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1943 NAIA men's basketball tournament
Teams32
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsSoutheast Missouri State (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-upNorthwest Missouri State (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
  • Murray State (3rd Final Four)
    • MVPBelus Smawley (Appalachian State (N.C.))
    NAIA men's basketball tournament
    «1942 1944»

    The 1943 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal AuditoriuminKansas City, Missouri. The 7th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] The championship game featured Southeast Missouri State defeating Northwest Missouri State 34–32.

    This was the first tournament to feature a championship game between two teams from the same state, Missouri, playing in Missouri. The 3rd place game featured the first overtime in the NAIA Final Four history when North Texas State defeated Murray State 59–55 in one overtime.

    Awards and honors[edit]

    Many of the records set by the 1943 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

    Bracket[edit]

    First round Second round Elite Eight NAIA national semifinals NAIA national championship
              
    SE Missouri State 50
    Dakota Wesleyan 30
    SE Missouri State 56
    Westminster 33
    Westminster (MO) 48
    Loyola Chicago 45*
    SE Missouri State 57
    TOP TIER
    Eastern Washington State 51
    Eastern Washington State 54
    Valparaiso 42
    Eastern Washington State 54
    St. Cloud State 41
    St. Cloud State 59
    Texas Wesleyan 54
    SE Missouri State 38
    Murray State 36
    Murray State 72
    SW Missouri State 44
    Murray State 44
    Southwestern (KS) 42
    Southwestern (KS) 70
    Ouachita Baptist 36
    Murray State 44
    TOP TIER
    George Pepperdine 38
    George Pepperdine 50
    Kearney State 45
    George Pepperdine 43
    Luther 38
    Luther 31
    Southwestern State (OK) 29
    SE Missouri State 34
    NW Missouri State 32
    York (NE) 52
    Akron 49
    York 49
    North Texas State 51
    North Texas State 60
    Stout Institute 37
    North Texas State 45
    BOTTOM TIER
    Hamline 41
    East Central State 53
    South Dakota State 47
    East Central State 39
    Hamline 41
    Hamline 65
    Central (MO) 38
    North Texas State 31
    NW Missouri State 47
    Kansas Wesleyan 43
    Lawrence Tech 42
    Kansas Wesleyan 40
    Appalachian State 54
    Appalachian State 48 NAIA third-place game
    Simpson 31
    Appalachian State 34Murray State 55*
    BOTTOM TIER
    NW Missouri State 46 North Texas State 59
    Eastern Oregon 45
    Illinois Wesleyan 40
    Eastern Oregon State 24
    NW Missouri State 61
    NW Missouri State 37
    Indiana State 28

    See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ NAIA.org
  • ^ NAIA Championship History archived via WebCite

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