1947 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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1947 NAIA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
1947 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
1947 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams 32
Finals Site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Marshall (1st title)
Runner-Up Mankato State (1st title game)
Semifinalists Arizona State (1st Final Four)
Emporia State (1st Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP Irvin Leifer Eastern Washington
NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
«1946  1948»

The 1947 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 10th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [1].

Contents

[edit] Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1947 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: Irvin Leifer, Eastern Washington
  • Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
  • Coach of the Year est. 1954
  • Player of the Year est. 1994 [2]

[edit] 1947 NAIA bracket

  First Round
March		 Second Round
March		 Elite Eight
March		 NAIA National Semifinals
March		 NAIA National Championship
March
                                               
-  Beloit (Wis.) 75, Arkansas State Teachers 60  
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  -  Beloit 63, Texas Wesleyan 53  
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-  Texas Wesleyan 84, Linfield (Ore.) 50
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  -  Emporia State 55, Beloit 52  
TOP TIER
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-  Canterbury (Ind.) 68, Western Carolina (N.C.) 55  
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  -  Emporia State 60, Canterbury 48
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-  Emporia State (Kan.) 78, Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 54
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  -  Marshall 56, Emporia State 55 OT  
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-  Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.) 44, Southern Illinois 39  
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  -  Eastern Washington 62, Dakota Wesleyan 48
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-  Eastern Washington 51, Culver-Stockton (Mo.) 48
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  -  Marshall 56, Eastern Washington 48
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-  Hamline (Minn.) 71, New Mexico 49  
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  -  Marshall 55, Hamline 54
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-  Marshall (W.Va.) 113, Wisconsin-River Falls 80
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-  Marshall 73, Mankato State 59
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-  Whittier (Calif.) 70, Northwestern (La.) 56  
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  -  Northeast Missouri 51, Whittier 49  
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-  Northeast Missouri 76, Delta State (Miss.) 58
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  -  Arizona State 59, Northeast Missouri 55  
BOTTOM TIER
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-  Arizona State-Flagstaff 49, Youngstown (Ohio) 45 OT  
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  -  Arizona State-Flagstaff 44, Houston 42  
-  Houston (Texas) 60, Montana State 58
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  -  Mankato 52, Arizona State 46
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-  Hastings (Neb.) 53, Loyola (Md.) 44  
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  -  Southeastern Oklahoma 48, Hastings 42
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-  Southeastern Oklahoma 53, Eastern Illinois 42
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  -  Mankato State 50, Southeastern Oklahoma 44
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-  Mankato State (Minn.) 71, Loras (Iowa) 63  
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  -  Mankato State 65, DePauw 54
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-  DePauw (Ind.) 82, Oglethorpe (Ga.) 30
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[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
       
-  Arizona State 47
-  Emporia State 38

[edit] References

  1. ^ NAIA.org
  2. ^ NAIA Championship History

[edit] See also


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,