1947 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament August 2023 October 2023 NAIA men's basketball tournament 1947 150px 1947 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament 32 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Marshall 1st 1st 1st 1st Mankato State 1st Arizona State-Flagstaff 1st Emporia State 1st Irvin Leifer Eastern Washington unknown 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.http://naia.cstv.com/ NAIA.org 2020-05-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20090501033134/http://naia.cstv.com/ 2009-05-01 dead 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.Keefer Zak Indiana basketball player broke racial barrier, changed game forever https://eu.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2017/03/15/private-pain-clarence-walker/99144560/ January 5, 2019 Indianapolis Star March 16, 2017 en 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.NAIA Championship History https://web.archive.org/web/20080515144808/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf 2008-05-15 Bracket First round March 11, 1947 Second round March 12, 1947 Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship NAIA third-place game TOP TIER TOP TIER BOTTOM TIER BOTTOM TIER 170 30 no high - Beloit 75 - Arkansas State 60 - Texas Wesleyan 84 - Linfield 50 - Canterbury (IN) 68 - Western Carolina 55 - Emporia State 78 - Lawrence Tech 54 - Dakota Wesleyan 44 - Southern Illinois 39 - Eastern Washington State 51 - Culver–Stockton 48 - Hamline 71 - New Mexico 49 - Marshall 113 - River Falls State 80 - Whittier 70 - Northwestern State (LA) 56 - NE Missouri State 76 - Delta State 58 - Arizona State-Flagstaff 49 - Youngstown 45* - Houston 60 - Montana State 58 - Hastings 53 - Loyola Maryland 44 - Southeastern State (OK) 53 - Eastern Illinois State 42 - Mankato State 71 - Loras 63 - DePauw 82 - Oglethorpe 30 - Beloit 63 - Texas Wesleyan 53 - Canterbury 48 - Emporia State 60 - Dakota Wesleyan 48 - Eastern Washington State 62 - Hamline 54 - Marshall 55 - Whittier 49 - NE Missouri State 51 - Arizona State-Flagstaff 44 - Houston 42*** - Hastings 42 - Southeastern State 48 - Mankato State 65 - DePauw 54 - Beloit 52 - Emporia State 55 - Eastern Washington State 48 - Marshall 56 - Arizona State-Flagstaff 59 - NE Missouri State 55 - Southeastern State 44 - Mankato State 50 - Emporia State 55 - Marshall 56* - Arizona State-Flagstaff 46 - Mankato State 52 - Mankato State 59 - Marshall 73 - Arizona State-Flagstaff 47 - Emporia State 38  * denotes overtime. See also 1947 NCAA basketball tournament 1947 National Invitation Tournament References Category:NAIA men's basketball championship Tournament Category:1947 in sports in Missouri