1940 NCAA basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 1940 8 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Indiana Hoosiers 1st 1st 1st Kansas Jayhawks 1st 1st Duquesne Dukes 1st USC Trojans 1st Branch McCracken 1st Marvin Huffman Indiana 36,880 Howard Engleman Kansas 39 The 1940 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 2nd edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30, at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of eight games were played, including a single third place game in the West region. Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the tournament 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. This would be the only tournament to feature Springfield College, the school James Naismith worked for when he invented the sport of basketball. They were the first of fourteen colleges and universities to compete in the tournament that are no longer in Division I. This was also the first appearance of the Kansas Jayhawks, whose first coach was Naismith. Locations The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1940 tournament: Regionals March 20 and 21 East Regional, Butler Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, Indiana (Host: Butler University) West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference) Championship Game March 30 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference) Teams East Regional - IndianapolisSchoolCoachConferenceRecord Duquesne Chick Davies Independent 19–2 Indiana Branch McCracken Big Ten 17–3 1939 Springfield Pride Springfield College Springfield Ed Hickox Independent 16–2 Western Kentucky Ed Diddle SIAA 24–5 West Regional - Kansas CitySchoolCoachConferenceRecord 1939 Colorado Buffaloes University of Colorado Colorado Frosty Cox Mountain States 17–2 Kansas Phog Allen Big Six 17–5 1939 Rice Owls Rice University Rice Buster Brannon Southwest 21–2 USC Sam Barry Pacific Coast 19–2 Bracket Regional SemifinalsMarch 22 Regional FinalsMarch 23 National ChampionshipMarch 30 East – Indianapolis West – Kansas City Kansas City Indiana 48 1939 men Springfield Pride Springfield 24 Duquesne 30 Western Kentucky 29 USC 38 1939 men Colorado Buffaloes Colorado 32 Kansas 50 1939 men Rice Owls Rice 44 Indiana 39 Duquesne 30 USC 42 Kansas 43 Indiana 60 Kansas 42 West Third Place Game Colorado 56 Rice 60 1940 NCAA basketball tournament https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/postseason/1940-ncaa.html College Basketball Reference 3 April 2018 See also 1940 National Invitation Tournament 1940 NAIA Division I men's basketball tournament References Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Ncaa NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament