1940 NCAA basketball championship game information
American collegiate basketball final
1940 NCAA Tournament Championship Game
National 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 half
2nd half
Total
Indiana Hoosiers
32
28
60
Kansas Jayhawks
19
23
42
Date
March 30, 1940
Venue
Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri
MVP
Marvin Huffman, Indiana[1]
Referees
Gil MacDonald, Ted O'Sullivan[2]
Attendance
10,000
← 1939
1941 →
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.
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