1940 NCAA basketball championship gameDateMarch 30, 1940VenueMunicipal Auditorium, Kansas City, MissouriMVPMarvin Huffman, IndianaRefereesGil MacDonald, Ted O'SullivanAttendance10,000← 19391941 →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.
Branch McCrackenEmmett B. "Branch" McCracken (June 9, 1908 – June 4, 1970) was an American basketball player and coach. He served as the head basketball coach at Ball State University from 1930 to 1938 and at Indiana University Bloomington from 1938 to 1943 and again from 1946 to 1965. At Indiana, McCracken's Hoosiers won the NCAA Championship in 1940 and 1953. He was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as a player in 1960.
Marv HuffmanMarvin Huffman (March 14, 1917 – May 15, 1983) was an American basketball player. A 6'2" forward, Huffman starred at New Castle High School in Indiana, where he started every game for four years. He then played collegiately at Indiana University, leading the Hoosiers to the 1940 NCAA Championship.
Big Ten ConferenceThe Big Ten Conference (formerly the Western Conference and the Big Nine Conference, among others) is a collegiate athletic conference in the United States. Founded as the Intercollegiate Conference of Faculty Representatives in 1896, it predates the founding of its regulating organization, the NCAA; it is the oldest NCAA Division I conference. It is based in Rosemont, Illinois.
Kansas Jayhawks men's basketballUniversityUniversity of KansasFirst season1898–99; 128 years agoAthletic directorTravis GoffHead coachBill Self22nd season, 633–167 (.791)LocationLawrence, KansasArenaAllen Fieldhouse(capacity: 15,300)NCAA divisionDivision IConferenceBig 12NicknameJayhawksColorsCrimson and blueAll-time record2,438–920 (.726)NCAA tournament record118–52 (.694)NCAA Division I tournament champions1952, 1988, 2008, 2022Pre-tournament Helms national champions1921–22, 1922–23Conference tournament championsBig Eight: 1981, 1984, 1986, 1992Big 12: 1997, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2016, 2018*, 2022Conference regular-season championsMVIAA: 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1915, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927Big Eight: 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1946, 1950, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1957, 1960, 1966, 1967, 1971, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1996Big 12: 1997, 1998, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018*, 2020, 2022, 2023Conference division championsMVIAA South: 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915Uniforms* vacated by NCAAThe Kansas Jayhawks men's basketball program is the intercollegiate men's basketball program of the University of Kansas.1940 NCAA basketball tournamentThe 1940 NCAA basketball tournament involved eight schools playing in single-elimination play to determine the participating champion of men's NCAA Division I college basketball. The 2nd edition of the tournament began on March 20, 1940, and ended with the championship game on March 30, at the Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri. A total of eight games were played, including a single third place game in the West region.
1940 NCAA Men's Basketball All-AmericansThe consensus 1940 College Basketball All-American team, as determined by aggregating the results of four major All-American teams. To earn "consensus" status, a player must win honors from a majority of the following teams: the Helms Athletic Foundation, Converse, and Madison Square Garden.
Indiana University BloomingtonPublic research university in Bloomington, Indiana, U.S.Indiana University Bloomington (IU Bloomington, Indiana University, IU, IUB, or Indiana) is a publicresearch university in Bloomington, Indiana, United States. It is the flagship campus of Indiana University and is its largest campus, with over 48,000 students. Established as the state's seminary in 1820, the name was changed to "Indiana College" in 1829 and to "Indiana University" in 1838.
Bloomington, IndianaBloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 census. It is the seventh-most populous city in Indiana and the fourth-most populous outside the Indianapolis metropolitan area. It is the home of Indiana University Bloomington, the flagship campus of the Indiana University system. Established in 1820, IU Bloomington enrolls over 45,000 students.
NCAA Division I men's basketball tournamentThe NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, branded as March Madness, or The Big Dance, is a single-elimination tournament played in the United States to determine the men's college basketball national champion of the Division I level in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Played mostly during March, the tournament was first conducted in 1939 and currently consists of 76 teams.Premo-Porretta Power PollThe Premo-Porretta Power Poll is a retroactive end-of-year ranking for American college basketball teams competing in the 1895–96 through the 1947–48 seasons. These rankings are not officially recognized by the NCAA. The poll was intended to serve collectively as a source of information regarding the relative standings of college basketball teams within given seasons during the early decades of the sport.Bill Garrett FieldhouseThe Bill Garrett Fieldhouse or William Leon Garrett Fieldhouse (formerly known as simply the Fieldhouse) is a gymnasium at Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. It was the former home of the Indiana Hoosiers men's basketball team.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.