1942 NCAA basketball tournament

The 1942 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight 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 nine games were played, including a third place game in each region.

1942 NCAA basketball tournament
Teams8
Finals siteMunicipal Auditorium
Kansas City, Missouri
ChampionsStanford Indians (1st title, 1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Runner-upDartmouth Indians (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachEverett Dean (1st title)
MOPHowie Dallmar (Stanford)
Attendance24,373
Top scorersChet Palmer, (Rice)
Jim Pollard, (Stanford)
(43 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1941 1943»

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. The Indians' success, however, was not to last, as they would not make the tournament again for 47 years, which is currently tied for the eighth-longest drought in NCAA tournament history.

Everett Dean is the only coach to have never lost an NCAA tournament game. Dean was 3–0 in his lone appearance.

Colorado, Dartmouth, Kansas and Rice became the first teams to appear in multiple NCAA Tournaments by appearing in the 1942 tournament.

Locations

The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1942 tournament:

Regionals
March 20 and 21
East Regional, Tulane Gym, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University)
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Championship Game
March 28
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Teams
East Regional - New Orleans
School Coach Conference Record
Dartmouth Osborne Cowles EIBL 20–3
Illinois Doug Mills Big Ten 18–3
Kentucky Adolph Rupp SEC 18–5
Penn State John Lawther Independent 17–2
West Regional - Kansas City
School Coach Conference Record
Colorado Frosty Cox Mountain States 15–1
Kansas Phog Allen Big Six 16–4
Rice Buster Brannon Southwest 22–3
Stanford Everett Dean Pacific Coast 25–4

Bracket
Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
         
Dartmouth 44
Penn State 39
Dartmouth 47
Kentucky 28
Kentucky 46
Illinois 44
Dartmouth 38
Stanford 53
Stanford 53
Rice 47
Stanford 46
Colorado 35
Colorado 46
Kansas 44

Regional third place

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See also

References
  1. "1942 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 3, 2018.
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