1950 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NAIA Basketball Tournament
Year=1950


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Caption=1950 NAIA Men's Division I National Basketball Tournament
Teams=32
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Indiana State
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RunnerUp=East Central (Okla.)
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Semifinal2=Tampa (Fla.)
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MVP=Clemens Rzeszewski
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The 1950 NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 13th Annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format [ [http://naia.cstv.com NAIA.org] ] .

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1950 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: "Clemens Rzeszewski", Indiana State
*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] ]

1950 results

Hamline (Minn.) 74, Regis (Colo.) 66 Central Methodist (Mo.) 68, Peru (Neb.) 59 Portland (Ore.) 48, Montana State 47 Central Washington 61, Murray State (Ky.) 55 Brooklyn (N.Y.) 79, Appalachian State (N.C.) 75 Puget Sound (Wash.) 70, Southeast Louisiana 68 OT East Central (Okla.) 70, Kansas Wesleyan 68 Wisconsin-River Falls 80, Eastern Illinois 68 Westminster (Pa.) 70, Central Connecticut 62 Davis & Elkins (W.Va.) 79, St. Thomas (Minn.) 55 Tampa (Fla.) 85, New Mexico A&M 75 Pepperdine (Calif.) 54, American (D.C.) 50 East Texas State 55, South Dakota 54 Baldwin-Wallace (Ohio) 84, Kalamazoo (Mich.) 78 Arkansas Tech 75, Morningside (Iowa) 64 Indiana State 65, Delta State (Miss.) 59 Central Methodist 76, Hamline 66 Central Washington 51, Portland (Ore.) 43 Brooklyn 64, Puget Sound 47 East Central 75, Wisconsin-River Falls 64 Davis & Elkins 85, Westminster 75 Tampa 69, Pepperdine 61 Baldwin-Wallace 82, East Texas State 62 Indiana State 87, Arkansas Tech 79 Central Methodist 65, Central Washington 55 (Quarterfinals) East Central 84, Brooklyn 52 (Quarterfinals) Tampa 81, Davis & Elkins 69 (Quarterfinals) Indiana State 61, Baldwin-Wallace 39 (Quarterfinals) East Central 57, Central Methodist 54 (Semifinals) Indiana State 73, Tampa 69 (Semifinals) Central Methodist 80, Tampa 67 (3rd) Indiana State 61, East Central 57 (Championship)

1950 NAIA bracket

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RD1=First Round March
RD2=Second Round March
RD3=Elite Eight March
RD4=NAIA National Semifinals March
RD5=NAIA National Championship March
group1=TOP TIER
group3=BOTTOM TIER

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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.

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References

ee also

* 1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament