1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament

1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament
Teams 8
Finals site Madison Square Garden
New York City
Champions CCNY Beavers (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-up Bradley Braves (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coach Nat Holman (1st title)
MOP Irwin Dambrot (CCNY)
Attendance 75,464
Top scorer Sam Ranzino NC State
(75 points)
NCAA Division I Men's Tournaments
«1949 1951»

The 1950 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 23, 1950, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in New York City, New York. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

CCNY, coached by Nat Holman, won the national title with a 71–68 victory in the final game over Bradley, coached by Forddy Anderson. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. CCNY became the only team to ever win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Because of participation changes, this currently cannot happen. CCNY is also the only championship team which is not currently a member of Division I. They dropped down to Division III in the 1963-64 season. The CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950–51 had hit the program hard, and they had 12 sup-par seasons from 1951-52 through 1962-63 before dropping down to Division III.

The 1950 tournament was the last tournament to feature eight teams. The field would expand to sixteen teams the next year.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1950 tournament:

Regionals

March 23, 24, and 25
East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York
March 23 and 25
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Championship Game

March 28
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York

For the seventh and final time, Madison Square Garden hosted the National Championship game. This would be the last final held in the New York metropolitan area until 1996, and the last final to date held in New York City itself. This was the seventh time in eight years that this particular venue arrangement would be used; both buildings would host the regionals for one more year.

Teams

RegionTeamCoachFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
EastOhio StateTippy DyeRegional Third PlaceHoly CrossW 72–52
EastHoly CrossBuster ShearyRegional Fourth PlaceOhio StateL 72–52
EastNorth Carolina StateEverett CaseThird PlaceBaylorW 53–41
EastCCNYNat HolmanChampionBradleyW 71–68
West
WestBaylorBill HendersonFourth PlaceNorth Carolina StateL 53–41
WestBradleyForddy AndersonRunner UpCCNYL 71–68
WestBYUStan WattsRegional Third PlaceUCLAW 83–62
WestUCLAJohn WoodenRegional Fourth PlaceBYUL 83–62

Bracket

  Quarterfinals Semifinals Finals
                           
    CCNY 56  
  Ohio State 55  
    CCNY 78  
    NC State 73  
  NC State 87
    Holy Cross 74  
      CCNY 71
    Bradley 68
    Baylor 56  
  BYU 55  
    Baylor 66 Third place
    Bradley 68  
  Bradley 73 NC State 53
    UCLA 59   Baylor 41

Regional Third Place Games

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Point shaving scandal

Further reading

  • Cohen, Stanley (2001). The Game They Played. New York: Carroll & Graf. ISBN 0-7867-0821-2.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1950 NCAA Basketball Tournament". College Basketball Reference. Retrieved 4 April 2018.
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