1941 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NAIA Basketball Tournament
Year=1941


ImageSize=150px
Caption=1941 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=San Diego State (Calif.)
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Murray State (Ky.)
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=West Texas State
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Santa Barbara (Calif.)
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=
CoachCount=
MVP=Charles Thomas
MVPTeam=Northwestern State (La.)
Attendance=
OneTopScorer=
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=
TopScorerTeam=
TopScorer2=
TopScorer2Team=
Points=

The 1941 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 5th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [ [http://naia.cstv.com NAIA.org] ] . The third time was the charm for the Aztecs of San Diego State University (Calif.). After losing the pervious two years to Southwestern College and Tarkio College, the Aztecs finally won beating Murray State College (Ky.) 36-34. It also was the first time that the tournament MVP was awarded to a player whose team did not win the championship, and make the NAIA Final Four (Charles Thomas played for Northwestern State University which lost in the second round to Texas Wesleyan University).

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1941 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 Thomas", Northwestern State University (La.)
*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] ]

1941 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=West Texas State
RD1-score01=77
RD1-seed02=-
RD1-team02=Dubuque (Iowa)
RD1-score02=39
RD1-seed03=-
RD1-team03=St. Mary’s (Minn.)
RD1-score03=38
RD1-seed04=-
RD1-team04=Tarkio (Mo.)
RD1-score04=28
RD1-seed05=-
RD1-team05=Wisconsin-Superior
RD1-score05=51
RD1-seed06=-
RD1-team06=Morningside (Iowa)
RD1-score06=42
RD1-seed07=-
RD1-team07=Delta State (Miss.)
RD1-score07=52
RD1-seed08=-
RD1-team08=Sioux Falls (S.D.)
RD1-score08=35
RD1-seed09=-
RD1-team09=Northwestern (La.)
RD1-score09=50
RD1-seed10=-
RD1-team10=Central Missouri
RD1-score10=43
RD1-seed11=-
RD1-team11=Texas Wesleyan
RD1-score11=71
RD1-seed12=-
RD1-team12=Evansville (Ind.)
RD1-score12=62
RD1-seed13=-
RD1-team13=Culver-Stockton (Mo.)
RD1-score13=40
RD1-seed14=-
RD1-team14=Texas Western
RD1-score14=26
RD1-seed15=-
RD1-team15=San Diego State (Calif.)
RD1-score15=46
RD1-seed16=-
RD1-team16=Western Montana
RD1-score16=29
RD1-seed17=-
RD1-team17=Stephen F. Austin (Texas)
RD1-score17=64
RD1-seed18=-
RD1-team18=Simpson (Iowa)
RD1-score18=50

RD1-seed19=-
RD1-team19=Northwest Missouri
RD1-score19=35
RD1-seed20=-
RD1-team20=Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)
RD1-score20=31

RD1-seed21=-
RD1-team21=Alma (Mich.)
RD1-score21=43
RD1-seed22=-
RD1-team22=Panhandle A&M (Okla.)
RD1-score22=24

RD1-seed23=-
RD1-team23=Murray State (Ky.)
RD1-score23=68
RD1-seed24=-
RD1-team24=Oregon College
RD1-score24=46

RD1-seed25=-
RD1-team25=Appalachian State (N.C.)
RD1-score25=63
RD1-seed26=-
RD1-team26=Baker (Kan.)
RD1-score26=42

RD1-seed27=-
RD1-team27=Baltimore (Md.)
RD1-score27=52
RD1-seed28=-
RD1-team28=Omaha (Neb.)
RD1-score28=35

RD1-seed29=-
RD1-team29=Santa Barbara (Calif.)
RD1-score29=32
RD1-seed30=-
RD1-team30=Wayne (Neb.)
RD1-score30=26

RD1-seed31=-
RD1-team31=Bemidji State (Minn.)
RD1-score31=35
RD1-seed32=-
RD1-team32=Pittsburg State (Kan.)
RD1-score32=33

RD2-seed01=-
RD2-team01=West Texas State
RD2-score01=52
RD2-seed02=-
RD2-team02=St. Mary’s
RD2-score02=39
RD2-seed03=-
RD2-team03=Wisconsin-Superior
RD2-score03=45
RD2-seed04=-
RD2-team04=Delta State
RD2-score04=53
RD2-seed05=-
RD2-team05=Northwestern
RD2-score05=47
RD2-seed06=-
RD2-team06=Texas Weslyan
RD2-score06=56
RD2-seed07=-
RD2-team07=Culver-Stockton
RD2-score07=41 OT
RD2-seed08=-
RD2-team08=San Diego State
RD2-score08=46

RD2-seed09=-
RD2-team09= Stephen F. Austin
RD2-score09=28
RD2-seed10=-
RD2-team10=Northwest Missouri
RD2-score10=34
RD2-seed11=-
RD2-team11= Alma
RD2-score11=33
RD2-seed12=-
RD2-team12=Murray State
RD2-score12=51
RD2-seed13=-
RD2-team13=Appalachian State
RD2-score13=48
RD2-seed14=-
RD2-team14=Baltimore
RD2-score14=36
RD2-seed15=-
RD2-team15=Bemidji State
RD2-score15=29 OT
RD2-seed16=-
RD2-team16=Santa Barbara
RD2-score16=31

RD3-seed01=-
RD3-team01=West Texas State
RD3-score01=54
RD3-seed02=-
RD3-team02=Delta State
RD3-score02=34
RD3-seed03=-
RD3-team03=Texas Wesleyan
RD3-score03=42
RD3-seed04=-
RD3-team04=San Diego State
RD3-score04=44
RD3-seed05=-
RD3-team05=Northwest Missouri
RD3-score05=43
RD3-seed06=-
RD3-team06=Murray State
RD3-score06=46
RD3-seed07=-
RD3-team07=Appalachian State
RD3-score07=29
RD3-seed08=-
RD3-team08=Santa Barbara
RD3-score08=36

RD4-seed01=-
RD4-team01=West Texas State
RD4-score01=40
RD4-seed02=-
RD4-team02=San Diego State
RD4-score02=43

RD4-seed03=-
RD4-team03=Murray State
RD4-score03=35
RD4-seed04=-
RD4-team04=Santa Barbara
RD4-score04=33

RD5-seed01=-
RD5-team01=San Diego State
RD5-score01=36
RD5-seed02=-
RD5-team02=Murray State
RD5-score02=34

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=West Texas State
RD1-score1=43
RD1-seed2=-
RD1-team2=Santa Barbara
RD1-score2=35

References

ee also

* 1941 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament