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NCAA Final Four Champion > Indiana > 1940 |
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1940 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 8 Finals Site Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri Champions Indiana (1st title) Runner-Up Kansas (1st title game) Semifinalists Duquesne (1st Final Four) USC (1st Final Four) Winning Coach Branch McCracken (1st title) MOP Marvin Huffman Indiana Attendance 36,880 Top scorer Howard Engleman Kansas (39 points) |
The 1940 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 began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship
game on March 30 in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of 8 games were played,
including a single third place game in the West region. Indiana, coached by Branch McCracken, won the national title with a 60-42 victory in the final game over Kansas, coached by Phog Allen. Marvin Huffman of Indiana was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. |
NCAA team championships - Indiana Men's Soccer (7): 1982 • 1983 • 1988 • 1998 • 1999 • 2003 • 2004 Men's Swimming & Diving (6): 1968 •1969 •1970 •1971 •1972 1973 Men's Basketball (5): 1940 • 1953 • 1976 • 1981 • 1987 Men's Cross Country (3): 1938 • 1940 • 1942 Men's Outdoor Track & Field (1): 1932 Wrestling (1): 1932 |
Indiana's athletic teams are called the Hoosiers, and their colors are cream and
crimson, though red and white have been used at times in the past. From its humble
beginnings with baseball in 1867, the Hoosier athletic program has grown to
include over 600 male and female student-athletes on 24 varsity teams. Sports
sponsored by the university include football, basketball, soccer, cross country,
track, baseball, golf, tennis, rowing and volleyball. The Director of Athletics
is Rick Greenspan. |
March 18, 2008 UD Arena Dayton, Ohio Host: University of Dayton UD Arena Concierge March 20 and 22, 2008 Honda Center Anaheim, California Host: Big West Conference Honda Center Concierge Pepsi Center Denver, Colorado Hosts: Colorado State University Pepsi Center Concierge Qwest Center Omaha Omaha, Nebraska Hosts: Creighton University Qwest Center Omaha Concierge Verizon Center Washington, D.C. Host: Georgetown University Verizon Center Concierge March 21 and 23, 2008 BJCC Arena Birmingham, Alabama Host: Southeastern Conference BJCC Arena Concierge Alltel Arena Little Rock, Arkansas Host: University of Arkansas Alltel Arena Concierge RBC Center Raleigh, North Carolina Host: North Carolina State University RBC Center Concierge St. Pete Times Forum Tampa, Florida Host: University of South Florida St Pete Times Forum Concierge March 27 and 29, 2008 East Regional Charlotte Bobcats Arena Charlotte, North Carolina Host: University of North Carolina Charlotte Arena Concierge West Regional US Airways Center Phoenix, Arizona Host: Arizona State University US Airways Center Concierge March 28 and 30, 2008 Midwest Regional Ford Field Detroit, Michigan Host: University of Detroit Mercy Ford Field Concierge South Regional Reliant Stadium Houston, Texas Host: University of Houston and Rice Reliant Stadium Concierge Final Four: April 5 and 7, 2008 Alamodome San Antonio, Texas Host: Univ. of Texas-San Antonio Alamodome Concierge |
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The basketball teams play on the Branch McCracken Court in Assembly Hall in Bloomington,
Indiana. As of 2007, the school has won five championships in men's basketball (1940, 1953, 1976, 1981 and 1987), the first two under coach Branch McCracken and three under Bob Knight. The Hoosiers' five NCAA Championships are the third-most in history, trailing only UCLA, and Kentucky. Their eight trips to the Final Four ranks seventh on the all-time list. The Hoosiers have made the trip to the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament 32 times, fifth in NCAA history. In those 32 appearances, Indiana has posted 52 victories, the sixth-most in NCAA history. |
