1940 NCAA Basketball Tournament

1940 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Teams 8
Finals site Municipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
Champions Indiana (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-up Kansas (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Branch McCracken (1st title)
MOP Marvin Huffman Indiana
Attendance 36,880
Top scorer Howard Engleman Kansas
(39 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1939 1941»

The 1940 NCAA Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 8 games were played, including a single third place game in the West region.

Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the tournament title with a 60–42 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. Marvin Huffman of Indiana was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1940 tournament:

Regionals

March 20 and 21
East Regional, Hinkle Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Championship Game

March 30
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Teams

East Regional - Indianapolis
School Coach Conference Record
Duquesne Chick Davies Independent 19–2
Indiana Branch McCracken Big Ten 17–3
Springfield Ed Hickox Independent 16–2
Western Kentucky Ed Diddle SIAA 24–5
West Regional - Kansas City
School Coach Conference Record
Colorado Frosty Cox Mountain States 17–2
Kansas Phog Allen Big Six 17–5
Rice Buster Brannon Southwest 21–2
USC Sam Barry Pacific Coast 19–2

Bracket

Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
1 Indiana 48
8 Springfield 24
1 Indiana 39
4 Duquesne 30
4 Duquesne 30
5 Western Kentucky 29
1 Indiana 60
2 Kansas 42
3 USC 38
6 Colorado 32
3 USC 42
2 Kansas 43
2 Kansas 50
7 Rice 44

Regional Third Place

West Regional Third Place
   
6 Colorado 60
7 Rice 56

See also

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