1939 NCAA basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 1939 1939 NCAA Basketball Championship program.jpg 1.2 8 Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois Oregon Webfoots 1st 1st 1st Ohio State Buckeyes 1st 1st Oklahoma Sooners 1st Villanova Wildcats 1st Howard Hobson 1st Jimmy Hull, Ohio State 15,025 Jimmy Hull, Ohio State 58 The 1939 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship. It was the 1st NCAA basketball national championship tournament, although it was operated by the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC) at the time. The tournament began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game on March 27, at the Patten Gymnasium on Northwestern University's campus in Evanston, Illinois.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RFsaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=8gwEAAAAIBAJ&pg=5210%2C5220416 Milwaukee Sentinel Associated Press Giant Oregon five defeats Ohio for U.S. title, 46–33 March 28, 1939 12https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=0qlQAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ECIEAAAAIBAJ&pg=3775%2C119419 Milwaukee Journal Kuechle Oliver Oregon beats Ohio State easily for national title March 28, 1939 12, part 2https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Ow9KAAAAIBAJ&sjid=l4UMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3903%2C4039413 Toledo Blade Ohio United Press Oregon tops Bucks, 46–33 March 28, 1939 11https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=EqxWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=T-gDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5372%2C5346442 Eugene Register-Guard Oregon Strite Dick Mighty Oregons scramble Ohio State to take hoop title of all America March 28, 1939 1 A total of eight games were played, including a single third-place game in the West region. The East region did not hold a third-place game until 1941, and there was no national third-place game until 1946. Oregon, coached by Howard Hobson, won the national title with a 46–33 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Harold Olsen. Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. Despite its success in this first tournament, Oregon would not make another Final Four until 2017. Tournament procedure One team would represent each of the NCAA's eight geographic districts for a total of eight teams. Each district had a selection committee which determined their representative; one district elected to hold a playoff to determine the bid. In the bracket, the four eastern districts met for the East Regional, and the four western districts met for the West Regional; the champions of each region met in Evanston, Illinois for the championship game. 1939 NCAA tournament schedule and venues The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1939 tournament: Regionals March 17 and 18 East Regional, The Palestra, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (Host: University of Pennsylvania) March 20 and 21 West Regional, California Coliseum, San Francisco, California (Host: University of San Francisco) Championship Game March 30 Patten Gymnasium, Evanston, Illinois (Host: Northwestern University) Selection of teams thumb|500x500px|One team was selected from each NCAA district District decisions District selection committees decided upon their representative, with most analyzing the top teams and selecting one.Carlson Chad Making March Madness: The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951 2017 University of Arkansas Press 978-1-61075-615-0 Sport, Culture, and Society Chicago 76 Districts 2, 6, and 8 invited Villanova, Texas, and Oregon, respectively, who accepted their invitations. Other districts had their first choice decline the invitation. District 1 initially selected 1938 Dartmouth Big Green Dartmouth College Dartmouth, the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League champion, but they declined the invitation and the committee subsequently invited independent 1938 Brown Bears Brown University Brown. District 3 selected Southern Conference champion 1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest University Wake Forest over Southern Conference tournament champion Clemson and Southeastern Conference tournament champion 1938 Kentucky Wildcats University of Kentucky Kentucky. District 4 selected independent 1938 Bradley Braves Bradley Polytechnic Institute Bradley, but they elected to participate in the National Invitation Tournament instead; the committee then invited their second-best team, Ohio State, the Big Ten champion. District 7 selected 1938 Colorado Buffaloes University of Colorado Boulder Colorado, the champion of the Mountain States Conference but they declined the invitation due to not wanting to travel again after a mid-season trip to New York City. Utah State was instead invited to represent District 7.Carlson Chad https://www.worldcat.org/title/979568567 Making March Madness: The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships 1922-1951 2017 The University of Arkansas Press National Collegiate Athletic Association 978-1-68226-033-3 Sport, culture & society Fayetteville 83–84 979568567 District 5 playoff One district, District 5, decided to host a four-team playoff in Oklahoma City to determine which team would represent them in the tournament. The committee invited 1938 Missouri Tigers University of Missouri Missouri and Oklahoma from the Big 6 Conference and 1938 Oklahoma State Cowboys Oklahoma State University Oklahoma A&M and 1938 Drake Bulldogs Drake University Drake from the Missouri Valley Conference. However, Missouri declined the invitation to the playoff. Oklahoma A&M defeated Drake in the first round of the playoffs, and Oklahoma won the second game against A&M to advance to the tournament.Carlson Chad Making March Madness: The Early Years of the NCAA, NIT, and College Basketball Championships, 1922-1951 2017 University of Arkansas Press 978-1-68226-033-3 Sport, Culture, and Society Chicago 84 First RoundMarch 13 Second RoundMarch 14 no Oklahoma A&M 23 Drake 22 Oklahoma 30 Oklahoma A&M 21Oklahoma State University Athletics https://okstate.com/sports/mens-basketball/schedule/text/1939 2025-04-08 Oklahoma State University Athletics en Tournament teams +East Regional – The Palestra, Philadelphia, PASchoolCoachConferenceNCAA DistrictRecord 1938 Brown Bears Brown University Brown Eck Allen IndependentDistrict 1 16–3 Ohio State Harold Olsen Big TenDistrict 4 14–6 Villanova Alex Severance IndependentDistrict 2 19–4 1938 Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest University Wake Forest Murray Greason SouthernDistrict 3 18–5 +West Regional – California Coliseum, San Francisco, CASchoolCoachConferenceNCAA DistrictRecord Oklahoma Bruce Drake Big SixDistrict 5 11–8 Oregon Howard Hobson Pacific CoastDistrict 8 26–5 Texas Jack Gray SouthwestDistrict 6 19–4 1938 Utah State Aggies Utah State University Utah State Dick Romney Mountain StatesDistrict 7 16–6 Bracket yes Regional Semifinals Regional Finals National Championship East – Philadelphia West – San Francisco March 17 March 20 March 18 March 21 March 21 Evanston, Illinois – March 27 Villanova 42 1938 men Brown Bears Brown 30 Ohio State 64 1938 men Wake Forest Demon Deacons Wake Forest 52 Oregon 56 Texas 41 1938 men Utah State Aggies Utah State 39 Oklahoma 50 Villanova 36 Ohio State 53 Oregon 55 Oklahoma 37 Ohio State 33 Oregon 46 West Third Place Game Texas 49 Utah State 51 1939 NCAA basketball tournament https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/postseason/1939-ncaa.html College Basketball Reference 3 April 2018 See also 1939 National Invitation Tournament 1939 NAIA basketball tournament References 2 Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Tournament NCAA basketball tournament NCAA basketball tournament NCAA basketball tournament Category:March 1939 sports events in the United States Category:Sports in Evanston, Illinois