1949 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

1949 NAIA men's basketball tournamentSeason| 1948-49

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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

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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

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

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| Hamline | 76 | | | | |
| Arkansas State | 43 |
| | Hamline | 83 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | North Dakota | 57 |
| North Dakota | 70 |

| Hawaii | 53 |
| | Hamline | 52 |
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| | | Beloit | 43 |
| SW Missouri State | 59 | | |

| Portland | 56 |
| | SW Missouri State | 47 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | San Jose State | 75 |
| San Jose State | 63 |

| Lawrence Tech | 52 |
| | Hamline | 57 |
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| | | Regis | 46 |
| Loyola Maryland | 79 | | | |
| Cedarville | 67 |
| | Loyola Maryland | 58 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | Emporia State | 63 |
| Emporia State | 67 |

| Delta State | 57 |
| | Indiana State | 45** |
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| | | Regis | 48 |
| Regis | 71 | | |

| Erskine | 47 |
| | Regis | 53 |
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| | | 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 |
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| | | Brigham Young | 57 |
| Brigham Young | 79 |

| Northwestern State (OK) | 50 |

* * denotes each overtime.

## See also

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* 1949 NCAA basketball tournament
* 1949 National Invitation Tournament

## References

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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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