1949 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1949 (1949) NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams	32
Finals Site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Hamline (Minn.) (2nd title, 2nd title game, 4th Final Four)
Runner-Up	Regis (Colo.) (1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Beloit (Wis.) (1st Final Four) Indiana State (3rd Final Four)
Chuck Taylor MVP	Hal Haskins (Hamline (Minn.))
Attendance	unknown
NAIA Men's Division I Tournaments «1948  1950»

The 1949 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 12th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game featured Hamline University defeating Regis College 57 to 46. Hamline's championship win would make them the first team to win 2 non-consecutive tournaments (1942, and 1949). Regis University in their first tournament appearance would finish as the National Runner-Up, but it would be the highest finish Regis would ever see of the 5 tournament appearances. Regis would make it back to the NAIA Semifinals in 1951, only to finish in 4th place.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1949 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
• All-time scoring leader; third appearance: Harold Haskins, 12th, Hamline (Minn.) (1947,48,49,50), 14 games, 104 field goals, 72 free throws, 280 total points, 20.0 average per game.

1949 NAIA bracket

	First Round					Second Round					Elite Eight					NAIA National Semifinals					NAIA National Championship
	-	Hamline (Minn.)	76
	-	Arkansas State Teachers	43
						-	Hamline	83
						-	Indiana Central	66
	-	Indiana Central	72
	-	Central Connecticut	59
											-	Hamline	80
	TOP TIER
										-	Texas Tech	56
	-	Texas Tech	79
	-	Western Montana	43
						-	Texas Tech	62
						-	North Dakota	57
	-	North Dakota	70
	-	Hawaii	53
																-	Hamline	52
																-	Beloit	43
	-	Southwest Missouri	59
	-	Portland (Ore.)	56
						-	Southwest Missouri	47
						-	Beloit	66
	-	Beloit (Wis.)	96
	-	Waynesburg	56
											-	Beloit	65
	TOP TIER
										-	Eastern Illinois	64
	-	Eastern Illinois	89
	-	Miami (Fla.)	73
						-	Eastern Illinois	81
						-	San Jose State	75
	-	San Jose State (Calif.)	63
	-	Lawrence Tech (Mich.)	52
																					-	Hamline	57
																					-	Regis	46
	-	Loyola (Md.)	79
	-	Cedarville (Ohio)	67
						-	Loyola	58
						-	Indiana State	78
	-	Indiana State	60
	-	Eastern New Mexico	42
											-	Indiana State	67
	BOTTOM TIER
										-	Emporia State	66
	-	Iowa State Teachers	65
	-	Wisconsin-River Falls	64
						-	Iowa State Teachers	49
						-	Emporia State	63
	-	Emporia State (Kan.)	67
	-	Delta State (Miss.)	57
																-	Indiana State	45**
																-	Regis	48
	-	Regis (Colo.)	71
	-	Erskine (S.C.)	47
						-	Regis	53
						-	St. Thomas	52
	-	St. Thomas (Minn.)	74
	-	Peru State (Neb.)	44
											-	Regis	56
	BOTTOM TIER
										-	Northwestern	51
	-	Northwestern (La.)	70
	-	Puget Sound (Wash.)	58
						-	Northwestern	59
						-	Brigham Young	57
	-	Brigham Young (Utah)	79
	-	Northwestern Oklahoma	50

•  * denotes each overtime.

3rd place game

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

	NAIA Third Place Game
	-	Beloit	67
	-	Indiana State	59

See also

• 1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
• 1949 National Invitation Tournament