The 1947 NAIA National Tournament was held in March at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
The 10th annual men's basketball tournament of what is now the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) featured 32 teams playing in a single-elimination format.
The championship game featured Marshall defeating Mankato State, 73–59.
Coach John Wooden withdrew Indiana State from the tournament because the NAIB would not allow black student-athlete Clarence Walker to play.
[2] The NAIB changed in time for Walker to play for Indiana in the 1948 tournament.