1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
- 1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1940
ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=8
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Indiana
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Kansas
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Duquesne
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=USC
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=Branch McCracken
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Marvin Huffman
MOPTeam=Indiana
Attendance=36,880
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Howard Engleman
TopScorerTeam=Kansas
Points=39The 1940 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, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 8 games were played, including a single third place game in the West region.
Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the national title with a 60-42 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. Marvin Huffman of Indiana was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Locations
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Teams
Bracket
8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Indiana
RD1-score1=48
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Springfield
RD1-score2=24
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Duquesne
RD1-score3=30
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Western Kentucky
RD1-score4=29
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=USC
RD1-score5=38
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Colorado
RD1-score6=32
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Kansas
RD1-score7=50
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Rice
RD1-score8=44
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Indiana
RD2-score1=39
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Duquesne
RD2-score2=30
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=USC
RD2-score3=42
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Kansas
RD2-score4=43
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Indiana
RD3-score1=60
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Kansas
RD3-score2=42
ee also
* 1940 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
External links
* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1940.htm 1940 NCAA Basketball Tournament] on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
* [http://www.hoopstournament.net/index.html HoopsTournament.Net] , source for much of the information on this page.
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