1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament

1948 NCAA Men's Division I
Basketball Tournament

Teams

Finals site

Madison Square Garden
New York City

Champions

Kentucky (1st title, 1st title game,
2nd Final Four)

Runner-up

Baylor (1st title game,
1st Final Four)

Semifinalists

Holy Cross (2nd Final Four)
Kansas State (1st Final Four)

Winning coach

Adolph Rupp (1st title)

MOP

Alex Groza Kentucky

Attendance

72,523

Top scorer

Alex Groza Kentucky
(54 points)

NCAA Men's Division I Tournaments
«1947	1949»

The 1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament involved 8 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 19, 1948, and ended with the championship game on March 23 in New York City. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.

Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 58-42 victory in the final game over Baylor, coached by Bill Henderson. Alex Groza of Kentucky was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

1 Locations
- 1.1 Regionals
- 1.2 Championship Game
2 Teams
3 Bracket
- 3.1 Regional Third Place Games
4 See also

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1948 tournament:

Regionals

March 19 and 20: East Regional, Madison Square Garden, New York, New York; West Regional, Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri

Championship Game

March 23: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Conference	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Columbia	Gordon Ridings	EIBL	Regional Fourth Place	Michigan	L 66-49
East	n/a	Holy Cross	Doggie Julian	Independent	Third Place	Kansas State	W 60-54
East	n/a	Kentucky	Adolph Rupp	SEC	Champion	Baylor	W 58-42
East	n/a	Michigan	Ozzie Cowles	Big Ten	Regional Third Place	Columbia	W 66-49
West
West	n/a	Baylor	Bill Henderson	Southwest	Runner-up	Kentucky	L 58-42
West	n/a	Kansas State	Jack Gardner	Big Six	Fourth Place	Holy Cross	L 60-54
West	n/a	Washington	Art McLarney	PCC	Regional Third Place	Wyoming	W 57-47
West	n/a	Wyoming	Everett Shelton	Skyline	Regional Fourth Place	Washington	L 57-47

Bracket

Quarterfinals			Semifinals				Finals

	Kentucky	76
	Columbia	53
				Kentucky	60

				Holy Cross	52
	Holy Cross	63

	Michigan	45
								Kentucky	58
								Baylor	42
	Kansas State	58
	Wyoming	48
				Kansas State	52	Third place

				Baylor	60
	Baylor	64						Holy Cross	60

	Washington	62						Kansas State	54

Regional Third Place Games

	East Regional Third Place


	Columbia		49

	Michigan		66

	West Regional Third Place


	Wyoming		47

	Washington		57

NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship

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Structure	Selection process Opening Round Elite Eight Final Four National Championship Game

Venues	Venues

Champions & awards	Champions Most Outstanding Player

Media & culture	Bracketology Broadcasting Tournament Final Four March Madness pools "One Shining Moment"

Records & statistics	All-time team records Bids by school Bids by school and conference Consecutive appearances Final Four appearances by school Final Four participants Final Four appearances by coach Upsets

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1948 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament