1941 NCAA basketball championship game

none March 2026 1941 NCAA basketball tournament August 2023 1941 NCAA Tournament Championship Game ncg Municipal Auditorium Kansas City Missouri.jpg The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the championship game. March 29, 1941https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1941-03-29-washington-state.html Wisconsin vs. Washington State (Men), March 29, 1941 Sports-Reference.com February 22, 2024 1940-41 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin Badgers 19-3 Big Ten Harold E. Foster 21 18 Washington State University Washington State Cougars 26-5 PCC Jack Friel 17 17 Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri John Kotz, Wisconsinhttp://www.sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer Final Four Most Outstanding Players cbs.sportsline.com February 22, 2024 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20080907123518/http://sportsline.com/collegebasketball/mayhem/history/outstandingplayer 7 September 2008 1940 1942 The 1941 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1941 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1940-41 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 29, 1941, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. It featured the Wisconsin Badgers of the Big Ten Conference, and the Washington State Cougars of the Pacific Coast Conference. Participating teams Wisconsin Badgers 1940-41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team East Wisconsin 51, Dartmouth 50 Final Four Wisconsin 36, Pittsburgh 30 Washington State Cougars 1940-41 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team West Washington State 48, Creighton 39 Final Four Washington State 64, Arkansas 53 Game summary Source:https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/1941-03-29-washington-state.html Wisconsin vs. Washington State Box Score, March 29, 1941 College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com #eee March 29, 1941 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri Wisconsin Badgers 39 Gene Englund 13 Washington State Cougars 34 Kirk Gebert 21 21-17 18-17 Aftermath 1941 represented a high point for both teams - This remains Wisconsin's only national championship, and this was their last appearance in the National Championship game until 2015, where they lost to the Duke Blue Devils by a score of 68–63. To date, this remains Washington State's sole appearance in the national championship game, and the Cougars would only make 5 more tournament appearances since. References NCAA basketball championship game NCAA basketball championship game Category:Basketball competitions in Kansas City, Missouri Category:Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball Category:NCAA Division I men's basketball championship games Category:Washington State Cougars men's basketball Category:College basketball tournaments in Missouri Category:1940s in Kansas City, Missouri Category:March 1941 sports events in the United States