1949 NCAA basketball tournament

Winning coachAdolph Rupp (2nd title)MOPAlex Groza (Kentucky)Attendance72,523Top scorerAlex Groza (Kentucky)
(82 points)

NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1948	1950»

The 1949 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight 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.

Locations

The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1949 tournament:

Regionals

March 18 and 19

West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

March 21 and 22

East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)

Championship Game

March 26

Hec Edmundson Pavilion, Seattle, Washington (Host: University of Washington)

Teams

Region	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	Illinois	Harry Combes	Big Ten	Third Place	Oregon State	W 57–53
East	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	Southeastern	Champion	Oklahoma A&M	W 46–36
East	Villanova	Alex Severance	Independent	Regional third place	Yale	W 78–67
East	Yale	Howard Hobson	Ivy League	Regional Fourth Place	Villanova	L 78–67
West
West	Arkansas	Eugene Lambert	Southwest	Regional third place	Wyoming	W 61–48
West	Oklahoma A&M	Henry Iba	Missouri Valley	Runner Up	Kentucky	L 46–36
West	Oregon State	Slats Gill	Pacific Coast	Fourth Place	Illinois	L 57–53
West	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Mountain States	Regional Fourth Place	Arkansas	L 61–48

Bracket

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Finals
		#4 Illinois	71
		#11 Yale	67
							#4 Illinois	47
							#1 Kentucky	76
		#1 Kentucky	85
		#14 Villanova	72
												#1 Kentucky	46
												#2 Oklahoma A&M	36
		#2 Oklahoma A&M	40
		#17 Wyoming	39
							#2 Oklahoma A&M	55			Third place
							Oregon State	30
		Oregon State	56								#4 Illinois		57
		Arkansas	38								Oregon State		53

Regional third place games

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See also

• 1949 National Invitation Tournament
• 1949 NAIA Basketball Tournament

References