1950 NCAA basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 January 2022 1950 8 Madison Square Garden New York City, New York CCNY Beavers 1st 1st 2nd Bradley Braves 1st 1st Baylor Bears 2nd NC State Wolfpack 1st Nat Holman 1st Irwin Dambrot CCNY 75,464 Sam Ranzino NC State 75 The 1950 NCAA basketball tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA college basketball. The 12th annual edition of the tournament began on March 23, 1950, and ended with the championship game on March 28, at Madison Square Garden in New York City. 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 only team to ever win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Because of participation changes, this currently cannot happen. CCNY is also the only championship team which is not currently a member of Division I. They dropped down to the NCAA College Division in the 1963–64 season. The CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950–51 had hit the program hard, and they had 12 sub-par seasons from 1951–52 through 1962–63 before dropping down to the College Division. The 1950 tournament was the last tournament to feature eight teams. The field would expand to sixteen teams the next year. Locations The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1950 tournament: Regionals March 23, 24, and 25 East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference) March 23 and 25 West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference) Championship Game March 28 Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference) Teams Region Team Coach Conference Finished Final Opponent Score East East Ohio State Tippy Dye Big Ten Regional third placeHoly CrossW 72–52 East Holy Cross Buster Sheary Independent Regional Fourth PlaceOhio StateL 72–52 East North Carolina State Everett Case Southern Third PlaceBaylorW 53–41 East CCNY Nat Holman Metro NY ChampionBradleyW 71–68 West West Baylor Bill Henderson Southwest Fourth PlaceNorth Carolina StateL 53–41 West Bradley Forddy Anderson Missouri Valley Runner UpCCNYL 71–68 West BYU Stan Watts Mountain States Regional third placeUCLAW 83–62 West UCLA John Wooden Pacific Coast Regional Fourth PlaceBYUL 83–62 Bracket   CCNY 56   Ohio State 55   NC State 87   Holy Cross 74   Baylor 56   BYU 55   Bradley 73   UCLA 59   CCNY 78   NC State 73   Baylor 66   Bradley 68   CCNY 71   Bradley 68 NC State 53 Baylor 41 Regional third place games auto East Regional third place Ohio State 72 Holy Cross 52 West Regional third place BYU 83 UCLA 62 1950 NCAA basketball tournament https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/postseason/1950-ncaa.html College Basketball Reference 4 April 2018 Point shaving scandal 1951 college basketball point-shaving scandal Further reading Cohen Stanley The Game They Played 2001 Carroll & Graf New York 0-7867-0821-2 See also 1950 National Invitation Tournament 1950 NAIA Basketball Tournament References Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Ncaa NCAA Basketball Tournament NCAA basketball tournament