1948 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NAIA Basketball Tournament
Year=1948


ImageSize=150px
Caption=1948 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Louisville.
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Indiana State
GameCount=2nd
Semifinal1=Hamline (Minn.)
FinalFourCount=3rd
Semifinal2=Xavier (Ohio)
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=
CoachCount=
MVP=Duane Klueh
MVPTeam=Indiana State
Attendance=
OneTopScorer=
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=
TopScorerTeam=
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The 1948 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 11th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [ [http://naia.cstv.com NAIA.org] ] . The championship game featured Louisville beating Indiana State 82-70.

The only school to have won national titles in both the NAIA and NCAA Division I is Louisville. Curiously, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the NAIA (1946 and 1948), the NCAA Division I (1979) and the NCAA Division II (1968) tournaments. Indiana State won the NAIA in 1950.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1948 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: "Duane Klueh", Indiana State University
*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] ]

1948 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=Marshall (W.Va.)
RD1-score01=72
RD1-seed02=-
RD1-team02=Peru State (Neb.)
RD1-score02=53
RD1-seed03=-
RD1-team03=San Jose State (Calif.)
RD1-score03=64
RD1-seed04=-
RD1-team04=Iowa State Teachers
RD1-score04=58
RD1-seed05=-
RD1-team05=Brigham Young (Utah)
RD1-score05=66
RD1-seed06=-
RD1-team06=Delta State (Miss.)
RD1-score06=61 OT
RD1-seed07=-
RD1-team07=Indiana State
RD1-score07=72
RD1-seed08=-
RD1-team08=St. Francis (Pa.)
RD1-score08=40
RD1-seed09=-
RD1-team09=Southern Illinois
RD1-score09=54
RD1-seed10=-
RD1-team10=Southern Oregon
RD1-score10=50
RD1-seed11=-
RD1-team11=Manhattan (N.Y.)
RD1-score11=65
RD1-seed12=-
RD1-team12=Arkansas State Teachers
RD1-score12=60
RD1-seed13=-
RD1-team13=Gonzaga (Wash.)
RD1-score13=46
RD1-seed14=-
RD1-team14=Texas Wesleyan
RD1-score14=45
RD1-seed15=-
RD1-team15=Hamline (Minn.)
RD1-score15=85
RD1-seed16=-
RD1-team16=Mercer (Ga.)
RD1-score16=41
RD1-seed17=-
RD1-team17=Louisville (Ky.)
RD1-score17=63
RD1-seed18=-
RD1-team18=South Dakota State
RD1-score18=60

RD1-seed19=-
RD1-team19=Emporia State (Kan.)
RD1-score19=65
RD1-seed20=-
RD1-team20= Loyola (Md.)
RD1-score20=57

RD1-seed21=-
RD1-team21=Lawrence Tech (Mich.)
RD1-score21=76
RD1-seed22=-
RD1-team22=Appalachian State (N.C.)
RD1-score22=48

RD1-seed23=-
RD1-team23=Beloit (Wis.)
RD1-score23=84
RD1-seed24=-
RD1-team24=East Central (Okla.)
RD1-score24=60

RD1-seed25=-
RD1-team25=Central Connecticut
RD1-score25=63
RD1-seed26=-
RD1-team26=Montana
RD1-score26=52

RD1-seed27=-
RD1-team27=Xavier (Ohio)
RD1-score27=67
RD1-seed28=-
RD1-team28=Northwestern (La.)
RD1-score28=43

RD1-seed29=-
RD1-team29=Mankato State (Minn.)
RD1-score29=49
RD1-seed30=-
RD1-team30=Denver (Colo.)
RD1-score30=46

RD1-seed31=-
RD1-team31=Arizona State-Tempe
RD1-score31=68
RD1-seed32=-
RD1-team32=Northeast Missouri
RD1-score32=66

RD2-seed01=-
RD2-team01=Marshall
RD2-score01=72 OT
RD2-seed02=-
RD2-team02=San Jose State
RD2-score02=74
RD2-seed03=-
RD2-team03=Brigham Young
RD2-score03=68
RD2-seed04=-
RD2-team04=Indiana State
RD2-score04=82
RD2-seed05=-
RD2-team05=Southern Illinois
RD2-score05=42
RD2-seed06=-
RD2-team06=Manhattan
RD2-score06=52
RD2-seed07=-
RD2-team07=Gonzaga
RD2-score07=55
RD2-seed08=-
RD2-team08=Hamline
RD2-score08=70

RD2-seed09=-
RD2-team09=Louisville
RD2-score09=82
RD2-seed10=-
RD2-team10=Emporia State
RD2-score10=66
RD2-seed11=-
RD2-team11=Lawrence Tech
RD2-score11=62
RD2-seed12=-
RD2-team12=Beloit
RD2-score12=78
RD2-seed13=-
RD2-team13=Central Connectivut
RD2-score13=35
RD2-seed14=-
RD2-team14=Xavier
RD2-score14=57
RD2-seed15=-
RD2-team15=Mankato State
RD2-score15=54
RD2-seed16=-
RD2-team16=Arizona State-Tempe
RD2-score16=53
RD3-seed01=-
RD3-team01=San Jose State
RD3-score01=52
RD3-seed02=-
RD3-team02=Indiana State
RD3-score02=59
RD3-seed03=-
RD3-team03=Manhattan
RD3-score03=51
RD3-seed04=-
RD3-team04=Hamline
RD3-score04=60
RD3-seed05=-
RD3-team05=Louisville
RD3-score05=85
RD3-seed06=-
RD3-team06=Beloit
RD3-score06=76
RD3-seed07=-
RD3-team07=Xavier
RD3-score07=63
RD3-seed08=-
RD3-team08=Mankato State
RD3-score08=50

RD4-seed01=-
RD4-team01=Indiana State
RD4-score01=66
RD4-seed02=-
RD4-team02=Hamline
RD4-score02=65 OT

RD4-seed03=-
RD4-team03=Louisville
RD4-score03=56
RD4-seed04=-
RD4-team04=Xavier
RD4-score04=49

RD5-seed01=-
RD5-team01=Indiana State
RD5-score01=70
RD5-seed02=-
RD5-team02=Louisville
RD5-score02=82

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=Hamline
RD1-score1=59
RD1-seed2=-
RD1-team2=Xavier
RD1-score2=58

References

ee also

* 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament