1942 NAIA basketball tournament

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1942 NAIA men's basketball tournament

Teams

Finals site

Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri

Champions

Hamline (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-up

Southeastern State (1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg (1st Final Four)
Central Missouri State Teachers (3rd Final Four)

MVP

Gus Doerner (Evansville)

NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1941	1943»

The 1942 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 6th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

The championship game featured Hamline beating Southeastern State (OK), 33–31.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1942 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^[2]

Bracket

First round		Second round		Elite Eight		NAIA national semifinals		NAIA national championship

Southeastern State	43

Eastern Washington State	33
		Southeastern State	37

		Texas Tech	36
Texas Tech	59

Louisiana Tech	47
				Southeastern State	46
TOP TIER
				East Central State	41*
Evansville	73

Peru State	50
		Evansville	30

		East Central State	42
East Central State	49

Murray State	45*
						Southeastern State	37

						Pittsburg State	36
Missouri Valley	68

George Pepperdine	53
		Missouri Valley	49

		Stout Institute	33
Stout Institute	47

Texas Wesleyan	42
				Missouri Valley	49
TOP TIER
				Pittsburg State	59
Luther	39

Delta State	35
		Luther	39

		Pittsburg State	48
Pittsburg State	37

Arkansas State Teachers	34
								Southeastern State	31

								Hamline	33
Southwestern (KS)	47

East Texas State	43
		Southwestern (KS)	31

		Hamline	37
Hamline	67

New Mexico Normal	40
				Hamline	45
BOTTOM TIER
				Indiana State	41
Indiana State	83

Stevens Point State	45
		Indiana State	51

		Simpson	43
Simpson	59

Portland	43
						Hamline	45

						Central Missouri State	27
San Diego State	36

Chadron State	29
		San Diego State	32

		Bemidji State	41
Bemidji State	46							NAIA third-place game

Panzer	37
				Bemidji State	32			Pittsburg State	48
BOTTOM TIER
				Central Missouri State	46			Central Missouri State	47
Central Missouri State	53

Morehead State	29
		Central Missouri State	59

		High Point	40
High Point	44

Yankton	37

* denotes overtime.

References

NAIA men's basketball championship

Chuck Taylor Tournament MVPs

Non-divisional
(1937–1991,
2021–present)

Divisional era
(1992–2020)

Division I	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~
Division II	1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 ~~2020~~

The NAIA canceled the 2020 tournaments due to the COVID-19 pandemic and removed divisional classifications starting in 2020–21.

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Awards and honors

Bracket

See also

References