The 1939 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 was the first NCAA basketball national championship tournament. It began on March 17, 1939, and ended with the championship game on March 27 in Evanston, Illinois. A total of 8 games were played, including a single third place game in the West region. The East region did not hold a third place game until the 1941 tournament, and there was no national third place game until the 1947 tournament.

Oregon, coached by Howard Hobson, won the national title with a 46-33 victory in the final game over Ohio State, coached by Harold Olsen. Jimmy Hull of Ohio State was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.

Locations

Region	Site	Other Locations
East	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
West	San Francisco, California
Finals	Evanston, Illinois

Teams

Region	Seed	Team	Coach	Finished	Final Opponent	Score
East
East	n/a	Brown	George Allen	Elite Eight	Villanova	L 42-30
East	n/a	Ohio State	Harold Olsen	Runner Up	Oregon	L 46-33
East	n/a	Villanova	Alex Severance	National Semifinals	Ohio State	L 53-36
East	n/a	Wake Forest	Murray Greason	Elite Eight	Ohio State	L 64-52
West
West	n/a	Oklahoma	Bruce Drake	National Semifinals	Oregon	L 55-37
West	n/a	Oregon	Howard Hobson	Champion	Ohio State	W 46-33
West	n/a	Texas	Jack Gray	Regional Fourth Place	Utah State	L 51-49
West	n/a	Utah State	Dick Romney	Regional Third Place	Texas	W 51-49

Bracket

External links

• 1939 NCAA Basketball Tournament on Shrp Sports (source for the bracket)
• HoopsTournament.Net, source for much of the information on this page.

See also

• 1939 NAIA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament