1948 NAIA basketball tournament
{{Short description|College basketball tournament}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2023}}{{Use American English|date=October 2023}}
{{Infobox college basketball tournament
| Type=NAIA men's basketball tournament
| Year=1948
| Image=
| ImageSize=150px
| Caption=1948 NAIA national basketball tournament
| Teams=32
| FabFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
| FabFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
| Champions=Louisville
| TitleCount=1st
| ChampGameCount=1st
| ChampFFCount=1st
| RunnerFFCount=2nd
| RunnerUp=Indiana State
| GameCount=2nd
| Semifinal1=Hamline
| FinalFourCount1=3rd
| Semifinal2=Xavier
| FinalFourCount2=1st
| COTY=
| COTYSchool=
| MVP=Duane Klueh
| MVPTeam=Indiana State
| POTY=
| POTYSchool=
| Hustle=
| HustleSchool=
| Attendance=unknown
| TopScorer=Duane Klueh
| TopScorerTeam=Indiana State
| TopScorer2=
| TopScorer2Team=
| Points=96
}}
The 1948 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 11th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.{{Cite web |url=http://naia.cstv.com/ |title=NAIA.org |access-date=2020-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090501033134/http://naia.cstv.com/ |archive-date=2009-05-01 |url-status=dead }}
The championship game featured Louisville beating Indiana State, 82–70.
The only school to have won national titles in both the NAIA and NCAA Division I is Louisville. Uniquely, Indiana State has finished as the National Runner-up in the NAIA (1946 and 1948), the NCAA Division I (1979) and the NCAA Division II (1968) tournaments. Indiana State won the NAIA in 1950.
The tournament was the first intercollegiate postseason to feature a black student-athlete, Clarence J. Walker of Indiana State under coach John Wooden. Wooden had withdrawn from the 1947 tournament because the NAIB would not allow Walker to play.{{cite news |last1=Keefer |first1=Zak |title=Indiana basketball player broke racial barrier, changed game forever |url=https://eu.indystar.com/story/sports/college/2017/03/15/private-pain-clarence-walker/99144560/ |accessdate=January 5, 2019 |work=Indianapolis Star |date=March 16, 2017 |language=en}}
Awards and honors
Many of the records set by the 1948 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
- All-time scoring leader; second 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.[http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf NAIA Championship History] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515144808/http://grfx.cstv.com/photos/schools/naia/sports/m-baskbl/auto_pdf/mensd1champhistory.pdf |date=2008-05-15 }}
Bracket
{{32TeamBracket
| RD1=First round
| RD2=Second round
| RD3=Elite Eight
| RD4=NAIA national semifinals
| RD5=NAIA national championship
| RD5b=NAIA third-place game
| RD2-group1=TOP TIER
| RD2-group2=TOP TIER
| RD2-group3=BOTTOM TIER
| RD2-group4=BOTTOM TIER
| team-width = 170
| score-width = 30
| seeds = no
| boldwinner = high
| RD1-seed01=-
| RD1-team01=Marshall
| RD1-score01=72
| RD1-seed02=-
| RD1-team02=Peru State
| RD1-score02=53
| RD1-seed03=-
| RD1-team03=San Jose State
| RD1-score03=64
| RD1-seed04=-
| RD1-team04=Iowa State Teachers
| RD1-score04=58
| RD1-seed05=-
| RD1-team05=Brigham Young
| RD1-score05=66
| RD1-seed06=-
| RD1-team06=Delta State
| RD1-score06=61*
| RD1-seed07=-
| RD1-team07=Indiana State
