The 1942 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 4th annual edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1942, and ended with the championship game on March 28, at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of nine games were played, including a third place game in each region.
Stanford, coached by Everett Dean, won the national title with a 53–38 victory in the final game over Dartmouth, coached by O. B. Cowles. Howie Dallmar of Stanford was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. The Indians' success, however, was not to last, as they would not make the tournament again for 47 years, which is currently tied for the eighth-longest drought in NCAA tournament history.
Everett Dean is the only coach to have never lost an NCAA tournament game. Dean was 3–0 in his lone appearance.
Colorado, Dartmouth, Kansas and Rice became the first teams to appear in multiple NCAA Tournaments by appearing in the 1942 tournament.
Locations The following were the sites selected to host each round of the 1942 tournament:
Regionals
March 20 and 21 East Regional, Tulane Gym, New Orleans, Louisiana (Host: Tulane University) West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
Championship Game
March 28 Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)
Teams East Regional - New OrleansSchoolCoachConferenceRecord Dartmouth Osborne Cowles EIBL 20–3 Illinois Doug Mills Big Ten 18–3 Kentucky Adolph Rupp SEC 18–5 John Lawther Independent 17–2
West Regional - Kansas CitySchoolCoachConferenceRecord Colorado Frosty Cox Mountain States 15–1 Kansas Phog Allen Big Six 16–4 Buster Brannon Southwest 22–3 Stanford Everett Dean Pacific Coast 25–4
Bracket
Regional third place
See also 1942 NAIA Basketball Tournament 1942 National Invitation Tournament
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