1952 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1952 (1952) NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Southwest Missouri State
(1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-Up Murray State (Ky.)
(2nd title game,
4th Final Four)
Semifinalists Southwest Texas State
(1st Final Four)
Portland (Ore.)
(1st Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP Benny Purcell
(Murray State (Ky.))
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments
← 1951 1953 →

The 1952 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 15th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] In 1952, the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) changes its name to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)[2] The championship game featured Southwest Missouri State University, now Missouri State University, who defeated Murray State University by a score of 73 to 64. Finishing out the NAIA Final Four, and playing for the 3rd place game were Southwest Texas State, now Texas State University–San Marcos, and the University of Portland. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State defeated the Pilots of Portland by a score of 78 to 68. A notorious game happened in the first round between Moringside College (Iowa) and Pepperdine University (Calif.). There was a tournament record of 40 personal fouls between the two teams in one game. Incidentally, Morningside would win the game 84 to 80.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1952 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

1952 NAIA bracket

First Round Second Round Elite Eight NAIA National Semifinals NAIA National Championship
               
- Montana State 82
- American International (Mass.) 66
- Montana State 72
- Hamline 85
- Hamline (Minn.) 91
- Tampa (Fla.) 65
- Hamline 65
TOP TIER
- Portland 75
- Portland (Ore.) 84
- Findlay (Ohio) 82
- Portland 72
- Memphis State 48
- Memphis State (Tenn.) 60
- Baltimore (Md.) 39
- Portland 57
- Murray State 58
- West Texas State 88
- West Liberty State (W.Va.) 69
- West Texas State 73*
- Murray State 75
- Murray State (Ky.) 72
- Centenary (La.) 46
- Murray State 81
TOP TIER
- Whitworth 69
- Whitworth (Wash.) 71
- Whitewater State (Wis.) 60
- Whitworth 72
- Millikin 71
- Millikin (Ill.) 101
- Elon (N.C.) 69
- Murray State 64
- Southwest Missouri State 73
- Southwest Missouri State 87
- Chadron State (Neb.) 66
- Southwest Missouri State 82
- Indiana State 64
- Indiana State 79
- Farleigh Dickinson (N.J.) 72
- Southwest Missouri State 87
BOTTOM TIER
- Morningside 74
- Morningside (Iowa) 84
- Pepperdine (Calif.) 80
- Morningside 98
- Eastern Illinois State 93
- Eastern Illinois State 113
- Huron (S.D.) 78
- Southwest Missouri State 70
- Southwest Texas State 67**
- Utah State 85
- Clarion State (Pa.) 68
- Utah State 63
- Lawrence Tech 72
- Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 97
- Washburn (Kan.) 80
- Lawrence Tech 57
BOTTOM TIER
- Southwest Texas State 65
- New Mexico A&M 86
- Mississippi Southern 70
- New Mexico A&M 52
- Southwest Texas State 69
- Southwest Texas State 97
- Arkansas Tech 53

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing teams from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

NAIA Third Place Game
March
   
- Portland 68
- Southwest Texas State 78

References

  1. ↑ NAIA.org
  2. ↑ NAIA History Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine.
  3. ↑ NAIA Championship History

See also

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