The 1947 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 10th 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 . It would be the first time since 1945

1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

The 1945 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 8th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 16 teams playing in a single-elimination format , instead of the normal 32. The NAIA Semifinals featured four new teams for...

 the NAIA Semifinalist would feature four new teams. A feat that would not be repeated until 1965.
The championship game featured Marshall University (W. Va.)

Marshall Thundering Herd

The Marshall Thundering Herd are the intercollegiate athletic teams that collectively represent the Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia. Thundering Herd athletic teams compete in Conference USA, which are members of the NCAA Division I...

 defeating Mankato State (Minn.)

Minnesota State University, Mankato

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 by a score of 73 to 59. The third place game featured Arizona State-Flagstaff

Northern Arizona University

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, now Northern Arizona University, defeating Emporia State University

Emporia State Hornets

The Emporia State Hornets and Lady Hornets are the sports teams of Emporia State University located in Emporia, Kansas. They participate in the NCAA's Division II and in the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association .-Sports:...

 by a score of 47 to 38.

1947 kicks off the "golden age" of NAIA National Tournaments. Harold Haskins became the first of 16 all-time leading scorers.

Awards and honors

Many of the records set by the 1947 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
• Top single-game scoring performances: 2nd by Nate DeLong
  Nate DeLong
  Nate DeLong was a center in the National Basketball Association.-Biography:A native of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, DeLong was a long-time resident of Hayward, Wisconsin. From 1989 to 2008, he served on the Board of Supervisors of Sawyer County, Wisconsin...
  
  , Wisconsin-River Falls vs. Marshall (W.Va.). Delong scored 22 field goals had 12 free throws totaling 56 points.
• All-time scoring leader; first 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.

1947 NAIA bracket

•  * denotes 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.

See also

• 1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
  1947 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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• 1947 National Invitation Tournament
  1947 National Invitation Tournament
  The 1947 National Invitation Tournament was the 1947 edition of the annual NCAA college basketball competition.-Selected teams:Below is a list of the 8 teams selected for the tournament.-Brackets/Results:Below is the tournament bracket....