1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season

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The 1940–41 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1940, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1941 NCAA Basketball Tournament Championship Game on March 29, 1941, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. The Wisconsin Badgers won their first NCAA national championship with a 39–34 victory over the Washington State Cougars.

Season headlines[]

Conference membership changes[]

School Former Conference New Conference
Sewanee Tigers Southeastern Conference Independent

Regular season[]

Conference winners and tournaments[]

Conference Regular
Season Winner[4]
Conference
Player of the Year
Conference
Tournament
Tournament
Venue (City)
Tournament
Winner
Big Six Conference Iowa State & Kansas None selected No Tournament
Big Ten Conference Wisconsin None selected No Tournament
Border Conference Did not play as conference
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball League Dartmouth None selected No Tournament
Metropolitan New York Conference Did not play as conference
Missouri Valley Conference Creighton None selected No Tournament
New England Conference Connecticut & Rhode Island State No Tournament
Pacific Coast Conference Washington State (North); Stanford (South) No Tournament;
Washington State defeated Stanford in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Skyline Conference Wyoming No Tournament
Southeastern Conference Tennessee None selected Jefferson County Armory,
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Tennessee
Southern Conference North Carolina None selected 1941 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament Thompson Gym
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
Duke[5]
Southwest Conference Arkansas None selected No Tournament

Statistical leaders[]

Post-Season Tournaments[]

NCAA Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

National Semifinals National Finals
      
Wisconsin 36
  Pittsburgh 30
  Wisconsin 39
  Washington State 34
  Arkansas 53
  Washington State 64

National Invitation Tournament[]

Semifinals & Finals[]

Semifinals Finals
      
  CCNY 43
  Ohio 45
  Ohio 42
  Long Island 56
  Seton Hall 26
  Long Island 49
  • Third Place – CCNY 42, Seton Hall 27

Awards[]

Consensus All-American teams[]

Consensus First Team
Player Class Team
John Adams Senior Arkansas
Gus Broberg Senior Dartmouth
Howard Engleman Senior Kansas
Gene Englund Senior Wisconsin
George Glamack Senior North Carolina


Consensus Second Team
Player Class Team
Frank Baumholtz Senior Ohio
Bob Kinney Junior Rice
Paul Lindemann Senior Washington State
Stan Modzelewski Junior Rhode Island State
Oscar Schectman Senior Long Island

Major player of the year awards[]

Other major awards[]

Coaching changes[]

References[]

  1. ^ Anonymous, "How the NCAA Overtook Its Rival, the NIT," Sport History Weekly, March 24, 2019 Accessed May 4, 2021
  2. ^ Scott, Jon (Nov 9, 2010). "The truth behind the Helms Committee". Retrieved 2015-12-14.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-14.
  5. ^ 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
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