1940 NCAA basketball championship game

1940 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National championship game
The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the championship game.
Indiana Hoosiers Kansas Jayhawks
Big Ten Big 6
(19–3) (15–7)
60 42
Head coach:
Branch McCracken		 Head coach:
Phog Allen
1st half2nd half Total
Indiana Hoosiers 3228 60
Kansas Jayhawks 1923 42
DateMarch 30, 1940
VenueMunicipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
MVPMarvin Huffman, Indiana[1]
RefereesGil MacDonald, Ted O'Sullivan[2]
Attendance10,000
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The 1940 NCAA Basketball Championship Game was the final of the 1940 NCAA basketball tournament and determined the national champion in the 1939–40 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was held at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, on March 30, 1940. The Indiana Hoosiers defeated the Kansas Jayhawks 60–42 to win the school's first national championship in men's basketball.

  1. ^ "Final Four Most Outstanding Players". CBS SportsLine. Archived from the original on September 7, 2008. Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  2. ^ 2020 NCAA Final Four Records Book (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. 2019. p. 279. Retrieved September 28, 2021.