1942 NCAA basketball tournament

Edition of USA college basketball tournament August 2023 March 2026 1942 8 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Stanford Indians 1st 1st 1st Dartmouth Indians 1st 1st Colorado Buffaloes 1st Kentucky Wildcats 1st Everett Dean 1st Howie Dallmar Stanford 24,373 Chet Palmer, Rice Jim Pollard, Stanford 43The 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. The 4th annual edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1942, and ended with the championship game on March 28, at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region. 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 OrleansSchoolCoachConferenceRecord Dartmouth Osborne Cowles EIBL 20–3 Illinois Doug Mills Big Ten 18–3 Kentucky Adolph Rupp SEC 18–5 1941 Penn State Nittany Lions Pennsylvania State University Penn State John Lawther Independent 17–2 West Regional - Kansas CitySchoolCoachConferenceRecord Colorado Frosty Cox Mountain States 15–1 Kansas Phog Allen Big Six 16–4 1941 Rice Owls Rice University Rice Buster Brannon Southwest 22–3 Stanford Everett Dean Pacific Coast 25–4 Bracket Dartmouth 44 1941 men Penn State Nittany Lions Penn State 39 Kentucky 46 Illinois 44 Stanford 53 1941 men Rice Owls Rice 47 1941 men Colorado Colorado 46 Kansas 44 Dartmouth 47 Kentucky 28 Stanford 46 Colorado 35 Dartmouth 38 Stanford 53 Regional third place auto East Regional third place Penn State 41 Illinois 34 West Regional third place Rice 53 Kansas 55 1942 NCAA basketball tournament https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/postseason/1942-ncaa.html College Basketball Reference 3 April 2018 See also 1942 NAIA Basketball Tournament 1942 National Invitation Tournament References Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament Ncaa NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament