MOP Howie Dallmar Stanford Teams 8 | Dates 20 Mar 1942 – 28 Mar 1942 Attendance 24,373 | |
Champions Stanford (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four) Runner-up Dartmouth (1st title game,
1st Final Four) Semifinalists Colorado (1st Final Four)
Kentucky (1st Final Four) Winning coach Everett Dean (1st title) Top scorers Chet Palmer Rice
Jim Pollard Stanford
(43 points) Champion Stanford Cardinal men's basketball Finals site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri People also search for 1945 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | ||
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.
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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 is the only coach to have never lost an NCAA tournament game. Dean was 3-0 in his lone appearance.
Locations
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1942 tournament: