1945 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament August 2023 October 2023 NAIA men's basketball tournament 1945 150px 16 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Loyola New Orleans 1st 1st 1st 1st Pepperdine 1st Eastern Kentucky 1st Southern Illinois 1st Fred Lewis Eastern Kentucky unknown The 1945 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 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 instead of the normal 32. It is the only tournament to feature only 16 teams. The NAIA semifinals featured four new teams for the first time since the inaugural year, 1937. The championship game featured Loyola New Orleans defeating Pepperdine 49–35. Loyola New Orleans would not go on to win another NAIA national title until 2022, 77 years later. Awards and honors Many of the records set by the 1945 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. 1994NAIA 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 Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship NAIA third-pace game TOP TIER BOTTOM TIER 160 30 no high - Central (MO) 54 - Eau Claire 36 - Eastern Kentucky 64 - Simpson 42 - West Texas State 54 - Wichita State 43 - Pepperdine 77 - Peru State 42 - Central Normal (IN) 53 - Catawba 39 - Loyola New Orleans 53 - Phillips 31 - Southern Illinois 64 - Washburn 49 - Doane 54 - Eastern Washington State 51 - Central (MO) 48* - Eastern Kentucky 50 - West Texas State 45 - Pepperdine 52 - Central Normal 43 - Loyola New Orleans 50 - Southern Illinois 61 - Doane 44 - Eastern Kentucky 34 - Pepperdine 52 - Loyola New Orleans 37 - Southern Illinois 35 - Pepperdine 35 - Loyola New Orleans 49 - Eastern Kentucky 45 - Southern Illinois 49  * denotes overtime. See also 1945 NCAA basketball tournament 1945 National Invitation Tournament References Category:NAIA men's basketball championship Tournament Category:1945 in sports in Missouri