1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

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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.

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.

1 Locations
2 Teams
3 Bracket
4 External links

[edit] Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
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
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
West
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 Johns	43
	St Johns	63

	Connecticut	52
										Kentucky	68

										Kansas State	58
	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] 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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