Year: | 1941 |
Tourney Start: | March 20 |
Nc Date: | 28, 1942 |
Champ Stad: | Municipal Auditorium |
Champ City: | Kansas City, Missouri |
Champ: | Stanford |
Helmschamp: | Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Nit Champ: | West Virginia |
Helmspoy: | (retroactive selection in 1944) |
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.
School | Former conference | New conference | |
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Independent | Southern Conference | ||
Independent | Non-major basketball program | ||
Missouri Valley Conference | Non-major basketball program |
Conference | Regular season winner[3] | Conference player of the year | Conference tournament | Tournament venue (City) | Tournament winner | |
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None selected | No Tournament | |||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
None selected | No Tournament | |||||
Did not play as conference | ||||||
Creighton & | None selected | No Tournament | ||||
No Tournament | ||||||
No Tournament | ||||||
No Tournament; Stanford defeated in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | ||||||
None selected | Jefferson County Armory, (Louisville, Kentucky) | Kentucky | ||||
None selected | Thompson Gym (Raleigh, | Duke[4] | ||||
None selected | No Tournament |
A total of 65 college teams played as major independents. (25–3) had the best winning percentage (.893) and (29–5) finished with the most wins.[5]
See main article: 1942 NCAA basketball tournament and 1942 NCAA Basketball Championship Game.
See main article: 1942 National Invitation Tournament.
See main article: 1942 NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans.
Player | 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 | |
---|---|---|---|
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 |
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 | ||