1942 NCAA basketball tournament
| Teams | 8 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finals site | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri | ||||
| Champions | Stanford (1st title, 1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Dartmouth (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists | |||||
| 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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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 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:
Regionals
- March 20 and 21
- East Regional, Tulane Gym, New Orleans, Louisiana
- West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Championship Game
- March 28
- Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
Teams
| East Regional - New Orleans | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Coach | Conference | Record |
| Dartmouth | Osborne Cowles | EIBL | 20-3 |
| Illinois | Doug Mills | Big Ten | 18-3 |
| Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | SEC | 18-5 |
| Penn State | John Lawther | Independent | 17-2 |
| West Regional - Kansas City | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| School | Coach | Conference | Record |
| Colorado | Frosty Cox | Mountain States | 15-1 |
| Kansas | Phog Allen | Big Six | 16-4 |
| Rice | Buster Brannon | Southwest | 22-3 |
| Stanford | Everett Dean | Pacific Coast | 25-4 |
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 | |||||||||||||
Regional Third Place
| East Regional Third Place | ||||
| Penn State | 41 | |||
| Illinois | 34 | |||
| West Regional Third Place | ||||
| Rice | 53 | |||
| Kansas | 55 | |||