1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament
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| 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament |
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| Teams | 16 | ||
| Finals Site | Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota |
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| Champions | Kentucky (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-Up | Kansas State (1st title game) | ||
| Semifinalists | Illinois (2nd Final Four) Oklahoma A&M (4th Final Four) |
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| Winning Coach | Adolph Rupp (3rd title) | ||
| MOP | Bill Spivey Kentucky | ||
| Attendance | 110,645 | ||
| Top scorer | Don Sunderlage Illinois (83 points) |
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NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournaments
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The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1951, and ended with the championship game on March 27 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 18 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 68-58 victory in the final game over Kansas State, coached by Jack Gardner.
The tournament was the first to introduce a 16-team field. Only the championship and third place games were held in Minneapolis, while the semifinals were held in the respective regional sites. In this sense, the 1951 tournament did not feature a true "Final Four." This would have to wait until the 1952 tournament.
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[edit] Locations
| Region | Site | Other Locations |
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| East | New York City, New York | Raleigh, North Carolina |
| West | Kansas City, Missouri | |
| Finals | Minneapolis, Minnesota |
[edit] Teams
| Region | Seed | Team | Coach | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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| East | ||||||
| East | n/a | Columbia | Lou Rossini | Sweet Sixteen | Illinois | L 79-71 |
| East | n/a | UConn | Hugh Greer | Sweet Sixteen | St. John's | L 63-52 |
| East | n/a | Illinois | Harry Combes | Third Place | Oklahoma A&M | W 61-46 |
| East | n/a | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Champion | Kansas State | W 68-58 |
| East | n/a | Louisville | Peck Hickman | Sweet Sixteen | Kentucky | L 79-68 |
| East | n/a | North Carolina State | Everett Case | Regional Fourth Place | St. John's | L 71-59 |
| East | n/a | St. John's | Frank McGuire | Regional Third Place | North Carolina State | W 71-59 |
| East | n/a | Villanova | Alex Severance | Sweet Sixteen | North Carolina State | L 67-62 |
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| West | n/a | Arizona | Fred Enke | Sweet Sixteen | Kansas State | L 61-59 |
| West | n/a | BYU | Stan Watts | Regional Fourth Place | Washington | L 80-67 |
| West | n/a | Kansas State | Jack Gardner | Runner Up | Kentucky | L 68-58 |
| West | n/a | Montana State | John Breeden | Sweet Sixteen | Oklahoma A&M | L 50-46 |
| West | n/a | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Fourth Place | Illinois | L 61-46 |
| West | n/a | San José State | Walter McPherson | Sweet Sixteen | BYU | L 68-61 |
| West | n/a | Texas A&M | John Floyd | Sweet Sixteen | Washington | L 62-40 |
| West | n/a | Washington | Tippy Dye | Regional Third Place | BYU | W 80-67 |
[edit] Bracket
| First round | Second round | National Semifinals | National Final | |||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Columbia | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| N.C. State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| N.C. State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| EAST REGION | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| St John's | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| St John's | 63 | |||||||||||||||||
| Connecticut | 52 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 69 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Arizona | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 64 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 54 | |||||||||||||||||
| BYU | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| San Jose State | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kansas State | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| WEST REGION | ||||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 44 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 50 | |||||||||||||||||
| Montana State | 46 | |||||||||||||||||
| Oklahoma A&M | 61 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 57 | |||||||||||||||||
| Washington | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 40 | |||||||||||||||||
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- 1951 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
- HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.
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