NCAA Men's D! Basketball 1950 Tournamnet

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NCAA Division I Basketball 1950 Championship 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. 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.

1950 - Final Four - New York City, New York

Nationsl Finals

	Bradley	68
	CCNY	71

East Regional - New York City, New York

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
CCNY	21-5	New York Metropolitan	Holman, Nat	At Large
Ohio State	21-3	Big Ten	Dye, Tippy	At Large
North Carolina State	25-5	Southern	Case, Everett	At Large
Holy Cross	27-2	Independent	Sheary, Buster	At Large

Quarterfinals			Semifinals

1	CCNY	56
2	Ohio State	55
				CCNY	78
				North Carolina State	73
3	North Carolina State	87
4	Holy Cross	74

West Regional - Kansas City, Missouri

Team	Season W-L	Conference	Coach	Invitation
Baylor	13-11	Southwest	Henderson, Bill	At Large
Brigham Young	21-11	Mountain States	Watts, Stan	At Large
Bradley	30-4	Missouri Valley	Anderson, Forddy	At Large
UCLA	24-5	Pacific Ten	Wooden, John	At Large

Quarterfinals			Semifinals

1	Baylor	56
2	Brigham Young	55
				Baylor	66
				Bradley	68
3	Bradley	73
4	UCLA	59