1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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| 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals Site | Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois |
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| Champions | Oregon (1st title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Ohio State (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Oklahoma (1st Final Four) Villanova (1st Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Howard Hobson (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Jimmy Hull Ohio State | ||
| Attendance | 15,025 | ||
| Top scorer | Jimmy Hull Ohio State (58 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It was the first NCAA basketball national championship tournament. It began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 8 games were played, including a single third place game in the West region. The East region did not hold a third place game until the 1941 tournament, and there was no national third place game until the 1947 tournament.
Oregon, coached by Howard Hobson, won the national title with a 46-33 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Harold Olsen. Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| West | San Francisco, California | |
| Finals | Evanston, Illinois |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Brown | George Allen | Elite Eight | Villanova | L 42-30 |
| East | n/a | Ohio State | Harold Olsen | Runner Up | Oregon | L 46-33 |
| East | n/a | Villanova | Alex Severance | National Semifinals | Ohio State | L 53-36 |
| East | n/a | Wake Forest | Murray Greason | Elite Eight | Ohio State | L 64-52 |
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| West | n/a | Oklahoma | Bruce Drake | National Semifinals | Oregon | L 55-37 |
| West | n/a | Oregon | Howard Hobson | Champion | Ohio State | W 46-33 |
| West | n/a | Texas | Jack Gray | Regional Fourth Place | Utah State | L 51-49 |
| West | n/a | Utah State | Dick Romney | Regional Third Place | Texas | W 51-49 |
[edit] Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Villanova | 42 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Villanova | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Utah State | 39 | ||||||||||||
[edit] External links
- 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
[edit] See also
| NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four broadcasters | Champions and records |
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| 1930s | 1939 |
| 1940s | 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949 |
| 1950s | 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 |
| 1960s | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969 |
| 1970s | 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979 |
| 1980s | 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989 |
| 1990s | 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 |
| 2000s | 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 |
| 2010s | 2010, 2011 |
