1949 NCAA basketball tournament
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| Season | 1948–49 | ||||
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
| Finals site | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington | ||||
| Champions | Kentucky Wildcats (2nd title, 2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Oklahoma A&M Aggies (3rd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Adolph Rupp (2nd title) | ||||
| MOP | Alex Groza (Kentucky) | ||||
| Attendance | 72,523 | ||||
| Top scorer | Alex Groza (Kentucky) (82 points) | ||||
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The 1949 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 1949, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 46–36 victory in the final game over Oklahoma A&M, coached by Henry Iba. Alex Groza of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Locations[edit]
The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1949 tournament:
Regionals[edit]
- March 18 and 19
- West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
- March 21 and 22
- East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
Championship Game[edit]
- March 26
- Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)
Teams[edit]
| Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | Illinois | Harry Combes | Big Ten | Third Place | Oregon State | W 57–53 |
| East | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Southeastern | Champion | Oklahoma A&M | W 46–36 |
| East | Villanova | Alex Severance | Independent | Regional third place | Yale | W 78–67 |
| East | Yale | Howard Hobson | Ivy League | Regional Fourth Place | Villanova | L 78–67 |
| West | ||||||
| West | Arkansas | Eugene Lambert | Southwest | Regional third place | Wyoming | W 61–48 |
| West | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Missouri Valley | Runner Up | Kentucky | L 46–36 |
| West | Oregon State | Slats Gill | Pacific Coast | Fourth Place | Illinois | L 57–53 |
| West | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Mountain States | Regional Fourth Place | Arkansas | L 61–48 |
Bracket[edit]
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| #4 Illinois | 71 | |||||||||||||
| #11 Yale | 67 | |||||||||||||
| #4 Illinois | 47 | |||||||||||||
| #1 Kentucky | 76 | |||||||||||||
| #1 Kentucky | 85 | |||||||||||||
| #14 Villanova | 72 | |||||||||||||
| #1 Kentucky | 46 | |||||||||||||
| #2 Oklahoma A&M | 36 | |||||||||||||
| #2 Oklahoma A&M | 40 | |||||||||||||
| #17 Wyoming | 39 | |||||||||||||
| #2 Oklahoma A&M | 55 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 30 | |||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 56 | #4 Illinois | 57 | |||||||||||
| Arkansas | 38 | Oregon State | 53 | |||||||||||
Regional third place games[edit]
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See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "1949 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
- ^ "1949 Final AP Men's Basketball Poll | College Poll Archive". CollegePollArchive.com. College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 26, 2022.