The 1950 NCAA basketball tournament involved 8 schools playing in

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play to determine the national champion of men's

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. It began on March 23, 1950, and ended with the championship game on March 28 in

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. A total of 10 games were played, including a third place game in each region and a national third place game. CCNY, coached by

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, won the national title with a 71–68 victory in the final game over Bradley, coached by Forddy Anderson. Irwin Dambrot of CCNY was named the tournament's Most Outstanding Player. CCNY became the only team to ever win both the NIT and NCAA tournaments in the same year. Because of participation changes, this currently cannot happen. CCNY is also the only championship team which is not currently a member of Division I. They dropped down to the

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in the 1963–64 season. The CCNY point shaving scandal of 1950–51 had hit the program hard, and they had 12 sub-par seasons from 1951–52 through 1962–63 before dropping down to the College Division. The 1950 tournament was the last tournament to feature eight teams. The field would expand to sixteen teams the next year.

Locations

The following are the sites selected to host each round of the 1950 tournament:

Regionals

;March 23, 24, and 25 :East Regional,

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(Host:

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) ;March 23 and 25 :West Regional, Municipal Auditorium,

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(Host:

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)

Championship Game

;March 28: :

(Host: Metropolitan New York Conference)

Teams

Bracket

Regional third place games

Point shaving scandal

References

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