The 1946 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The 9th annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format. The championship game was won by Southern Illinois University when the Salukis defeated the Indiana State University Sycamores 49-40.
1946 would see the departure of the third team of the eight originating teams from the 1937 tournament. After this year, Central Missouri State left to join the NCAA, and to date has not returned. The original National Champions, and first back to back National Champions, the Mules of Central Missouri State, left the tournament with seven career appearances, and an overall record of 13 wins and 6 loses, becoming the winnest team of the eight original teams. The Mules won two National Championships in 1937 and 1938 and finishing in 4th place in 1942.
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