1940 NAIA basketball tournament

1940 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season1939–40
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsTarkio (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-upSan Diego State (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists
MVPMel Waits (Tarkio)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1939 1941»

The 1940 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 4th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

This year the National College Basketball Tournament (NCBT) changed its name to the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB).[2]

The championship game featured Tarkio beating San Diego State, 52–42. San Diego State became the first team to lose back-to-back title games.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1940 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

  • Leading scorer est. 1963
  • Leading rebounder est. 1963
  • Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
  • Coach of the Year est. 1954
  • Player of the Year est. 1994[3]

Bracket

First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
          
Kansas Wesleyan 45
Arkansas State Teachers 33
Kansas Wesleyan 50
Hamline 61
Hamline 47
Pacific (OR) 26
Southwestern (KS) 33
TOP TIER
Hamline 38
Southwestern (KS) 36
Columbia (IA) 30
Southwestern (KS) 38
Glenville State 37
Glenville State 50
Wayne State (NE) 38
Hamline 34
Tarkio 48
SE Oklahoma State 33
Northwestern State (LA) 27
SE Oklahoma State 39
Texas Wesleyan 40
Texas Wesleyan 40
Central Missouri State 36
Texas Wesleyan 25
TOP TIER
Tarkio 37
Tarkio (MO) 54
Alfred Holbrook 37
Tarkio 50
West Texas State 49
West Texas State 60
Northern State 52
Tarkio 52
San Diego State 42
East Texas State 49
Ripon 39
East Texas State 33
Pittsburg State 55
Pittsburg State 47
St. Joseph’s (IN) 26
Pittsburg State 30
BOTTOM TIER
San Diego State 32
San Diego State 36
East Central State 35
San Diego State 48
Appalachian State 46
Appalachian State 43
Bemidji State 34
San Diego State 30
Delta State 28
NW Missouri State 45
Simpson 44
NW Missouri State 43
Peru State 41
Peru State 49 NAIA Third-place game
Augustana (IL) 45
NW Missouri State 30 Hamline 26
BOTTOM TIER
Delta State 44 Delta State 45
Superior State 55
Upper Iowa 42
Superior State 40
Delta State 57
Delta State 43
Dakota Wesleyan 31

See also

References

  1. ^ NAIA.org
  2. ^ NAIA History Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ NAIA Championship History archived via WebCite