The 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1939, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament Championship Game on March 30, 1940, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Indiana Hoosiers won their first NCAA national championship with a 60–42 victory over the Kansas Jayhawks.
1939–40 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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NCAA Tournament | 1940 |
Tournament dates | March 20 – 30, 1940 |
National Championship | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
NCAA Champions | Indiana |
Helms National Champions | USC (retroactive selection in 1943) |
Other champions | Colorado (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | George Glamack, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Rule changes
editAfter a foul, teams received the option of either taking a free throw or taking the ball at mid-court.[1]
Season headlines
edit- College basketball was televised for the first time when W2XBS broadcast a doubleheader played at Madison Square Garden in New York City on February 28, 1940. In the first game, Pittsburgh defeated Fordham 50–37, and in the second game New York University defeated Georgetown 50–27.[2]
- Duquesne became the first school to play in both the National Invitation Tournament and the NCAA tournament.[2] The Dukes finished as runner-up in the NIT and lost in the semifinals of the NCAA tournament.
- In its second year, the NCAA tournament turned a profit (of $9,500) for the first time.[3]
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected USC as its national champion for the 1939–40 season.[4]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Indiana as its national champion for the 1939–40 season.[5]
Conference membership changes
editNOTE: Columbia left the Metropolitan New York Conference while retaining membership in the Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League. It was a member of both from 1933 until 1939.
Regular season
editConference winners and tournaments
editStatistical leaders
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Post-season tournaments
editNCAA tournament
editSemifinals & finals
editNational semifinals | National Finals | ||||||||
Indiana | 39 | ||||||||
Duquesne | 30 | ||||||||
Indiana | 60 | ||||||||
Kansas | 42 | ||||||||
USC | 42 | ||||||||
Kansas | 43 |
National Invitation tournament
editSemifinals & finals
editSemifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Colorado | 52 | ||||||||
DePaul | 37 | ||||||||
Colorado | 51 | ||||||||
Duquesne | 40 | ||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 30 | ||||||||
Duquesne | 34 |
- Third Place – Oklahoma A&M 23, DePaul 22
Awards
editConsensus All-American teams
editPlayer | Class | Team |
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Gus Broberg | Junior | Dartmouth |
John Dick | Senior | Oregon |
George Glamack | Junior | North Carolina |
Bill Hapac | Senior | Illinois |
Ralph Vaughn | Senior | USC |
Player | Class | Team |
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Jack Harvey | Senior | Colorado |
Marv Huffman | Senior | Indiana |
Jimmy McNatt | Senior | Oklahoma |
Jesse Renick | Senior | Oklahoma A&M |
Major player of the year awards
edit- Helms Player of the Year: George Glamack, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other major awards
edit- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Ben Auerbach, NYU
Coaching changes
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References
edit- ^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
- ^ a b "Playing Rules History" (PDF). ncaa.org. NCAA. p. 12. Retrieved June 25, 2024.
- ^ Anonymous, "How the NCAA Overtook Its Rival, the NIT," Sport History Weekly, March 24, 2019 Accessed May 4, 2021
- ^ Scott, Jon (November 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved December 14, 2015.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. pp. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09