1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

Infobox NCAA Basketball Tournament
Year=1951


ImageSize=
Caption=
Teams=16
FinalFourArena=Williams Arena
FinalFourCity=Minneapolis, Minnesota
Champions=Kentucky
TitleCount=3rd
RunnerUp=Kansas State
GameCount=1st
Semifinal1=Illinois
FinalFourCount=2nd
Semifinal2=Oklahoma A&M
FinalFourCount2=4th
Coach=Adolph Rupp
CoachCount=3rd
MOP=Bill Spivey
MOPTeam=Kentucky
Attendance=110,645
OneTopScorer=*
TwoTopScorers=
TopScorer=Don Sunderlage
TopScorerTeam=Illinois
Points=83

The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1951, and ended with the championship game on March 27 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 18 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 68-58 victory in the final game over Kansas State, coached by Jack Gardner.

The tournament was the first to introduce a 16-team field. Only the championship and third place games were held in Minneapolis, while the semifinals were held in the respective regional sites. In this sense, the 1951 tournament did not feature a true "Final Four." This would have to wait until the 1952 tournament.

Locations

Teams

Bracket

16TeamBracket | RD3=National Semifinals | RD4=National Final
group1=EAST REGION
group2=WEST REGION
RD1-seed01=
RD1-team01=Illinois
RD1-score01=79
RD1-seed02=
RD1-team02=Columbia
RD1-score02=71
RD1-seed03=
RD1-team03=N.C. State
RD1-score03=67
RD1-seed04=
RD1-team04=Villanova
RD1-score04=62
RD1-seed05=
RD1-team05=Kentucky
RD1-score05=79
RD1-seed06=
RD1-team06=Louisville
RD1-score06=68
RD1-seed07=
RD1-team07=St John's
RD1-score07=63
RD1-seed08=
RD1-team08=Connecticut
RD1-score08=52
RD1-seed09=
RD1-team09=Kansas State
RD1-score09=61
RD1-seed10=
RD1-team10=Arizona
RD1-score10=59
RD1-seed11=
RD1-team11=BYU
RD1-score11=68
RD1-seed12=
RD1-team12=San Jose State
RD1-score12=61
RD1-seed13=
RD1-team13=Oklahoma A&M
RD1-score13=50
RD1-seed14=
RD1-team14=Montana State
RD1-score14=46
RD1-seed15=
RD1-team15=Washington
RD1-score15=62
RD1-seed16=
RD1-team16=Texas A&M
RD1-score16=40
RD2-seed01=
RD2-team01=Illinois
RD2-score01=84
RD2-seed02=
RD2-team02=N.C. State
RD2-score02=70
RD2-seed03=
RD2-team03=Kentucky
RD2-score03=59
RD2-seed04=
RD2-team04=St John's
RD2-score04=43
RD2-seed05=
RD2-team05=Kansas State
RD2-score05=64
RD2-seed06=
RD2-team06=BYU
RD2-score06=54
RD2-seed07=
RD2-team07=Oklahoma A&M
RD2-score07=61
RD2-seed08=
RD2-team08=Washington
RD2-score08=57
RD3-seed01=
RD3-team01=Illinois
RD3-score01=74
RD3-seed02=
RD3-team02=Kentucky
RD3-score02=76
RD3-seed03=
RD3-team03=Kansas State
RD3-score03=68
RD3-seed04=
RD3-team04=Oklahoma A&M
RD3-score04=44
RD4-seed02=
RD4-team02=Kansas State
RD4-score02=68
RD4-seed01=
RD4-team01=Kentucky
RD4-score01=69

ee also

* 1951 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

External links

* [http://www.shrpsports.com/collbask/1951.htm 1951 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.