| 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 8 | ||
| Finals Site | Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois |
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| Champions | Oregon (1st title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Ohio State (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Oklahoma (1st Final Four) Villanova (1st Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Howard Hobson (1st title) | ||
| MOP | Jimmy Hull Ohio State | ||
| Attendance | 15,025 | ||
| Top scorer | Jimmy Hull Ohio State (58 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
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The 1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It was the first NCAA basketball national championship tournament. It began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 8 games were played, including a single third place game in the West region. The East region did not hold a third place game until the 1941 tournament, and there was no national third place game until the 1947 tournament.
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.
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Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | |
| West | San Francisco, California | |
| Finals | Evanston, Illinois |
Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | n/a | Brown | George Allen | Ivy League | Elite Eight | Villanova | L 42-30 |
| East | n/a | Ohio State | Harold Olsen | Big Ten | Runner Up | Oregon | L 46-33 |
| East | n/a | Villanova | Alex Severance | Independent | National Semifinals | Ohio State | L 53-36 |
| East | n/a | Wake Forest | Murray Greason | Southern | Elite Eight | Ohio State | L 64-52 |
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| West | n/a | Oklahoma | Bruce Drake | Big Six | National Semifinals | Oregon | L 55-37 |
| West | n/a | Oregon | Howard Hobson | Pacific Coast | Champion | Ohio State | W 46-33 |
| West | n/a | Texas | Jack Gray | Southwest | Regional Fourth Place | Utah State | L 51-49 |
| West | n/a | Utah State | Dick Romney | Skyline | Regional Third Place | Texas | W 51-49 |
Bracket
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | |||||||||||
| Villanova | 42 | ||||||||||||
| Brown | 30 | ||||||||||||
| Villanova | 36 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 53 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 64 | ||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 52 | ||||||||||||
| Ohio State | 33 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon | 46 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon | 56 | ||||||||||||
| Texas | 41 | ||||||||||||
| Oregon | 55 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 37 | ||||||||||||
| Oklahoma | 50 | ||||||||||||
| Utah State | 39 | ||||||||||||
External links
- 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
See also
- 1939 NAIA Division 1 Men's Tournament
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