1942 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament

The 1942 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 6th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The championship game featured Hamline University (Minn.) beating Southeastern Oklahoma State University 33 to 31.

1942 (1942) NAIA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Champions	Hamline (Minn.) (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Fab Four)
Runner-Up	Southeastern Oklahoma (1st title game, 1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists	Pittsburg State (Kan.) Central Missouri
Chuck Taylor MVP	Gus Doerner (Evansville (Ind.))

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1942 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[2]

1942 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Elite Eight					NAIA National Semifinals					NAIA National Championship
	-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	43
	-	Eastern Washington State	33
						-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	37
						-	Texas Tech	36
	-	Texas Tech	59
	-	Louisiana Tech	47
											-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	46
	TOP TIER
											-	East Central State	41*
	-	Evansville (Ind.)	73
	-	Peru State (Neb.)	50
						-	Evansville	30
						-	East Central State	42
	-	East Central (Okla.)	49
	-	Murray State (Ky.)	45*
																-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	37
																-	Pittsburg State	36
	-	Missouri Valley	68
	-	George Pepperdine (Calif.)	53
						-	Missouri Valley	49
						-	Stout Institute	33
	-	Stout Institute (Wis.)	47
	-	Texas Wesleyan	42
											-	Missouri Valley	49
	TOP TIER
											-	Pittsburg State	48
	-	Luther (Iowa)	39
	-	Delta State (Miss.)	35
						-	Luther	38
						-	Pittsburg State	48
	-	Pittsburg State (Kan.)	37
	-	Arkansas State Teachers	34
																					-	Southeastern Oklahoma State	31
																					-	Hamline	33
	-	Southwestern (Kan.)	47
	-	East Texas State	43
						-	Southwestern	31
						-	Hamline	37
	-	Hamline (Minn.)	67
	-	New Mexico Normal	40
											-	Hamline	45
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	Indiana State	41
	-	Indiana State	83
	-	Stevens Point State (Wis.)	45
						-	Indiana State	51
						-	Simpson	43
	-	Simpson (Iowa)	59
	-	Portland (Ore.)	43
																-	Hamline	45
																-	Central Missouri State	27
	-	San Diego State (Calif.)	36
	-	Chadron State (Neb.)	29
						-	San Diego State	32
						-	Bemidji State	41
	-	Bemidji State (Minn.)	46
	-	Panzer (N.J.)	37
											-	Bemidji State	32
	BOTTOM TIER
											-	Central Missouri State	46
	-	Central Missouri State	53
	-	Morehead State (Ky.)	29
						-	Central Missouri State	59
						-	High Point	40
	-	High Point (N.C.)	44
	-	Yankton (S.D.)	37

•  * denotes overtime.

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
	-	Pittsburg State	48
	-	Central Missouri State	47

References

1. NAIA.org
2. NAIA Championship History archived via WebCite