1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season
1939–40 NCAA 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) |
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.
Rule changes[]
After a foul, teams received the option of either taking a free throw or taking the ball at mid-court.[1]
Season headlines[]
- In its second year, the NCAA Tournament turned a profit (of $9,500) for the first time.[2]
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected USC as its national champion for the 1939–40 season.[3]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Indiana as its national champion for the 1939–40 season.[4]
Conference membership changes[]
NOTE: 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[]
Conference winners and tournaments[]
Conference | Regular Season Winner[5] |
Conference Player of the Year |
Conference Tournament |
Tournament Venue (City) |
Tournament Winner |
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Big Six Conference | Kansas, Missouri, & Oklahoma | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Big Ten Conference | Purdue | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Border Conference | New Mexico State | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League | Dartmouth | None selected | No Tournament | ||
Metropolitan New York Conference | Did not play as conference | ||||
Missouri Valley Conference | Oklahoma A&M | None selected | No Tournament | ||
New England Conference | Rhode Island State | No Tournament | |||
Pacific Coast Conference | Oregon State (North); USC (South) | No Tournament; USC defeated Oregon State in best-of-three conference championship playoff series | |||
Skyline Conference | Colorado | No Tournament | |||
Southeastern Conference | Kentucky | None selected | Alumni Memorial Gym (Knoxville, Tennessee) | Kentucky | |
Southern Conference | Duke | None selected | 1940 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament | Thompson Gym (Raleigh, North Carolina) |
North Carolina[6] |
Southwest Conference | Rice | None selected | No Tournament |
Statistical leaders[]
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Post-Season Tournaments[]
NCAA Tournament[]
Semifinals & Finals[]
National Semifinals | National Finals | ||||||||
Indiana | 39 | ||||||||
Duquesne | 30 | ||||||||
Indiana | 60 | ||||||||
Kansas | 42 | ||||||||
USC | 42 | ||||||||
Kansas | 43 |
National Invitation Tournament[]
Semifinals & Finals[]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
Colorado | 52 | ||||||||
DePaul | 37 | ||||||||
Colorado | 51 | ||||||||
Duquesne | 40 | ||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 30 | ||||||||
Duquesne | 34 |
- Third Place – Oklahoma A&M 23, DePaul 22
Awards[]
Consensus All-American teams[]
Player | 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[]
- Helms Player of the Year: George Glamack, North Carolina (retroactive selection in 1944)
Other major awards[]
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Ben Auerbach, NYU
Coaching changes[]
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References[]
- ^ orangehoops.org History of NCAA Basketball Rule Changes
- ^ Anonymous, "How the NCAA Overtook Its Rival, the NIT," Sport History Weekly, March 24, 2019 Accessed May 4, 2021
- ^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.
- ^ ESPN, ed. (2009). ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia: The Complete History of the Men's Game. New York, NY: ESPN Books. p. 526, 529–587. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
- ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
- ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
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