See also: 1949 NCAA basketball tournament.
1949 NCAA Tournament Championship Game | |
Type: | ncg |
Date: | March 26, 1949[1] |
Year: | 1948-49 |
Visitor School: | Oklahoma State University-Stillwater |
Visitor Name Short: | Oklahoma A&M |
Visitor Nickname: | Aggies |
Visitor Record: | 23-4 |
Visitor Conference: | MVC |
Visitor Ap: | 2 |
Visitor Coach: | Henry Iba |
Visitor Per1: | 20 |
Visitor Per2: | 16 |
Home School: | University of Kentucky |
Home Name Short: | Kentucky |
Home Nickname: | Wildcats |
Home Record: | 31-2 |
Home Conference: | SEC |
Home Ap: | 1 |
Home Coach: | Adolph Rupp |
Home Per1: | 25 |
Home Per2: | 21 |
Arena: | Hec Edmundson Pavilion |
City: | Seattle, Washington |
Mvp: | Alex Groza, Kentucky[2] |
Previous: | 1948 |
Next: | 1950 |
The 1949 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1949 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1948-49 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 26, 1949, at Hec Edmundson Pavilion in Seattle, Washington. It featured the defending national champion Kentucky Wildcats of the Southeastern Conference, and the Oklahoma A&M Aggies of the Missouri Valley Conference.
See also: 1948-49 Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team.
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