1949 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament August 2023October 2023 NAIA men's basketball tournament 1949 150px 32 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Hamline 2nd 2nd 4th 1st Regis 1st Beloit 1st Indiana State 3rd Hal Haskins Hamline unknown The 1949 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 12th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.http://naia.cstv.com/ NAIA.org 2020-05-16 https://archive.today/20120714173433/http://naia.cstv.com/ 2012-07-14 dead The championship game featured Hamline defeating Regis, 57–46. Hamline's championship win would make them the first team to win two non-consecutive tournaments (1942, and 1949). Regis, in their first tournament appearance, would finish as the National Runner-Up, but it would be the highest finish Regis would ever see of the 5 tournament appearances. Regis would make it back to the NAIA Semifinals in 1951, only to finish in fourth place. Awards and honors Many of the records set by the 1949 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 All-time scoring leader; third 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 Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship NAIA third-place game TOP TIER TOP TIER BOTTOM TIER BOTTOM TIER 170 30 no high - Hamline 76 - Arkansas State 43 - Indiana Central 72 - Connecticut Teachers 59 - Texas Tech 79 - Western Montana 43 - North Dakota 70 - Hawaii 53 - SW Missouri State 59 - Portland 56 - Beloit 96 - Waynesburg 56 - Eastern Illinois State 89 - Miami (FL) 73 - San Jose State 63 - Lawrence Tech 52 - Loyola Maryland 79 - Cedarville 67 - Indiana State 60 - Eastern New Mexico 42 - Iowa State Teachers 65 - River Falls State 64 - Emporia State 67 - Delta State 57 - Regis 71 - Erskine 47 - St. Thomas (MN) 74 - Peru State 44 - Northwestern State (LA) 70 - Puget Sound 58 - Brigham Young 79 - Northwestern State (OK) 50 - Hamline 83 - Indiana Central 66 - Texas Tech 62 - North Dakota 57 - SW Missouri State 47 - Beloit 66 - Eastern Illinois State 81 - San Jose State 75 - Loyola Maryland 58 - Indiana State 78 - Iowa State Teachers 49 - Emporia State 63 - Regis 53 - St. Thomas (MN) 52 - Northwestern State (LA) 59 - Brigham Young 57 - Hamline 80 - Texas Tech 56 - Beloit 65 - Eastern Illinois State 64 - Indiana State 67 - Emporia State 66 - Regis 56 - Northwestern State (LA) 51 - Hamline 52 - Beloit 43 - Indiana State 45** - Regis 48 - Hamline 57 - Regis 46 Beloit 67 Indiana State 59  * denotes each overtime. See also 1949 NCAA basketball tournament 1949 National Invitation Tournament References Category:NAIA men's basketball championship Tournament Category:1949 in Missouri