The 1938 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri

Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...

. The 2nd annual NAIA

National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics

The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics is an athletic association that organizes college and university-level athletic programs. Membership in the NAIA consists of smaller colleges and universities across the United States. The NAIA allows colleges and universities outside the USA...

 basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format . This was the first tournament to expand to 32 teams. The tournament featured the only forfeit in tournament history when Western Kentucky University

Western Kentucky Hilltoppers

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 forfeited to Simpson College (Iowa)

Simpson College

Simpson College is a four-year, coeducational liberal arts institution situated in Indianola, Iowa, USA, and affiliated with the United Methodist Church. Simpson, which has been fully accredited by North Central Association since 1913, is a small school with approximately 1,400 full-time students...

. The first round game between Delta State University (Miss.)

Delta State University

Delta State University, also known as DSU, is a regional public university located in Cleveland, Mississippi, United States, in the heart of the Mississippi Delta...

  and Drury College (Mo.) gave the first overtime in tournament history. Delta State beat Drury College 52 to 51 in one overtime.

The championship game featured Central Missouri State University

Central Missouri Mules and Jennies

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 defending their first national championship over Roanoke College (Va.)

Roanoke College

Roanoke College is an private, coeducational, four-year liberal-arts college affiliated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. The college is located in Salem, Virginia, a suburban independent city adjacent to Roanoke, Virginia...

, making them the first team to win back to back titles.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1938 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:

• Leading scorer est. 1963
• Leading rebounder est. 1963
• Chuck Taylor Most Valuable Player est. 1939
• Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958
• Coach of the Year est. 1954
• Player of the Year est. 1994

1938 NAIA bracket

•  * denotes overtime.
•  † denotes forfeit.

3rd place game

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

See also

• 1938 National Invitation Tournament
  1938 National Invitation Tournament
  The 1938 National Invitation Tournament was the 1938 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition. It was the inaugural National Invitational Tournament and was won by Temple.-Selected teams:...