Central Missouri State (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Runner-up
Morningside (Iowa) (1st title game, 1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Southwestern (Kan.) (1st Fab Four)
Arkansas State Teachers (1st Fab Four)
NAIA men's basketball tournament
1938»
The 1937 NAIA men's basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The first annual National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) basketball tournament featured eight teams playing in a single-elimination format.[1] In 1938, it would expand to its current size of 32 teams.
This tournament is unique because it was started two years prior to the NCAA men's tournament and one year before the National Invitation Tournament, and all the teams play over a series of six days instead of several weekends. The compactness of the tournament has given it the nickname "college basketball's toughest tournament".
It began when Dr. James Naismith, Emil S. Liston, Frank Cramer, and local leaders formed the National College Basketball Tournament, which was staged at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The goal of the tournament was to establish a forum for small colleges and universities to determine a national basketball champion.[2]
The first championship game featured Central Missouri State University defeating Morningside College (Iowa) 35–24. It is also the lowest scoring championship game in tournament history.
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