1938 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1938 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 2nd annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] This was the first tournament to expand to 32 teams. The tournament featured the only forfeit in tournament history when Western Kentucky University forfeited to Simpson College (Iowa) due to not showing up. The first-round game between Delta State University (Miss.) and Drury College (Mo.) gave the first overtime in tournament history. Delta State beat Drury College 52 to 51 in one overtime.

1938 (1938) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Central Missouri State (2nd title, 2nd title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-Up	Roanoke (Va.) (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Murray State (Ky.) (1st Fab Four) Washburn (Kan.) (1st Fab Four)

The championship game featured Central Missouri State University defending their first national championship over Roanoke College (Va.), making them the first team to win back-to-back titles. It would be the last year without a Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player Award. [2]

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1938 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

• Leading scorer est. 1963
• Leading rebounder est. 1963
• Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player est. 1939
• Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
• Coach of the Year est. 1954
• Player of the Year est. 1994[3]

1938 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Quarterfinals					Fab Four					NAIA National Championship
	-	Marshall (W.Va.)	67
	-	Peru State (Neb.)	60
						-	Marshall	51
						-	Washburn	53
	-	Washburn (Kan.)	37
	-	Winona State (Minn.)	36
											-	Washburn	44
	TOP TIER
											-	Jordan	21
	-	Jordan (Mich.)	32
	-	Ottawa (Kan.)	31
						-	Jordan	31
						-	Simpson	29
	-	Simpson (Iowa)	2
	-	Western Kentucky	0†
																-	Washburn 24	24
																-	Central Missouri State	44
	-	Delta State (Miss.)	52
	-	Drury (Mo.)	51*
						-	Delta State	48
						-	North Texas State	39
	-	North Texas State	31
	-	Morningside (Iowa)	29
											-	Delta State	35
	TOP TIER
											-	Central Missouri State	48
	-	Valparaiso (Ind.)	57
	-	Oregon College	48
						-	Valparaiso	24
						-	Central Missouri State	44
	-	Central Missouri State	36
	-	Dakota Wesleyan (S.D.)	33
																					-	Central Missouri State	45
																					-	Roanoke	30
	-	Roanoke (Va.)	45
	-	Nebraska Wesleyan	20
						-	Roanoke	38
						-	West Texas State	34
	-	West Texas State	35
	-	Westminster (Mo.)	34
											-	Roanoke	46
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	St. Ambrose	43
	-	St. Ambrose (Iowa)	50
	-	Kansas Wesleyan	35
						-	St. Ambrose	38
						-	Central State	36
	-	Central State (Okla.)	43
	-	Arkansas State Teachers	34
																-	Roanoke	35
																-	Murray State	29
	-	Idaho State	41
	-	Manchester (Ind.)	38
						-	Idaho State	40
						-	New Mexico A&M State	56
	-	New Mexico A&M State	53
	-	McPherson (Kan.)	37
											-	New Mexico A&M State	29
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	Murray State	30
	-	Northwest Missouri State	39
	-	Sioux Falls (S.D.)	27
						-	Northwest Missouri State	30
						-	Murray State	38
	-	Murray State (Ky.)	47
	-	Drake (Iowa)	40

•  * denotes overtime.
•  † denotes forfeit.

3rd place game

The third place game featured the losing team from the national semifinalist to determine 3rd and 4th places in the tournament. This game was played until 1988.

	NAIA Third Place Game
	-	Murray State	33
	-	Washburn	24

References

1. NAIA.org
2. NAIA history Archived November 21, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
3. NAIA Results