1950 NAIA basketball tournament

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1950 NAIA basketball tournament - Wikipedia

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1950 NAIA men's basketball tournament

Season

1949–50

Teams

Finals site

Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri

Champions

Indiana State (1st title, 3rd title game,
4th Final Four)

Runner-up

East Central State (1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

Central Methodist (1st Final Four)
Tampa (1st Final Four)

MVP

Clemens "Lenny" Rzeszewski (Indiana State)

NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1949	1951»

The 1950 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 13th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.^[1]

The championship game featured Indiana State and East Central State. It was the first time these two teams had met in the tournament history. The Sycamores defeated the Tigers, 61-57.

This would be Indiana State's highest finish in their 12 career appearances in the NAIA tournament. Winning the championship puts them in a unique group to place 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th. Also Indiana State finally gets a win after 2 times as runner-up. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the NAIA (1946 and 1948), the NCAA Division I (1979) and the NCAA Division II (1968) tournaments.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1950 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
All-Tournament Team: Len Rzeszewski, Dan Dimich, Don McDonald - Indiana State; Stacey Howell, Claude Overton - East Central (Okla)
Coach of the Year est. 1954
Player of the Year est. 1994
All-time scoring leaders; first appearance: Lloyd Thorgaard, 10th, Hamline (Minn.) (1950,51,52,53), 15 games, 111 field goals, 61 free throws, 283 total points, 18.9 average per game; James Fritsche, 14th, Hamline (Minn.) (1950,51,52,53), 15 games, 113 field goals, 46 free throws, 272 total points, 18.1 average per game.
All-time scoring leader; final 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.^[2]

Bracket

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

Hamline	74

Regis	66
		Hamline	66

		Central College	76
Central (MO)	68

Peru State	59
				Central College	65
TOP TIER
				Central Washington State	55
Portland	48

Montana	47
		Portland	43

		Central Washington State	51
Central Washington State	61

Murray State	55
						Central College	54

						East Central State	57
Brooklyn	79

Appalachian State	75
		Brooklyn	64

		Puget Sound	47
Puget Sound	70

Southeastern Louisiana	68*
				Brooklyn	52
TOP TIER
				East Central State	84
East Central State (OK)	70

Kansas Wesleyan	68
		East Central State	75

		River Falls State	64
River Falls State)	80

Eastern Illinois State	68
								East Central State	57

								Indiana State	61
Westminster (PA)	70

Connecticut Teachers	62
		Westminster	75

		Davis & Elkins	85
Davis & Elkins	79

St. Thomas (MN)	55
				Davis & Elkins	69
BOTTOM TIER
				Tampa	81
Tampa	85

New Mexico A&M	75
		Tampa	69

		Pepperdine	61
Pepperdine	54

American	53
						Tampa	69

						Indiana State	73
East Texas State	55

South Dakota	54
		East Texas State	62

		Baldwin-Wallace	82
Baldwin-Wallace	84							NAIA third-place game

Kalamazoo	83
				Baldwin-Wallace	39			Central College	80
BOTTOM TIER
				Indiana State	61			Tampa	67
Arkansas Tech	75

Morningside	74
		Arkansas Tech	79

		Indiana State	87
Indiana State	65

Delta State	59

* Denotes overtime.

References

^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

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(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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