1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season
1941–42 NCAA men's basketball season | |
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NCAA Tournament | 1942 |
Tournament dates | March 20 – 28, 1942 |
National Championship | Municipal Auditorium Kansas City, Missouri |
NCAA Champions | Stanford |
Helms National Champions | Stanford (retroactive selection in 1944) |
Other champions | West Virginia (NIT) |
Player of the Year (Helms) | Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island State (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.
Season headlines[]
- The Metropolitan New York Conference did not compete during the season. Its members played as independents.
- Dartmouth and Kansas became the first teams to play in more than one NCAA Tournament when they appeared in the 1942 tournament.
- In February 1943, the Helms Athletic Foundation retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 season.[1]
- In 1995, the Premo-Porretta Power Poll retroactively selected Stanford as its national champion for the 1941–42 season.[2]
Conference membership changes[]
School | Former Conference | New Conference |
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George Washington Colonials | Independent | Southern Conference |
Sewanee Tigers | Independent | Non-major basketball program |
Washburn Ichabods | Missouri Valley Conference | Non-major basketball program |
Regular season[]
Conference winners and tournaments[]
Statistical leaders[]
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Post-Season Tournaments[]
NCAA Tournament[]
Semifinals & Finals[]
National Semifinals | National Finals | ||||||||
Dartmouth | 47 | ||||||||
Kentucky | 28 | ||||||||
Dartmouth | 38 | ||||||||
Stanford | 53 | ||||||||
Stanford | 46 | ||||||||
Colorado | 35 |
National Invitation Tournament[]
Semifinals & Finals[]
Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
West Virginia | 51 | ||||||||
Toledo | 39 | ||||||||
West Virginia | 47 | ||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 45 | ||||||||
Creighton | 36 | ||||||||
Western Kentucky State | 49 |
- Third Place – Creighton 48, Toledo 46
Awards[]
Consensus All-American teams[]
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 |
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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 |
Major player of the year awards[]
- Helms Player of the Year: Stan Modzelewski, Rhode Island State
Other major awards[]
- NIT/Haggerty Award (Top player in New York City metro area): Jim White, (retroactive selection in 1944)
Coaching changes[]
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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 | Harold Anderson | |||
DePaul | Bill Wendt | Ray Meyer | ||
Kansas State | Jack Gardner | |||
Toledo | Harold Anderson | |||
Yale | Ken Loeffler | Red Rolfe |
References[]
- ^ 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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