1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1950 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament
Teams 8
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions CCNY (1st title)
Runner-up Bradley (1st title game)
Semifinalists Baylor (2nd Final Four)
NC State (1st Final Four)
Winning coach Nat Holman (1st title)
MOP Irwin Dambrot CCNY
Attendance 75,464
Top scorer Sam Ranzino NC State
(75 points)
NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1949  1951»

The 1950 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 began on March 23, 1950, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in New York City, New York. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

CCNY, coached by Nat Holman, won the national title with a 71-68 victory in the final game over Bradley, coached by Forddy Anderson. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. CCNY became the only team to ever win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Because of participation changes, this currently cannot happen.

Contents

Locations

Region Site Other Locations
East New York City, New York
West Kansas City, Missouri
Finals New York City, New York

Teams

Region Seed Team Coach Finished Final Opponent Score
East
East n/a Ohio State Tippy Dye Regional Third Place Holy Cross W 72-52
East n/a Holy Cross Buster Sheary Regional Fourth Place Ohio State L 72-52
East n/a North Carolina State Everett Case Third Place Baylor W 53-41
East n/a CCNY Nat Holman Champion Bradley W 72-52
West
West n/a Baylor Bill Henderson Fourth Place North Carolina State L 53-41
West n/a Bradley Forddy Anderson Runner Up CCNY L 71-68
West n/a BYU Stan Watts Regional Third Place UCLA W 83-62
West n/a UCLA John Wooden Regional Fourth Place BYU L 83-62

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
     CCNY 56  
   Ohio St 55  
     CCNY 78  
     N.C. State 73  
   N.C. State 87
     Holy Cross 74  
       CCNY 71
     Bradley 68
     Baylor 56  
   BYU 55  
     Baylor 66 Third place
     Bradley 68  
   Bradley 73  N.C. State 53
     UCLA 59    Baylor 41

Point Shaving Scandal

Further information: CCNY Point Shaving Scandal

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