1950 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1950


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=8
FinalFourArena=Madison Square Garden
FinalFourCity=New York City
Champions=CCNY
TitleCount=1st
RunnerUp=Bradley
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Baylor
FinalFourCount=2nd
Semifinal2=NC State
FinalFourCount2=1st
Coach=Nat Holman
CoachCount=1st
MOP=Irwin Dambrot
MOPTeam=CCNY
Attendance=75,464
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Sam Ranzino
TopScorerTeam=NC State
Points=75

The 1950 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 23, 1950, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in New York City, New York. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

CCNY, coached by Nat Holman, won the national title with a 71-68 victory in the final game over Bradley, coached by Forddy Anderson. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. CCNY became the first and only team to ever win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Because of participation changes, this currently cannot happen.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

8TeamBracket | RD1-seed1=
RD1-team1=CCNY
RD1-score1=56
RD1-seed2=
RD1-team2=Ohio St
RD1-score2=55
RD1-seed3=
RD1-team3=N.C. State
RD1-score3=87
RD1-seed4=
RD1-team4=Holy Cross
RD1-score4=74
RD1-seed5=
RD1-team5=Baylor
RD1-score5=56
RD1-seed6=
RD1-team6=BYU
RD1-score6=55
RD1-seed7=
RD1-team7=Bradley
RD1-score7=73
RD1-seed8=
RD1-team8=UCLA
RD1-score8=59
RD2-seed1=
RD2-team1=CCNY
RD2-score1=78
RD2-seed2=
RD2-team2=N.C. State
RD2-score2=73
RD2-seed3=
RD2-team3=Baylor
RD2-score3=66
RD2-seed4=
RD2-team4=Bradley
RD2-score4=68
RD3-seed1=
RD3-team1=CCNY
RD3-score1=71
RD3-seed2=
RD3-team2=Bradley
RD3-score2=68

Further reading

*cite book |last=Cohen |first=Stanley |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=The Game They Played |year=2001 |publisher=Carroll & Graf |location=New York |id=ISBN 0-7867-0821-2

ee also

* 1950 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1950.htm 1950 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.