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1939 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament Teams 8 Finals Site Patten Gymnasium Evanston, Illinois Champions Oregon (1st title) Runner-Up Ohio State (1st title game) Semifinalists Oklahoma (1st Final Four) Villanova (1st Final Four) Winning Coach Howard Hobson (1st title) MOP Jimmy Hull Ohio State Attendance 15,025 Top scorer Jimmy Hull Ohio State (58 points) |
The 1939 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 was the first NCAA basketball national championship
tournament. It began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game
on March 27 in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 8 games were played, including a
single third place game in the West region. The East region did not hold a third
place game until the 1941 tournament, and there was no national third place
game until the 1947 tournament. Oregon, coached by Howard Hobson, won the national title with a 46-33 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Harold Olsen. Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. |
Oregon has won 14 NCAA national championships: * Men's Basketball: 1939 * Men's Cross Country: 1971, 1973, 1974, 1977, 2007 * Women's Cross Country: 1983, 1987 * Men's Track & Field: 1962, 1964, 1965, 1970, 1984 * Women's Track & Field: 1985 |
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