| RD1-score07=72
| RD1-seed08=-
| RD1-team08=St. Francis (PA)
| RD1-score08=40
| RD1-seed09=-
| RD1-team09=Southern Illinois
| RD1-score09=54
| RD1-seed10=-
| RD1-team10=Southern Oregon State
| RD1-score10=50
| RD1-seed11=-
| RD1-team11=Manhattan
| RD1-score11=65
| RD1-seed12=-
| RD1-team12=Arkansas State Teachers
| RD1-score12=60
| RD1-seed13=-
| RD1-team13=Gonzaga
| RD1-score13=46
| RD1-seed14=-
| RD1-team14=Texas Wesleyan
| RD1-score14=45
| RD1-seed15=-
| RD1-team15=Hamline
| RD1-score15=85
| RD1-seed16=-
| RD1-team16=Mercer
| RD1-score16=41
| RD1-seed17=-
| RD1-team17=Louisville
| RD1-score17=63
| RD1-seed18=-
| RD1-team18=South Dakota State
| RD1-score18=60
| RD1-seed19=-
| RD1-team19=Emporia State
| RD1-score19=65
| RD1-seed20=-
| RD1-team20= Loyola Maryland
| RD1-score20=57
| RD1-seed21=-
| RD1-team21=Lawrence Tech
| RD1-score21=76
| RD1-seed22=-
| RD1-team22=Appalachian State
| RD1-score22=48
| RD1-seed23=-
| RD1-team23=Beloit
| RD1-score23=84
| RD1-seed24=-
| RD1-team24=East Central State
| RD1-score24=60
| RD1-seed25=-
| RD1-team25=Connecticut Teachers
| RD1-score25=63
| RD1-seed26=-
| RD1-team26=Montana
| RD1-score26=52
| RD1-seed27=-
| RD1-team27=Xavier (OH)
| RD1-score27=67
| RD1-seed28=-
| RD1-team28=Northwestern State (LA)
| RD1-score28=43
| RD1-seed29=-
| RD1-team29=Mankato State
| RD1-score29=49
| RD1-seed30=-
| RD1-team30=Denver
| RD1-score30=46
| RD1-seed31=-
| RD1-team31=Arizona State-Tempe
| RD1-score31=68
| RD1-seed32=-
| RD1-team32=NE Missouri State
| RD1-score32=66
| RD2-seed01=-
| RD2-team01=Marshall
| RD2-score01=72*
| RD2-seed02=-
| RD2-team02=San Jose State
| RD2-score02=74
| RD2-seed03=-
| RD2-team03=Brigham Young
| RD2-score03=68
| RD2-seed04=-
| RD2-team04=Indiana State
| RD2-score04=82
| RD2-seed05=-
| RD2-team05=Southern Illinois
| RD2-score05=42
| RD2-seed06=-
| RD2-team06=Manhattan
| RD2-score06=52
| RD2-seed07=-
| RD2-team07=Gonzaga
| RD2-score07=55
| RD2-seed08=-
| RD2-team08=Hamline
| RD2-score08=70
| RD2-seed09=-
| RD2-team09=Louisville
| RD2-score09=82
| RD2-seed10=-
| RD2-team10=Emporia State
| RD2-score10=66
| RD2-seed11=-
| RD2-team11=Lawrence Tech
| RD2-score11=62
| RD2-seed12=-
| RD2-team12=Beloit
| RD2-score12=78
| RD2-seed13=-
| RD2-team13=Connecticut Teachers
| RD2-score13=35
| RD2-seed14=-
| RD2-team14=Xavier
| RD2-score14=57
| RD2-seed15=-
| RD2-team15=Mankato State
| RD2-score15=54
| RD2-seed16=-
| RD2-team16=Arizona State-Tempe
| RD2-score16=53
| RD3-seed01=-
| RD3-team01=San Jose State
| RD3-score01=52
| RD3-seed02=-
| RD3-team02=Indiana State
| RD3-score02=59
| RD3-seed03=-
| RD3-team03=Manhattan
| RD3-score03=51
| RD3-seed04=-
| RD3-team04=Hamline
| RD3-score04=60
| RD3-seed05=-
| RD3-team05=Louisville
| RD3-score05=85
| RD3-seed06=-
| RD3-team06=Beloit
| RD3-score06=76
| RD3-seed07=-
| RD3-team07=Xavier
| RD3-score07=63
| RD3-seed08=-
| RD3-team08=Mankato State
| RD3-score08=50
| RD4-seed01=-
| RD4-team01=Indiana State
| RD4-score01=66
| RD4-seed02=-
| RD4-team02=Hamline
| RD4-score02=65*
| RD4-seed03=-
| RD4-team03=Louisville
| RD4-score03=56
| RD4-seed04=-
| RD4-team04=Xavier
| RD4-score04=49
| RD5-seed01=-
| RD5-team01=Indiana State
| RD5-score01=70
| RD5-seed02=-
| RD5-team02=Louisville
| RD5-score02=82
| RD5-seed03=-
| RD5-team03=Hamline
| RD5-score03=59
| RD5-seed04=-
| RD5-team04=Xavier
| RD5-score04=58
}}
- * denotes overtime.