1955 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament 1955 NAIA Men's Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri . The 18th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The 1955 tournament was one for the record books. It featured four of the all-time leading scorers, two single-game best tournament performances, and most free throws made in tournament history.championship game featured East Texas State University and Southeastern Oklahoma State University . East Texas State defeated SEOSU by a score of 71 to 54. The other teams in the NAIA Semifinals were Western Illinois University and Arkansas Tech . The Leathernecks defeated the Wonder Boys for the 3rd place title by a score of 77 to 74.Awards and honors Many of the records set by the 1955 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later:Leading scorer est. 1963Leading rebounder est. 1963Charles Stevenson Hustle AwardPlayer of the Year est. 1994Most free throws made; single game : 24 free throws made by Joe Miller of Alderson-Broaddus in a game verses Quincy.Most free throws made; career : 120 free throws made by Jim Spivey of Southeastern Oklahoma State.All-time single game performances : 5th Joe Miller of Alderson-Broaddus vs. Quincy. Miller scored 12 field goals and 24 free throws, totaling 48 points.All-time single game performances : 12th Paul Brownlee of Steubenville vs. Southeastern Oklahoma. Brownlee scored 16 field goals and 14 free throws, totaling 46 points.All-time scoring leader; first appearance : Bennie Swain 6thTexas Southern , 15 games, 119 field goals, 64 free throws, totaling 302 points, 20.1 average per game.All-time scoring leader; second appearance : James Spivey, 4th Southeastern Oklahoma State , 13 games, 133 field goals, 120 free throws, totaling 386 points, 29.7 average per game.All-time scoring leaders; final appearance : E.C. O’Neal, 9th , Arkansas Tech, 13 games, 122 field goals, 43 free throws, totaling 287 points, 22.1 average per game; James Miller , 18thEast Texas State, 13 games, 103 field goals, 40 free throws, totaling 246 points, 18.9 average per game.1955 NAIA bracket * denotes overtime.3rd place game 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.
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