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1952 NAIA basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

College basketball tournament

FieldValue
TypeNAIA men's basketball tournament
Year1952
ImageSize150px
Caption1952 NAIA Basketball Tournament
Teams32
FabFourArenaMunicipal Auditorium
FabFourCityKansas City, Missouri
ChampionsSouthwest Missouri State
TitleCount1st
ChampGameCount1st
ChampFFCount1st
RunnerFFCount4th
RunnerUpMurray State
GameCount2nd
Semifinal1Southwest Texas State
FinalFourCount11st
Semifinal2Portland
FinalFourCount21st
MVPBennie Purcell
MVPTeamMurray State
Attendanceunknown

The 1952 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 15th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. In 1952, the National Association of Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB) changes its name to the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)

The championship game featured Southwest Missouri State, now Missouri State University, who defeated Murray State, 73–64.

Finishing out the NAIA Final Four, and playing for the 3rd place game were Southwest Texas State, now Texas State University–San Marcos, and Portland. The Bears of Southwest Missouri State defeated the Pilots of Portland, 78–68.

A notorious game happened in the first round between Morningside and Pepperdine. There was a tournament record of forty personal fouls between the two teams in one game. Incidentally, Morningside would win the game 84 to 80.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1952 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
  • Most personal fouls in one game: 40, Pepperdine (Calif.) vs. Morningside (Iowa)
  • All-time scoring leader; first appearance: E.C. O'Neal, 9th, Arkansas Tech (1952,53,54,55), 13 games, 122 field goals, 43 free throws, totaling 287 points, 22.1 average per game.
  • All-time scoring leaders; third appearance: Lloyd Thorgaard, 10th, Hamline (Minn.) (1950,51,52,53), 15 games, 111 field goals, 61 free throws, 283 total points, 18.9 average per game; James Fritsche, 14th, Hamline (Minn.) (1950,51,52,53), 15 games, 113 field goals, 46 free throws, 272 total points, 18.1 average per game.

Bracket

| RD2-group1=**TOP TIER ** | RD2-group2=**TOP TIER ** | RD2-group3=**BOTTOM TIER ** | RD2-group4=**BOTTOM TIER **

| team-width = 170 | score-width = 30

| RD1-team01=Montana State | RD1-score01=82 | RD1-team02=American International | RD1-score02=66

| RD1-team03=Hamline | RD1-score03=91 | RD1-team04=Tampa | RD1-score04=65

| RD1-team05=Portland | RD1-score05=84 | RD1-team06=Findlay | RD1-score06=82

| RD1-team07=Memphis State | RD1-score07=60 | RD1-team08=Baltimore | RD1-score08=39

| RD1-team09=West Texas State | RD1-score09=88 | RD1-team10=West Liberty State | RD1-score10=69

| RD1-team11=Murray State | RD1-score11=72 | RD1-team12=Centenary (LA) | RD1-score12=46

| RD1-team13=Whitworth | RD1-score13=71 | RD1-team14=Whitewater State | RD1-score14=60

| RD1-team15=Millikin | RD1-score15=101 | RD1-team16=Elon | RD1-score16=69

| RD1-team17=Southwest Missouri State | RD1-score17=87 | RD1-team18=Chadron State | RD1-score18=66

| RD1-team19=Indiana State | RD1-score19=79 | RD1-team20=Fairleigh Dickinson | RD1-score20=72

| RD1-team21=Morningside | RD1-score21=84 | RD1-team22=Pepperdine | RD1-score22=80

| RD1-team23=Eastern Illinois State | RD1-score23=113 | RD1-team24=Huron | RD1-score24=78

| RD1-team25=Utah State | RD1-score25=85 | RD1-team26=Clarion State | RD1-score26=68

| RD1-team27=Lawrence Tech | RD1-score27=97 | RD1-team28=Washburn | RD1-score28=80

| RD1-team29=New Mexico A&M | RD1-score29=86 | RD1-team30=Mississippi Southern | RD1-score30=70

| RD1-team31=Southwest Texas State | RD1-score31=97 | RD1-team32=Arkansas Tech | RD1-score32=53

| RD2-team01=Montana State | RD2-score01=72 | RD2-team02=Hamline | RD2-score02=85

| RD2-team03=Portland | RD2-score03=72 | RD2-team04=Memphis State | RD2-score04=48

| RD2-team05=West Texas State | RD2-score05=73* | RD2-team06=Murray State | RD2-score06=75

| RD2-team07=Whitworth | RD2-score07=72 | RD2-team08=Millikin | RD2-score08=71

| RD2-team09=Southwest Missouri State | RD2-score09=82 | RD2-team10=Indiana State | RD2-score10=64

| RD2-team11=Morningside | RD2-score11=98 | RD2-team12=Eastern Illinois State | RD2-score12=93

| RD2-team13=Utah State | RD2-score13=63 | RD2-team14=Lawrence Tech | RD2-score14=72

| RD2-team15=New Mexico A&M | RD2-score15=52 | RD2-team16=Southwest Texas State | RD2-score16=69

| RD3-team01=Hamline | RD3-score01=65 | RD3-team02=Portland | RD3-score02=75

| RD3-team03=Murray State | RD3-score03=81 | RD3-team04=Whitworth | RD3-score04=69

| RD3-team05=Southwest Missouri State | RD3-score05=87 | RD3-team06=Morningside | RD3-score06=74

| RD3-team07=Lawrence Tech | RD3-score07=57 | RD3-team08=Southwest Texas State | RD3-score08=65

| RD4-team01=Portland | RD4-score01=57 | RD4-team02=Murray State | RD4-score02=58

| RD4-team03=Southwest Missouri State | RD4-score03=70 | RD4-team04=Southwest Texas State | RD4-score04=67**

| RD5-team01=Murray State | RD5-score01=64 | RD5-team02=Southwest Missouri State | RD5-score02=73

| RD5-team03=Portland | RD5-score03=68 | RD5-team04=Southwest Texas State | RD5-score04=78

    • denotes each overtime.

References

References

  1. "NAIA.org".
  2. [http://www.naiahoops.com/page/history.php NAIA History] {{webarchive. link. (November 21, 2011)
  3. [http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History] {{webarchive. link. (2008-05-15)
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