The 1938 NAIA basketball tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
The second annual NAIA basketball tournament featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
Drake was a last second replacement for Cheyney Normal who could not make it to Kansas City on time.
The championship game featured Central Missouri State defending their first national championship over Roanoke, making them the first team to win back-to-back titles.
[3] Many of the records set by the 1938 tournament have been broken, and many of the awards were established much later: