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Season | 1950–51 | ||||
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Teams | 16 | ||||
Finals site | Williams Arena Minneapolis, Minnesota | ||||
Champions | Kentucky Wildcats (3rd title, 3rd title game, 4th Final Four) | ||||
Runner-up | Kansas State Wildcats (1st title game, 2nd Final Four) | ||||
Semifinalists |
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Winning coach | Adolph Rupp (3rd title) | ||||
MOP | Bill Spivey (Kentucky) | ||||
Attendance | 110,645 | ||||
Top scorer | Don Sunderlage (Illinois) (83 points) | ||||
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The 1951 NCAA basketball tournament involved 16 schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the national champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. It began on March 20, 1951, and ended with the championship game on March 27 at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. A total of 18 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game.
Kentucky, coached by Adolph Rupp, won the national title with a 68–58 victory over Kansas State, coached by Jack Gardner.
This NCAA tournament was the first with a 16-team field. Only the championship and third place games were held in Minneapolis, while the semifinals were held in the respective regional sites; similar to previous years. A true "Final 4" (semifinals and final at same location) debuted the following year.
The twelve-team National Invitation Tournament (NIT) was held the previous week in New York City at Madison Square Garden, with its championship on Saturday, Mach 17. Four teams competed in both tournaments, including NIT champion BYU; [1] [2] [3] they lost in the quarterfinal round, by ten points to Kansas State. [4] [5]
The three other teams were Arizona, North Carolina State, and St. John's.
The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1951 tournament:
Region | Team | Coach | Conference | Finished | Final Opponent | Score |
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East | ||||||
East | Columbia | Lou Rossini | Ivy League | Sweet Sixteen | Illinois | L 79–71 |
East | Connecticut | Hugh Greer | Yankee | Sweet Sixteen | St. John's | L 63–52 |
East | Illinois | Harry Combes | Big Ten | Third Place | Oklahoma A&M | W 61–46 |
East | Kentucky | Adolph Rupp | Southeastern | Champion | Kansas State | W 68–58 |
East | Louisville | Peck Hickman | Independent | Sweet Sixteen | Kentucky | L 79–68 |
East | NC State | Everett Case | Southern | Regional Fourth Place | St. John's | L 71–59 |
East | St. John's | Frank McGuire | Metro NY | Regional third place | NC State | W 71–59 |
East | Villanova | Alex Severance | Independent | Sweet Sixteen | NC State | L 67–62 |
West | ||||||
West | Arizona | Fred Enke | Border | Sweet Sixteen | Kansas State | L 61–59 |
West | BYU | Stan Watts | Mountain States | Regional Fourth Place | Washington | L 80–67 |
West | Kansas State | Jack Gardner | Big 7 | Runner-up | Kentucky | L 68–58 |
West | Montana State | Brick Breeden | Independent | Sweet Sixteen | Oklahoma A&M | L 50–46 |
West | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Iba | Missouri Valley | Fourth Place | Illinois | L 61–46 |
West | San Jose State | Walt McPherson | Independent | Sweet Sixteen | BYU | L 68–61 |
West | Texas A&M | John Floyd | Southwest | Sweet Sixteen | Washington | L 62–40 |
West | Washington | Tippy Dye | Pacific Coast | Regional third place | BYU | W 80–67 |
First round | Quarter-finals | National Semifinals | National Final | ||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Columbia | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 84 | ||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 70 | ||||||||||||||||||
NC State | 67 | ||||||||||||||||||
Villanova | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Illinois | 74 | ||||||||||||||||||
EAST REGION | |||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 76 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 79 | ||||||||||||||||||
Louisville | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
St John's | 43 | ||||||||||||||||||
St John's | 63 | ||||||||||||||||||
Connecticut | 52 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kentucky | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 59 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 64 | ||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 54 | ||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
San Jose State | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 68 | ||||||||||||||||||
WEST REGION | |||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 44 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 50 | ||||||||||||||||||
Montana State | 46 | ||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma A&M | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 62 | ||||||||||||||||||
Texas A&M | 40 |
National Third Place | ||||
Illinois | 61 | |||
Oklahoma A&M | 46 |
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