1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
1946 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Southern Illinois (1st title)
Runner-Up	Indiana State (1st title game)
Semifinalists	Pepperdine (2nd Final Four) Loyola (La.) (2nd Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Gene Stotlar Southern Illinois
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments «1945  1947»

The 1946 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format ^[1]. The championship game was won by Southern Illinois University when the Salukis defeated the Indiana State University Sycamores 49-40.

Contents 1 Awards and honors 2 1946 NAIA bracket 2.1 3rd place game 3 References 4 See also

[edit] 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 Award est. 1963
• Leading Rebounder Award est. 1963
• Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player: Gene Stotlar, Southern Illinois
• Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
• Coach of the Year est. 1954
• Player of the Year est. 1994^[2].

[edit] 1946 NAIA bracket

	First Round March					Second Round March					Elite Eight March					NAIA National Semifinals March					NAIA National Championship March
	-	Loyola (La.)	76
	-	Hastings (Neb.)	48
						-	Loyola	50 OT
						-	Arizona State	56
	-	Arizona State-Flagstaff	45
	-	Rockhurst (Mo.)	37
											-	Loyola	54
	TOP TIER
										-	Drury	43
	-	Drury (Mo.)	51
	-	Eastern Kentucky	47
						-	Drury	55
						-	Augsburg	47
	-	Augsburg (Minn.)	64
	-	Washburn (Kan.)	36
																-	Loyola	37
																-	Southern Illinois	53
	-	Southern Illinois	49
	-	Central Missouri	39
						-	Southern Illinois	58
						-	Loras	55
	-	Loras (Iowa)	57
	-	Panzer (N.J.)	43
											-	Southern Illinois	66
										-	Nevada	58
	-	West Texas State	71
	-	Wisconsin-Eau Claire	47
						-	West Texas State	46
						-	Nevada	60
	-	Nevada- Reno	56
	-	Morningside (Iowa)	40
																					-	Southern Illinois	49
																					-	Indiana State	40
	-	Pepperdine (Calif.)	63
	-	Arkansas State	37
						-	Pepperdine	64
						-	Iowa State Teachers	22
	-	Iowa State Teachers	58
	-	Montana State	42
											-	Pepperdine	46
	BOTTOM TIER
										-	Eastern Washington	42
	-	Eastern Washington	66
	-	Louisiana Tech	44
						-	Eastern Washington	45
						-	Southeastern Oklahoma	37
	-	Southeastern Oklahoma	50
	-	Peru State (Neb.)	36
																-	Indiana State	56
																-	Pepperdine	43
	-	Houston (Texas)	63
	-	High Point (N.C.)	34
						-	Indiana State	62
						-	Houston	43
	-	Indiana State	60
	-	St. Cloud State (Minn.)	51
											-	Indiana State	55
										-	Dakota Wesleyan	34
	-	Culver-Stockton (Mo.)	55
	-	Wichita (Kan.)	51
						-	Culver-Stockton	40
						-	Dakota Wesleyan	41
	-	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	39
	-	New Mexico Mines	36

[edit] 3rd place game

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

	NAIA Third Place Game March
	-	Pepperdine	82
	-	Loyola	55

[edit] References

[edit] See also

• 1946 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Champions Champions and records
1930s	1937,1938,1939
1940s	1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949
1950s	1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959
1960s	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969
1970s	1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979
1980s	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
1990s	1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
2000s	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009
2010s	2010,