1942 NAIA basketball tournament

The 1942 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 6th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.

1942 NAIA men's basketball tournament

Teams	32
Finals site	Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri
Champions	Hamline (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Final Four)
Runner-up	Southeastern State (1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists	Kansas State Teachers–Pittsburg (1st Final Four) Central Missouri State Teachers (3rd Final Four)
MVP	Gus Doerner (Evansville)
NAIA men's basketball tournament «1941 1943»

The championship game featured Hamline beating Southeastern State (OK), 33–31.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1942 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

Bracket

	First round				Second round				Elite Eight				NAIA national semifinals				NAIA national championship
	Southeastern State	43
	Eastern Washington State	33
					Southeastern State	37
					Texas Tech	36
	Texas Tech	59
	Louisiana Tech	47
									Southeastern State	46
	TOP TIER
									East Central State	41*
	Evansville	73
	Peru State	50
					Evansville	30
					East Central State	42
	East Central State	49
	Murray State	45*
													Southeastern State	37
													Pittsburg State	36
	Missouri Valley	68
	George Pepperdine	53
					Missouri Valley	49
					Stout Institute	33
	Stout Institute	47
	Texas Wesleyan	42
									Missouri Valley	49
	TOP TIER
									Pittsburg State	59
	Luther	39
	Delta State	35
					Luther	39
					Pittsburg State	48
	Pittsburg State	37
	Arkansas State Teachers	34
																	Southeastern State	31
																	Hamline	33
	Southwestern (KS)	47
	East Texas State	43
					Southwestern (KS)	31
					Hamline	37
	Hamline	67
	New Mexico Normal	40
									Hamline	45
	BOTTOM TIER
									Indiana State	41
	Indiana State	83
	Stevens Point State	45
					Indiana State	51
					Simpson	43
	Simpson	59
	Portland	43
													Hamline	45
													Central Missouri State	27
	San Diego State	36
	Chadron State	29
					San Diego State	32
					Bemidji State	41
	Bemidji State	46															NAIA third-place game
	Panzer	37
									Bemidji State	32							Pittsburg State	48
	BOTTOM TIER
									Central Missouri State	46							Central Missouri State	47
	Central Missouri State	53
	Morehead State	29
					Central Missouri State	59
					High Point	40
	High Point	44
	Yankton	37

•  * denotes overtime.

See also

• 1942 NCAA basketball tournament
• 1942 National Invitation Tournament