1949 NAIA basketball tournament

1949 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Season	1948–49
Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium; Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Hamline (2nd title, 2nd title game,; 4th Final Four)
Runner-up	Regis (1st title game,; 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Beloit (1st Final Four); Indiana State (3rd Final Four);
MVP	Hal Haskins (Hamline)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
«1948	1950»

The 1949 NAIA 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.^[1]

The championship game featured Hamline defeating Regis, 57–46.

Hamline's championship win would make them the first team to win two non-consecutive tournaments (1942, and 1949). Regis, 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 Semifinals in 1951, only to finish in fourth 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 est. 1963
Leading rebounder est. 1963
Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
Coach of the Year est. 1954
Player of the Year est. 1994
All-time scoring leader; third appearance: Harold Haskins, 12th, Hamline (Minn.) (1947,48,49,50), 14 games, 104 field goals, 72 free throws, 280 total points, 20.0 average per game.^[2]

Bracket

First round		Second round		Elite Eight		NAIA national semifinals		NAIA national championship

Hamline	76

Arkansas State	43
		Hamline	83

		Indiana Central	66
Indiana Central	72

Connecticut Teachers	59
				Hamline	80
TOP TIER
				Texas Tech	56
Texas Tech	79

Western Montana	43
		Texas Tech	62

		North Dakota	57
North Dakota	70

Hawaii	53
						Hamline	52

						Beloit	43
SW Missouri State	59

Portland	56
		SW Missouri State	47

		Beloit	66
Beloit	96

Waynesburg	56
				Beloit	65
TOP TIER
				Eastern Illinois State	64
Eastern Illinois State	89

Miami (FL)	73
		Eastern Illinois State	81

		San Jose State	75
San Jose State	63

Lawrence Tech	52
								Hamline	57

								Regis	46
Loyola Maryland	79

Cedarville	67
		Loyola Maryland	58

		Indiana State	78
Indiana State	60

Eastern New Mexico	42
				Indiana State	67
BOTTOM TIER
				Emporia State	66
Iowa State Teachers	65

River Falls State	64
		Iowa State Teachers	49

		Emporia State	63
Emporia State	67

Delta State	57
						Indiana State	45**

						Regis	48
Regis	71

Erskine	47
		Regis	53

		St. Thomas (MN)	52
St. Thomas (MN)	74							NAIA third-place game

Peru State	44
				Regis	56			Beloit	67
BOTTOM TIER
				Northwestern State (LA)	51			Indiana State	59
Northwestern State (LA)	70

Puget Sound	58
		Northwestern State (LA)	59

		Brigham Young	57
Brigham Young	79

Northwestern State (OK)	50

* denotes each overtime.

References

^ "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
^ NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "NAIA.org". Archived from the original on July 14, 2012. Retrieved May 16, 2020.

[2] NAIA Championship History Archived 2008-05-15 at the Wayback Machine

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1949 NAIA basketball tournament

Awards and honors

Bracket

See also

References