Indiana in the 1948 tournament.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1947 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

  • Leading scorer est. 1963
  • Leading rebounder est. 1963
  • Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
  • Coach of the Year est. 1954
  • Player of the Year est. 1994
  • Top single-game scoring performances: 2nd by Nate DeLong, Wisconsin-River Falls vs. Marshall (W.Va.). Delong scored 22 field goals had 12 free throws totaling 56 points.
  • All-time scoring leader; first appearance: Harold Haskins, 12th, Hamline (Minn.) (1947,48,49,50), 14 games, 104 field goals, 72 free throws, 280 total points, 20.0 average per game.[3]

Bracket

First round
March 11, 1947 		Second round
March 12, 1947 		Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
          
Beloit 75
Arkansas State 60
Beloit 63
Texas Wesleyan 53
Texas Wesleyan 84
Linfield 50
Beloit 52
TOP TIER
Emporia State 55
Canterbury (IN) 68
Western Carolina 55
Canterbury 48
Emporia State 60
Emporia State 78
Lawrence Tech 54
Emporia State 55
Marshall 56*
Dakota Wesleyan 44
Southern Illinois 39
Dakota Wesleyan 48
Eastern Washington State 62
Eastern Washington State 51
Culver–Stockton 48
Eastern Washington State 48
TOP TIER
Marshall 56
Hamline 71
New Mexico 49
Hamline 54
Marshall 55
Marshall 113
River Falls State 80
Marshall 73
Mankato State 59
Whittier 70
Northwestern State (LA) 56
Whittier 49
NE Missouri State 51
NE Missouri State 76
Delta State 58
Arizona State-Flagstaff 59
BOTTOM TIER
NE Missouri State 55
Arizona State-Flagstaff 49
Youngstown 45*
Arizona State-Flagstaff 44
Houston 42***
Houston 60
Montana State 58
Arizona State-Flagstaff 46
Mankato State 52
Hastings 53
Loyola Maryland 44
Hastings 42
Southeastern State 48
Southeastern State (OK) 53 NAIA third-place game
Eastern Illinois State 42
Southeastern State 44 Arizona State-Flagstaff 47
BOTTOM TIER
Mankato State 50 Emporia State 38
Mankato State 71
Loras 63
Mankato State 65
DePauw 54
DePauw 82
Oglethorpe 30
  •  * denotes overtime.

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Keefer, Zak (March 16, 2017). "Indiana basketball player broke racial barrier, changed game forever". Indianapolis Star. Retrieved January 5, 2019.
  3. [3]
    NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine
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