1950 NCAA basketball tournament

The 1950 NCAA basketball tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA 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.

1950 NCAA basketball tournament
Season1949–50
Teams8
Finals siteMadison Square Garden
New York City
ChampionsCCNY Beavers (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)
Runner-upBradley Braves (1st title game,
1st Final Four)
Semifinalists
Winning coachNat Holman (1st title)
MOPIrwin Dambrot (CCNY)
Attendance75,464
Top scorerSam Ranzino (NC State)
(75 points)
NCAA Division I men's tournaments
«1949 1951»

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 the NCAA College Division in the 1963–64 season. The CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950–51 had hit the program hard, and they had 12 sub-par seasons from 1951–52 through 1962–63 before dropping down to the College Division.

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 (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)
March 23 and 25
West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri (Host: Missouri Valley Conference)

Championship Game
March 28
Madison Square Garden, New York, New York (Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)

Teams
RegionTeamCoachConferenceFinishedFinal OpponentScore
East
EastOhio StateTippy DyeBig TenRegional third placeHoly CrossW 72–52
EastHoly CrossBuster ShearyIndependentRegional Fourth PlaceOhio StateL 72–52
EastNorth Carolina StateEverett CaseSouthernThird PlaceBaylorW 53–41
EastCCNYNat HolmanMetro NYChampionBradleyW 71–68
West
WestBaylorBill HendersonSouthwestFourth PlaceNorth Carolina StateL 53–41
WestBradleyForddy AndersonMissouri ValleyRunner UpCCNYL 71–68
WestBYUStan WattsMountain StatesRegional third placeUCLAW 83–62
WestUCLAJohn WoodenPacific CoastRegional 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 information: CCNY 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 April 4, 2018.
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