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The 1940 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The second edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of eight games were ...
Kansas' appearance in the 1940 national championship game was the first of nine in the program's history. [10] The Jayhawks posted a 12–6 record in 1940–41, and their 7–3 Big Six record tied them for first in the conference with Iowa State. [24] However, the team did not receive an NCAA Tournament invitation.
1940 NCAA basketball tournament; 1940 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament; References. a b This page was last edited on 3 August 2024, at 21:55 (UTC). Text is ...
It determines the champion of Division I, the top level of play in the NCAA, [1] and the media often describes the winner as the national champion of college basketball. [2] [3] The NCAA Tournament has been held annually since 1939, except for 2020, when it was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the U.S. [4] Its field grew from eight ...
The National Association of Basketball Coaches turned over operation of the NCAA tournament to the NCAA itself. [1] George Glamack of North Carolina became the first player to score 30 or more points in an NCAA tournament game, scoring 31 points against Dartmouth in a regional third-place game of the 1941 NCAA basketball tournament on March 22 ...
Mar 8, 1940 * Oregon State Game 1: W 54–41 18–2: Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA: Mar 9, 1940 * Oregon State Game 2: W 62–25 19–2: Shrine Auditorium Los Angeles, CA: NCAA tournament; Mar 22, 1940 * vs. Colorado NCAA Quarterfinals: W 38–32 20–2: Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, MO: Mar 23, 1940 * vs. Kansas NCAA Semifinals: L 42 ...
By March, most college basketball observers figured the third-ranked Boilermakers were finally poised to make that elusive Final Four run. But the lowest-seeded team in the 68-team tourney field ...
3/2/1940: Murray State SIAA Tournament Semifinal: W 25–23 23–5: Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY: 3/2/1940: Louisiana Normal SIAA Tournament Final: W 39–33 24–5: Health & Phys Ed Building Bowling Green, KY: 1940 NCAA basketball tournament; 3/23/1940 * vs. Duquesne NCAA Elite Eight: L 29–30 24–6: Butler Fieldhouse ...