The 1940 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in

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. 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

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, 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. 1994NAIA Championship History archived via WebCite
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Awards and honors

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