1952 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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The 1952 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 15th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [ [http://naia.cstv.com NAIA.org] ] .

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1952 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:
*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] ]

1952 results

Montana State 82, American International (Maine) 66 Murray State (Ky.) 72, Centenary (La.) 46 Millikin (Ill.) 101, Elon (N.C.) 69 Whitworth (Wash.) 71, Wisconsin-Whitewater 60 Indiana State 79, Farleigh-Dickinson (N.J.) 72 Hamline (Minn.) 91, Tampa (Fla.) 65 Southwest Missouri 87, Chadron State (Neb.) 66 Portland (Ore.) 84, Findlay (Ohio) 82 Memphis State (Tenn.) 60, Baltimore (Md.) 39 West Texas State 88, West Liberty State (W.Va.) 69 Morningside (Iowa) 84, Pepperdine (Calif.) 80 New Mexico A&M 86, Mississippi Southern 70 Utah State 85, Clarion State (Pa.) 68 Eastern Illinois 113, Huron (S.D.) 78 Lawrence Tech (Mich.) 97, Washburn (Kan.) 80 Southwest Texas State 97, Arkansas Tech 53 Whitworth 72, Millikin 71 Murray State 75, West Texas State 73 OT Portland 72, Memphis State 48 Southwest Texas State 69, New Mexico A&M 52 Hamline 85, Montana State 72 Morningside 98, Eastern Illinois 93 Southwest Missouri 82, Indiana State 64 Lawrence Tech 72, Utah State 63 Murray State 81, Whitworth 69 (Quarterfinals) Southwest Missouri 87, Morningside 74 (Quarterfinals) Southwest Texas State 65, Lawrence Tech 57 (Quarterfinals) Portland 75, Hamline 65 (Quarterfinals) Southwest Missouri 70, Southwest Texas State 67, 2OT (Semifinals) Murray State 58, Portland 57 (Semifinals) Southwest Texas State 78, Portland 68 (3rd) Southwest Missouri 73, Murray State 64 (Championship)

1952 NAIA bracket

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RD1=First Round March
RD2=Second Round March
RD3=Elite Eight March
RD4=NAIA National Semifinals March
RD5=NAIA National Championship March
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group3=BOTTOM TIER

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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.

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References

ee also

* 1952 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament