1938 NAIA basketball tournament

The 1938 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The second annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1]

1938 (1938) NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsCentral Missouri State (2nd title, 2nd title game,
2nd Fab Four)
Runner-upRoanoke (1st title game,
1st Fab Four)
Semifinalists
NAIA men's tournaments
«1937 1939»

This was the first tournament to expand to 32 teams. The tournament featured the only forfeit in tournament history when Western Kentucky forfeited to Simpson due to not showing up. The first-round game between Delta State University (Miss.) and Drury gave the first overtime in tournament history. Delta State beat Drury College 52–51 in one overtime.

The championship game featured Central Missouri State defending their first national championship over Roanoke, 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]

Bracket
First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
          
Marshall 67
Peru State 60
Marshall 51
Washburn 53
Washburn 37
Winona State 36
Washburn 44
TOP TIER
Jordan 21
Jordan 32
Ottawa (KS) 31
Jordan 31
Simpson 29
Simpson 2
Western Kentucky 0†
Washburn 24
Central Missouri State 44
Delta State 52
Drury 51*
Delta State 48
North Texas State 39
North Texas State 31
Morningside 29
Delta State 35
TOP TIER
Central Missouri State 48
Valparaiso 57
Oregon College 48
Valparaiso 24
Central Missouri State 44
Central Missouri State 36
Dakota Wesleyan 33
Central Missouri State 45
Roanoke 30
Roanoke 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 50
Kansas Wesleyan 35
St. Ambrose 38
Central State (OK) 36
Central State (OK) 43
Arkansas State Teachers 34
Roanoke 35
Murray State 29
Idaho State 41
Manchester (IN) 38
Idaho State 40
New Mexico A&M State 56
New Mexico A&M State 53 NAIA third-place game
McPherson 37
New Mexico A&M State 29 Murray State 33
BOTTOM TIER
Murray State 30 Washburn 24
NW Missouri State 39
Sioux Falls 27
NW Missouri State 30
Murray State 38
Murray State 47
Drake 40
  •  * denotes overtime.
  •  † denotes forfeit.

See also

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