1948 NCAA basketball tournament
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| Teams | 8 | ||||
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| Finals site | Madison Square Garden New York City | ||||
| Champions | Kentucky Wildcats (1st title, 1st title game, 2nd Final Four) | ||||
| Runner-up | Baylor Bears (1st title game, 1st Final Four) | ||||
| Semifinalists |
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| Winning coach | Adolph Rupp (1st title) | ||||
| MOP | Alex Groza (Kentucky) | ||||
| Attendance | 72,523 | ||||
| Top scorer | Alex Groza (Kentucky) (54 points) | ||||
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The 1948 NCAA basketball tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 1948, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in New York City. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 58–42 victory in the final game over Baylor, coached by Bill Henderson. Alex Groza of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.
Locations
[edit]The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1948 tournament:
Regionals
[edit]- March 19 and 20
- East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
- West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
Championship Game
[edit]- March 23
- Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
Teams
[edit]| Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | Columbia | Gordon Ridings | EIBL | Regional Fourth Place | Michigan | L 66–49 |
| East | Holy Cross | Doggie Julian | Independent | Third Place | Kansas State | W 60–54 |
| East | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Southeastern | Champion | Baylor | W 58–42 |
| East | Michigan | Ozzie Cowles | Big Ten | Regional third place | Columbia | W 66–49 |
| West | ||||||
| West | Baylor | Bill Henderson | Southwest | Runner-up | Kentucky | L 58–42 |
| West | Kansas State | Jack Gardner | Big Six | Fourth Place | Holy Cross | L 60–54 |
| West | Washington | Art McLarney | Pacific Coast | Regional third place | Wyoming | W 57–47 |
| West | Wyoming | Everett Shelton | Skyline | Regional Fourth Place | Washington | L 57–47 |
Bracket
[edit]| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 76 | |||||||||||||
| Columbia | 53 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 52 | |||||||||||||
| Holy Cross | 63 | |||||||||||||
| Michigan | 45 | |||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Baylor | 42 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 58 | |||||||||||||
| Wyoming | 48 | |||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 52 | Third place | ||||||||||||
| Baylor | 60 | |||||||||||||
| Baylor | 64 | Holy Cross | 60 | |||||||||||
| Washington | 62 | Kansas State | 54 | |||||||||||
Regional third place games
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See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "1948 NCAA basketball tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved April 4, 2018.