1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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| 1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals Site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
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| Champions | Stanford (1st title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Dartmouth (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Colorado (1st Final Four) Kentucky (1st Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Everett Dean (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Howie Dallmar Stanford | ||
| Attendance | 24,373 | ||
| Top scorers | Chet Palmer Rice Jim Pollard Stanford (43 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1942 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 20, 1942, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 9 games were played, including a third place game in each region.
Stanford, coached by Everett Dean, won the national title with a 53-38 victory in the final game over Dartmouth, coached by O. B. Cowles. Howie Dallmar of Stanford was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Everett Dean remains, to this day, the only coach to have never lost an NCAA tournament game, going 3-0 in his lone appearance.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | New Orleans, Louisiana | |
| West | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Finals | Kansas City, Missouri |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Dartmouth | O. B. Cowles | Runner Up | Stanford | L 53-38 |
| East | n/a | Illinois | Doug Mills | Regional Fourth Place | Penn State | L 41-34 |
| East | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | National Semifinals | Dartmouth | L 47-28 |
| East | n/a | Penn State | John Lawther | Regional Third Place | Illinois | W 41-34 |
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| West | n/a | Colorado | Frosty Cox | National Semifinals | Stanford | L 46-35 |
| West | n/a | Kansas | Phog Allen | Regional Third Place | Rice | W 55-53 |
| West | n/a | Rice | Buster Brannon | Regional Fourth Place | Kansas | L 55-53 |
| West | n/a | Stanford | Everett Dean | Champion | Dartmouth | W 53-38 |
[edit] Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Penn State | 39 | ||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 28 | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Illinois | 44 | ||||||||||||
| Dartmouth | 38 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Rice | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Stanford | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado | 35 | ||||||||||||
| Colorado | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Kansas | 44 | ||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 1942 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
| NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Final Four broadcasters | Champions and records |
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