1949 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NAIA Basketball Tournament
Year=1949


ImageSize=150px
Caption=1949 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Hamline University
TitleCount=2nd
RunnerUp=Regis (Colo.)
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Beloit (Wis.)
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Indiana State
FinalFourCount2=3rd
Coach=
CoachCount=
MVP=Hal Haskins
MVPTeam=Hamline University
Attendance=
OneTopScorer=
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=
TopScorerTeam=
TopScorer2=
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The 1949 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 12th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [ [http://naia.cstv.com NAIA.org] ] . The championship game featured Hamline University defeating Regis College 57 to 46. Hamline's championship win would make them the first team to win 2 non-consecutive tournaments (1942, and 1949). Regis College in their first tournament appearance would finish as the National Runner-Up, but it would be the highest finish Regis would ever see of the 5 tournament appearances. Regis would make it back to the NAIA Final Four in 1951, only to finish in 4th place.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1949 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: "Hal Haskins", Hamline (Minn.)
*Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
*Coach of the Year est. 1954
*Player of the Year est. 1994 [ [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History] ]

1949 NAIA bracket

32TeamBracket
RD1=First Round
RD2=Second Round
RD3=Elite Eight
RD4=NAIA National Semifinals
RD5=NAIA National Championship
group1=TOP TIER
group3=BOTTOM TIER
RD1-seed01=-
RD1-team01=Hamline (Minn.)
RD1-score01=76
RD1-seed02=-
RD1-team02=Arkansas State Teachers
RD1-score02=43
RD1-seed03=-
RD1-team03=Indiana Central
RD1-score03=72
RD1-seed04=-
RD1-team04=Central Connecticut
RD1-score04=59
RD1-seed05=-
RD1-team05=Texas Tech
RD1-score05=79
RD1-seed06=-
RD1-team06=Western Montana
RD1-score06=43
RD1-seed07=-
RD1-team07=North Dakota
RD1-score07=70
RD1-seed08=-
RD1-team08=Hawaii
RD1-score08=53
RD1-seed09=-
RD1-team09=Southwest Missouri
RD1-score09=59
RD1-seed10=-
RD1-team10=Portland (Ore.)
RD1-score10=56
RD1-seed11=-
RD1-team11=Beloit (Wis.)
RD1-score11=96
RD1-seed12=-
RD1-team12=Waynesburg
RD1-score12=56
RD1-seed13=-
RD1-team13=Eastern Illinois
RD1-score13=89
RD1-seed14=-
RD1-team14=Miami (Fla.)
RD1-score14=73
RD1-seed15=-
RD1-team15=San Jose State (Calif.)
RD1-score15=63
RD1-seed16=-
RD1-team16=Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
RD1-score16=52
RD1-seed17=-
RD1-team17=Loyola (Md.)
RD1-score17=79
RD1-seed18=-
RD1-team18=Cedarville (Ohio)
RD1-score18=67

RD1-seed19=-
RD1-team19=Indiana State
RD1-score19=60
RD1-seed20=-
RD1-team20=Eastern New Mexico
RD1-score20=42

RD1-seed21=-
RD1-team21="'Iowa State Teachers
RD1-score21=65
RD1-seed22=-
RD1-team22= Wisconsin-River Falls
RD1-score22=64

RD1-seed23=-
RD1-team23=Emporia State (Kan.)
RD1-score23=67
RD1-seed24=-
RD1-team24=Delta State (Miss.)
RD1-score24=57

RD1-seed25=-
RD1-team25="'Regis (Colo.)
RD1-score25=71
RD1-seed26=-
RD1-team26=Erskine (S.C.)
RD1-score26=47

RD1-seed27=-
RD1-team27="'St. Thomas (Minn.)
RD1-score27=74
RD1-seed28=-
RD1-team28=Peru State (Neb.)
RD1-score28=44

RD1-seed29=-
RD1-team29=Northwestern (La.)
RD1-score29=70
RD1-seed30=-
RD1-team30=Puget Sound (Wash.)
RD1-score30=58

RD1-seed31=-
RD1-team31=Brigham Young (Utah)
RD1-score31=79
RD1-seed32=-
RD1-team32=Northwestern Oklahoma
RD1-score32=50

RD2-seed01=-
RD2-team01=Hamline
RD2-score01=83
RD2-seed02=-
RD2-team02=Indiana Central
RD2-score02=66
RD2-seed03=-
RD2-team03=Texas Tech
RD2-score03=62
RD2-seed04=-
RD2-team04=North Dakota
RD2-score04=57
RD2-seed05=-
RD2-team05=Southwest Missouri
RD2-score05=47
RD2-seed06=-
RD2-team06=Beloit
RD2-score06=66
RD2-seed07=-
RD2-team07=Eastern Illinois
RD2-score07=81
RD2-seed08=-
RD2-team08=San Jose State
RD2-score08=75

RD2-seed09=-
RD2-team09=Loyola
RD2-score09=58
RD2-seed10=-
RD2-team10=Indiana State
RD2-score10=78
RD2-seed11=-
RD2-team11=Iowa State Teachers
RD2-score11=49
RD2-seed12=-
RD2-team12=Emporia State
RD2-score12=63
RD2-seed13=-
RD2-team13=Regis
RD2-score13=53
RD2-seed14=-
RD2-team14=St. Thomas
RD2-score14=52
RD2-seed15=-
RD2-team15=Northwestern
RD2-score15=59
RD2-seed16=-
RD2-team16=Brigham Young
RD2-score16=57

RD3-seed01=-
RD3-team01=Hamline
RD3-score01=80
RD3-seed02=-
RD3-team02=Texas Tech
RD3-score02=56
RD3-seed03=-
RD3-team03=Beloit
RD3-score03=65
RD3-seed04=-
RD3-team04=Eastern Illinois
RD3-score04=64
RD3-seed05=-
RD3-team05=Indiana State
RD3-score05=67
RD3-seed06=-
RD3-team06=Emporia State
RD3-score06=66
RD3-seed07=-
RD3-team07=Regis
RD3-score07=56
RD3-seed08=-
RD3-team08=Northwestern
RD3-score08=51

RD4-seed01=-
RD4-team01=Hamline
RD4-score01=52
RD4-seed02=-
RD4-team02=Beloit
RD4-score02=43

RD4-seed03=-
RD4-team03=Indiana State
RD4-score03=45 2OT
RD4-seed04=-
RD4-team04=Regis
RD4-score04=48

RD5-seed01=-
RD5-team01=Hamline
RD5-score01=57
RD5-seed02=-
RD5-team02=Regis
RD5-score02=46

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.

2TeamBracket
RD1=NAIA Third Place Game
RD1-seed1=-
RD1-team1=Beloit 67
RD1-score1=67
RD1-seed2=-
RD1-team2=Indiana State
RD1-score2=59

References

ee also

* 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament