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The 1955 NAIA Men's Division I 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.〔(NAIA.org )〕 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. The championship game featured East Texas State University (now Texas A&M-Commerce) 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. 1963 *Leading rebounder est. 1963 *Charles Stevenson Hustle Award est. 1958 *Player of the Year est. 1994 *Most free throws made; single game: ''24'' free throws made by Joe Miller of Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.) in a game verses Quincy (Ill.). *Most free throws made; career: ''120'' free throws made by Jim Spivey of Southeastern Oklahoma State (1954,55,56,57). *Most tournament appearances: ''Georgetown (Ky.)'', 2nd of 28, appearances to the NAIA Tournament *All-time single game performances: ''5th'' Joe Miller of Alderson-Broaddus (W.Va.) vs. Quincy (Ill.). Miller scored 12 field goals and 24 free throws, totaling 48 points. *All-time single game performances: ''12th'' Paul Brownlee of Steubenville (Ohio) vs. Southeastern Oklahoma. Brownlee scored 16 field goals and 14 free throws, totaling 46 points. *All-time scoring leader; first appearance: ''Bennie Swain 6th'', Texas Southern (1955,56,57,58), 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 (1954,55,56,57), 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 (1952,53,54,55), 13 games, 122 field goals, 43 free throws, totaling 287 points, 22.1 average per game; ''James Miller, 18th'', East Texas State (1953,54,55), 13 games, 103 field goals, 40 free throws, totaling 246 points, 18.9 average per game.〔(NAIA Championship History )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1955 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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