The 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament men's basketball tournament of the first division ( 1951 ) is an Olympic system tournament in which 16 teams determined the US national basketball champion among student male basketball teams. The tournament began March 20, 1951, and the final game was held March 27 in Minneapolis ( Minnesota ). As part of the tournament, 18 matches were played, including matches for third place in each region and a match for third place in the tournament.
| 1951 NCAA Division One Men's Basketball Tournament | |
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| 1951 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament | |
| General information | |
| March 20 - March 27, 1951 | |
| Number of participants | sixteen |
| Venue of the Final Four | |
| Arena | Williams arena |
| City | Minneapolis |
| Final Four | |
| Champion | Kentucky (3rd title) |
| Finalist | Kansas State (1st Final) |
| Semi-finalists | Illinois (2nd Final Four) Oklahoma A&M (4th Final Four) |
| Champions coach | Adolf Rapp (3rd title) |
| MOP | Bill Spivey Kentucky |
| Total viewers | 110 645 |
| Bombardier | Don Sunderlage Illinois (83 points) |
In the 1951 championship, the team at the University of Kentucky , led by coach Adolf Rapp , defeated Kansas State University with a score of 68:58. The most prominent player of the tournament was named Kentucky basketball player Bill Spivey .
For the first time in the history of the tournament, 16 teams took part in it, and the final game (as well as the game for third place) was not held at Madison Square Garden , but at the Williams Arena in Minneapolis. Semifinals were held in the same places as the regional games. Therefore, in the 1951 tournament there was no “Final Four” in its modern sense.
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Venues
The following locations were selected for the 1951 tournament:
Round One
- Madison Square Garden , New York (March 20)
- Reynolds Coliseum , Raleigh , North Carolina (March 20)
- Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City , Missouri (March 21 and 22)
Regional Games
- East Region , Madison Square Garden , New York (March 22 and 24)
- West Region , Municipal Auditorium , Kansas City , Missouri (March 23 and 24)
Final
- Williams Arena , Minneapolis , Minnesota (March 27)
Commands
| Region | Sowing | Team | Trainer | Final place | Last rival | Score |
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| Oriental | ||||||
| Oriental | n / a | Colombia | Lou Rossini | Sweet sixteen | Illinois | P 79:71 |
| Oriental | n / a | Connecticut | Hugh Greer | Sweet sixteen | St johns | P 63:52 |
| Oriental | n / a | Illinois | Harry combs | Third place | Oklahoma A&M | At 61:46 |
| Oriental | n / a | Kentucky | Adolf Rapp | Champion | Kansas State | At 68:58 |
| Oriental | n / a | Louisville | Peck Hickman | Sweet sixteen | Kentucky | P 79:68 |
| Oriental | n / a | SC State | Everett case | Fourth Regional | St johns | P 71:59 |
| Oriental | n / a | St johns | Frank McGwire | Regional third place | SC State | At 71:59 |
| Oriental | n / a | Villanova | Alex Severens | Sweet sixteen | SC State | P 67:62 |
| West | ||||||
| West | n / a | Arizona | Fred enke | Sweet sixteen | Kansas State | P 61: 659 |
| West | n / a | Brigham young | Stan watts | Fourth Regional | Washington | P 80:67 |
| West | n / a | Kansas State | Jack gardner | Finalist | Kentucky | P 68:58 |
| West | n / a | Montana State | Brick Briden | Sweet sixteen | Oklahoma A&M | P 50:46 |
| West | n / a | Oklahoma A&M | Henry Ayba | Fourth place | Illinois | P 61:46 |
| West | n / a | San jose state | Walt Macpherson | Sweet sixteen | Brigham young | P 68:61 |
| West | n / a | Texas A&M | John Floyd | Sweet sixteen | Washington | P 62:40 |
| West | n / a | Washington | Tippy give | Regional third place | Brigham young | At 80:67 |
Tournament grid
| 1/8 Final | Quarter finals | National semifinals | National finals | |||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Colombia | 71 | |||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 84 | |||||||||||||||||
| SC State | 70 | |||||||||||||||||
| SC State | 67 | |||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
| Illinois | 74 | |||||||||||||||||
| East region | ||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 76 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 79 | |||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 68 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 59 | |||||||||||||||||
| St johns | 43 | |||||||||||||||||
| St johns | 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 | |||||||||||||||||
| Western 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 Match
| National third place | |||
| Illinois | 61 | ||
| Oklahoma A&M | 46 | ||
Game for Regional Third Place
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