Golden Moments in Sports History
NCAA Basketball Tournament 1942: East Regional
From 1939-1950, the NCAA basketball tournament, a brainchild of Coach Phog Allen of Kansas, consisted of only eight teams. The teams played in two groups of four: the East Regional and the West Regional. The two regional winners then met in the finals. The 1942 tournament is interesting because of the location of the East Regional.
| Location
of the 1942 East Regional Tulane Gymnasium, New Orleans LA. This facility was opened in 1933. Its $80,000 cost was funded in large measure by the money the Green Wave football team earned for its appearance in the 1932 Rose Bowl. In fact, the gym was called "Rose Bowl Gym" in its early days. (Since the late 1980s the facility has been known as Fogelman Arena.) |
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| Team | Conference | Coach |  |
| Dartmouth | Ivy League | Osborne Cowles | |
| Illinois | Big Ten | Doug Mills | |
| Kentucky | Southeastern | Adolph Rupp | |
Penn
State |
None |
John
Lawther |
First
Round Results
Dartmouth defeated Penn
State 44-39.
Kentucky bested Illinois
46-44.
Attendance: 3,000
Second
Round Results
Dartmouth routed Kentucky
47-28 to win the East Regional.
Penn State upended Illinois
41-34 in the consolation game.
On the same dates, the West Regional was played in Kansas City MO. Here were the results there.
First
Round Results
Stanford defeated Rice
53-47.
Colorado downed Kansas
46-44. (Note: Colorado and Kansas
were not in the same conference in 1942. More on conference histories in future
Golden Moments.)
Second
Round Results
Stanford outpointed Colorado
46-35 to win the West Regional.
Kansas edged Rice
55-53 in the consolation game.
Dartmouth traveled to Kansas City for the championship game, which they lost to Stanford 53-38.
Stanford was coached by Everett Dean. Howie Dallmar of Stanford was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player.