MOP Marvin Huffman Indiana Teams 8 | Dates 20 Mar 1940 – 30 Mar 1940 Attendance 36,880 | |
Champions Indiana (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four) Runner-up Kansas (1st title game,
1st Final Four) Semifinalists Duquesne (1st Final Four)
USC (1st Final Four) Winning coach Branch McCracken (1st title) Top scorer Howard Engleman Kansas
(39 points) Champion Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball Finals site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Similar 1973 NCAA Men's Div, 1977 NCAA Men's Div, 1981 NCAA Men's Div | ||
The 1940 NCAA Men's Division I 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.
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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
Championship Game
References
1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA