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The 1940 NCAA Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament and determined the national champion in the 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 30, 1940.
The 1940 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The second edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30 in Kansas City, Missouri .
The 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1939, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament Championship Game on March 30, 1940, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri.
Oregon won the inaugural tournament, defeating Ohio State 46–33 in the first championship game. Before the 1941 tournament, control of the event was given to the NCAA. [11] In the early years of the tournament, it was considered less important than the National Invitation Tournament (NIT), a New York City-based event.
Indeed, all of the five lowest-scoring games came in 1940 and 1941, the second and third years of the NCAA Tournament. when it consisted of only eight teams. Those games, per the NCAA , are: 1941 ...
On March 22, 1940, the Jayhawks played their first ever NCAA Tournament game. They defeated Rice 50–44 in Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri . The Jayhawks would defeat USC the following day to make their first national championship game appearance, but lost to Indiana 42–60.
The 1939–40 Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team represented Indiana University.Their head coach was Branch McCracken, who was in his 2nd year.The team played its home games in The Fieldhouse in Bloomington, Indiana, and was a member of the Big Ten Conference.
The 1940–41 Wisconsin Badgers men's basketball team represented the University of Wisconsin. The head coach was Bud Foster, coaching his seventh season with the Badgers and were members of the Big Ten Conference. Wisconsin won their only NCAA title, defeating Washington State 39–34 in the championship game in Kansas City.