1949 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals site | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington |
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| Champions | Kentucky (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up | Oklahoma A&M (3rd title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Illinois (1st Final Four) Oregon State (1st Final Four) |
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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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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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The 1949 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 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.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | New York, New York | |
| West | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Finals | Seattle, Washington |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | n/a | Illinois | Harry Combes | Third Place | Oregon State | W 57-53 |
| East | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Champion | Oklahoma A&M | W 46-36 |
| East | n/a | Villanova | Alex Severance | Regional Third Place | Yale | W 78-67 |
| East | n/a | Yale | Howard Hobson | Regional Fourth Place | Villanova | L 78-67 |
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| West | n/a | Arkansas | Eugene Lambert | Regional Third Place | Wyoming | W 61-48 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Runner Up | Kentucky | L 46-36 |
| West | n/a | Oregon State | Slats Gill | Fourth Place | Illinois | L 57-53 |
| West | n/a | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Regional Fourth Place | Arkansas | L 61-48 |
[edit] Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Illinois | 71 | ||||||||||||
| Yale | 67 | ||||||||||||
| Illinois | 47 | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 76 | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 85 | ||||||||||||
| Villanova | 72 | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 40 | ||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 39 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 55 | Third place | |||||||||||
| Oregon State | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon State | 56 | Illinois | 57 | ||||||||||
| Arkansas | 38 | Oregon State | 53 | ||||||||||
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