The 1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1941, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1942 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 28, 1942, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Stanford Indians won their first NCAA national championship with a 53–38 victory over the Dartmouth Big Green.
1941–42 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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NCAA Tournament | 1942 |
Tournament dates | March 20 – 28, 1942 |
National Championship | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
NCAA Champions | Stanford |
Helms National Champions | Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Other champions | West Virginia (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island State (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Season headlines
edit- The Metropolitan New York Conference did not compete during the season. Its members played as independents.
- Dartmouth and Kansas became the first teams to play in more than one NCAA tournament when they appeared in the 1942 tournament.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 season.[2]
Conference membership changes
editSchool | Former conference | New conference |
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George Washington Colonials | Independent | Southern Conference |
Sewanee Tigers | Independent | Non-major basketball program |
Washburn Ichabods | Missouri Valley Conference | Non-major basketball program |
Regular season
editConference winners and tournaments
editStatistical leaders
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Post-season tournaments
editNCAA tournament
editSemifinals & finals
editNational semifinals | National Finals | ||||||||
Dartmouth | 47 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 28 | ||||||||
Dartmouth | 38 | ||||||||
Stanford | 53 | ||||||||
Stanford | 46 | ||||||||
Colorado | 35 |
National Invitation tournament
editSemifinals & finals
editSemifinals | Finals | ||||||||
West Virginia | 51 | ||||||||
Toledo | 39 | ||||||||
West Virginia | 47 | ||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 45 | ||||||||
Creighton | 36 | ||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 49 |
- Third Place – Creighton 48, Toledo 46
Awards
editConsensus All-American teams
editPlayer | Class | Team |
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Price Brookfield | Senior | West Texas State |
Bob Davies | Senior | Seton Hall |
Bob Kinney | Senior | Rice |
John Kotz | Junior | Wisconsin |
Andy Phillip | Sophomore | Illinois |
Player | Class | Team |
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Don Burness | Senior | Stanford |
Gus Doerner | Senior | Evansville |
Bob Doll | Senior | Colorado |
John Mandic | Senior | Oregon State |
Stan Modzelewski | Senior | Rhode Island State |
George Munroe | Junior | Dartmouth |
Major player of the year awards
editOther major awards
edit- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jim White, St. John's (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes
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A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.
Team | Former Coach |
Interim Coach |
New Coach |
Reason |
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Bowling Green | Paul Landis | Harold Anderson | ||
DePaul | Bill Wendt | Ray Meyer | ||
Kansas State | Jack Gardner | Chili Cochrane | ||
Toledo | Harold Anderson | Burl Friddle | ||
Yale | Ken Loeffler | Red Rolfe |
References
edit- ^ 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