The 1940 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at
Municipal Auditorium in
Kansas City, Missouri. The 4th annual
NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
This year the National College Basketball Tournament (NCBT) changed its name to the National Association for Intercollegiate Basketball (NAIB).
The championship game featured
Tarkio beating
San Diego State
San Diego State University (SDSU) is a public research university in San Diego, California. Founded in 1897 as San Diego Normal School, it is the third-oldest university and southernmost in the 23-member California State University (CSU) system ...
, 52–42. San Diego State became the first team to lose back-to-back title games.
Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1940 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
NAIA Championship History archived via WebCite
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Bracket
See also
* 1940 NCAA basketball tournament
The 1940 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The second edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1940, and ...
* 1940 National Invitation Tournament
The 1940 National Invitation Tournament was the 1940 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.
Selected teams
Below is a list of the six teams selected for the tournament.
References
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NAIA Men's Basketball Championship
Tournament
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NAIA men's basketball tournament
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