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| Date | March 20, 1954[1] | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Tom Gola, La Salle[2] | ||||||||||||
The 1954 NCAA University Division Basketball Championship Game was the finals of the 1954 NCAA basketball tournament and it determined the national champion for the 1953-54 NCAA men's basketball season. The game was played on March 20, 1954, at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. It featured the independent Bradley Braves, and the independent La Salle Explorers.