1940 NAIA basketball tournament

Men's college basketball tournament

1940 NAIA men's basketball tournamentSeason| 1939-40

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Teams| 32
Finals site| Municipal Auditorium,
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions| Tarkio (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-up| San Diego State (2nd title game,
2nd Final Four)
Semifinalists|

* Delta State (1st Final Four)
* Hamline (1st Final Four)

MVP| Mel 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

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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

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

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| Kansas Wesleyan | 45 | | | | |
| Arkansas State Teachers | 33 |
| | Kansas Wesleyan | 50 |
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| | | Hamline | 61 |
| Hamline | 47 |

| Pacific (OR) | 26 |
| | Southwestern (KS) | 33 |
| TOP TIER  |
| | | Hamline | 38 |
| Southwestern (KS) | 36 | |

| Columbia (IA) | 30 |
| | Southwestern (KS) | 38 |
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| | | Glenville State | 37 |
| Glenville State | 50 |

| Wayne State (NE) | 38 |
| | Hamline | 34 |
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| | | Tarkio | 48 |
| SE Oklahoma State | 33 | | |

| Northwestern State (LA) | 27 |
| | SE Oklahoma State | 39 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | West Texas State | 49 |
| West Texas State | 60 |

| Northern State | 52 |
| | Tarkio | 52 |
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| | | San Diego State | 42 |
| East Texas State | 49 | | | |
| Ripon | 39 |
| | East Texas State | 33 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | Appalachian State | 46 |
| Appalachian State | 43 |

| Bemidji State | 34 |
| | San Diego State | 30 |
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| | | Delta State | 28 |
| NW Missouri State | 45 | | |

| Simpson | 44 |
| | NW Missouri State | 43 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | Delta State | 57 |
| Delta State | 43 |

| Dakota Wesleyan | 31 |

## See also

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* 1940 NCAA basketball tournament
* 1940 National Invitation Tournament

## References

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

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