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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 .
Knute Rockne, All American is a 1940 American biographical film that tells the story of Knute Rockne, Notre Dame's legendary football coach. It stars Pat O'Brien as Rockne and Ronald Reagan as player George Gipp, as well as Gale Page, Donald Crisp, Albert Bassermann, Owen Davis Jr., Nick Lukats, Kane Richmond, William Marshall and William Byrne.
The 1940 college football season was the 72nd season of intercollegiate football in the United States. Competition included schools from the Big Ten Conference, the Pacific Coast Conference (PCC), the Southeastern Conference (SEC), the Big Six Conference, the Southern Conference, the Southwestern Conference, and numerous smaller conferences and independent programs.
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.
One human poll comprised the 1940 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) football rankings. Unlike most sports, college football's governing body, the NCAA, does not bestow a national championship , instead that title is bestowed by one or more different polling agencies.
1940 Wayne Tartars football team; 1940 West Virginia Mountaineers football team; 1940 Western Reserve Red Cats football team; 1940 Western State Teachers Broncos football team; 1940 Wichita Shockers football team; 1940 William & Mary Norfolk Division Braves football team
The consensus 1940 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. [1] To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation , Converse , and Madison Square Garden .
The 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1939, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament Championship Game on March 30, 1940, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.