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The 1949 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 18, 1949, and ended with the championship game on March 26 in Seattle, Washington. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
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Season | 1948–49 | ||||
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Teams | 8 | ||||
Finals site | Hec Edmundson Pavilion Seattle, Washington | ||||
Champions | Kentucky Wildcats (2nd title, 2nd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Oklahoma A&M Aggies (3rd title game, 3rd Final Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Adolph Rupp (2nd title) | ||||
MOP | Alex Groza (Kentucky) | ||||
Attendance | 72,523 | ||||
Top scorer | Alex Groza (Kentucky) (82 points) | ||||
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Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 46–36 victory in the final game over Oklahoma A&M, coached by Henry Iba. Alex Groza of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1949 tournament:
Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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East | ||||||
East | Illinois | Harry Combes | Big Ten | Third Place | Oregon State | W 57–53 |
East | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Southeastern | Champion | Oklahoma A&M | W 46–36 |
East | Villanova | Alex Severance | Independent | Regional third place | Yale | W 78–67 |
East | Yale | Howard Hobson | Ivy League | Regional Fourth Place | Villanova | L 78–67 |
West | ||||||
West | Arkansas | Eugene Lambert | Southwest | Regional third place | Wyoming | W 61–48 |
West | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Missouri Valley | Runner Up | Kentucky | L 46–36 |
West | Oregon State | Slats Gill | Pacific Coast | Fourth Place | Illinois | L 57–53 |
West | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Mountain States | Regional Fourth Place | Arkansas | L 61–48 |
Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
#4 Illinois | 71 | |||||||||||||
#11 Yale | 67 | |||||||||||||
#4 Illinois | 47 | |||||||||||||
#1 Kentucky | 76 | |||||||||||||
#1 Kentucky | 85 | |||||||||||||
#14 Villanova | 72 | |||||||||||||
#1 Kentucky | 46 | |||||||||||||
#2 Oklahoma A&M | 36 | |||||||||||||
#2 Oklahoma A&M | 40 | |||||||||||||
#17 Wyoming | 39 | |||||||||||||
#2 Oklahoma A&M | 55 | Third place | ||||||||||||
Oregon State | 30 | |||||||||||||
Oregon State | 56 | #4 Illinois | 57 | |||||||||||
Arkansas | 38 | Oregon State | 53 |
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