1942 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1942


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=8
FinalFourArena=Municipal Auditorium
FinalFourCity=Kansas City, Missouri
Champions=Stanford
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Dartmouth
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Colorado
FinalFourCount=1st
Semifinal2=Kentucky
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=Everett Dean
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Howie Dallmar
MOPTeam=Stanford
Attendance=24,373
OneTopScorer=
TwoTopScorers=*
TopScorer=Chet Palmer
TopScorerTeam=Rice
TopScorer2=Jim Pollard
TopScorer2Team=Stanford
Points=43The 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 remains, to this day, the only coach to have never lost an NCAA tournament game, going 3-0 in his lone appearance.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=Dartmouth
RD1-score1=44
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Penn State
RD1-score2=39
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=Kentucky
RD1-score3=46
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Illinois
RD1-score4=44
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Stanford
RD1-score5=53
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=Rice
RD1-score6=47
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Colorado
RD1-score7=46
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=Kansas
RD1-score8=44
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=Dartmouth
RD2-score1=47
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=Kentucky
RD2-score2=28
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Stanford
RD2-score3=46
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Colorado
RD2-score4=35
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=Dartmouth
RD3-score1=38
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Stanford
RD3-score2=53

ee also

* 1942 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1942.htm 1942 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.