1974 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament

College basketball postseason tournament August 2023 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament 1974 8 St. Louis Arena St. Louis, Missouri Indiana 1st men 1973 USC Trojans USC 1st men 1973 Toledo Rockets Toledo 1st men 1973 Bradley Braves Bradley 1st Bob Knight 1st Kent Benson Indiana The 1974 Collegiate Commissioners Association Tournament was a single-elimination tournament of eight National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I teams that did not participate in the 1974 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament or 1974 National Invitation Tournament. It was run by the NCAA to offer berths to highly regarded conference runners-up in an effort to kill the NIT. All games were played at St. Louis Arena in St. Louis, Missouri. Indiana defeated Tennessee, Toledo, and Southern California in that order to win the championship. Kent Benson of Indiana was named tournament MVP. Brackets First Round Semifinals Finals Indiana 73 none 1973 Tennessee Volunteers Tennessee 71 men 1973 Arizona State Sun Devils Arizona State 74 men 1973 Toledo Rockets Toledo 81 men 1973 Bradley Braves Bradley 68 men 1973 Kansas State Wildcats Kansas State 64 men 1973 SMU Mustangs SMU 70 men 1973 USC Trojans USC 82 Indiana 73 Toledo 72 Bradley 73 USC 76 Indiana 85 USC 60 References Tolliver Melanie Indiana University Basketball: For the Thrill of It! 1 November 2002 Sports Publishing LLC 978-1-58261-579-0 29-31 https://books.google.com/books?id=Yj_G7-ZILNgC&pg=PA28 LeBar Paul Knight Blasts Tourney Officials https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-bobby-knight/140252038/ The Paducah Sun Associated Press March 19, 1974 7B Dorr Dave General Knight In Command https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-bobby-knight/140250383/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch March 17, 1974 3E Dorr Dave CCA Promise: Quality Basketball https://www.newspapers.com/article/st-louis-post-dispatch-cca-promise/140251480/ St. Louis Post-Dispatch March 10, 1974 2B Collegiate Commissioners Collegiate