The 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season began in December 1950, progressed through the regular season and conference tournaments, and concluded with the 1951 NCAA basketball tournament championship game on March 27, 1951, at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The Kentucky Wildcats won their third NCAA national championship with a 68–58 victory over the Kansas State Wildcats.

Season headlines

Season outlook

Pre-season polls

The Top 20 from the UP Coaches Poll during the pre-season.[2][3]

UP Coaches
Ranking Team
1 CCNY
2 Bradley
3 Kentucky
4 NC State
5 Kansas
6 Oklahoma A&M
7 Long Island
8 Iowa
9 St. John's
10 Indiana
11 UCLA
12 Kansas State
13
(tie)
Arkansas
Syracuse
Western Kentucky State
16 Washington
17
(tie)
DePaul
Illinois
19 Ohio State
20 BYU

Conference membership changes

School Former conference New conference
Butler Bulldogs Mid-American Conference Independent
Houston Cougars Non-major basketball program Missouri Valley Conference
Wayne State Warriors Independent No NCAA basketball program
West Virginia Mountaineers Independent Southern Conference

Regular season

Conference winners and tournaments

Conference Regular
season winner[4]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Big Seven ConferenceKansas StateNone selectedNo Tournament
Big Ten ConferenceIllinoisNone selectedNo Tournament
Border ConferenceArizonaNo Tournament
Eastern Intercollegiate Basketball LeagueColumbiaNone selectedNo Tournament
Metropolitan New York ConferenceSt. John'sNo Tournament
Mid-American ConferenceCincinnatiNone selectedNo Tournament
Missouri Valley ConferenceOklahoma A&MNone selectedNo Tournament
Ohio Valley ConferenceMurray StateNone selected1951 Ohio Valley Conference men's basketball tournamentJefferson County Armory (Louisville, Kentucky)Murray State
Pacific Coast ConferenceWashington (North); UCLA (South)No Tournament;
Washington defeated UCLA in best-of-three conference championship playoff series
Skyline ConferenceBYUNo Tournament
Southeastern ConferenceKentuckyNone selected1951 SEC men's basketball tournamentJefferson County Armory,
(Louisville, Kentucky)
Vanderbilt
Southern ConferenceNC StateNone selected1951 Southern Conference men's basketball tournamentReynolds Coliseum
(Raleigh, North Carolina)
NC State[5]
Southwest ConferenceTexas, Texas A&M, & TCUNone selectedNo Tournament
Western New York Little Three ConferenceSt. BonaventureNo Tournament
Yankee ConferenceConnecticutNone selectedNo Tournament

Informal championships

Conference Regular
season winner[6]
Conference
player of the year
Conference
tournament
Tournament
venue (City)
Tournament
winner
Middle Three ConferenceRutgersNone selectedNo Tournament

Statistical leaders

Post-season tournaments

NCAA tournament

Semifinals & finals

National semifinals National Finals
      
Illinois 74
Kentucky 76
Kentucky 68
Kansas State 58
Kansas State 68
Oklahoma A&M 44
  • Third Place – Illinois 61, Oklahoma A&M 46

National Invitation tournament

Semifinals & finals

Semifinals Finals
      
  BYU 69
  Seton Hall 59
  BYU 62
  Dayton 43
  St. John's 62
  Dayton 69
  • Third Place – St. John's 70, Seton Hall 68

Awards

Consensus All-American teams

Consensus First Team
Player Position Class Team
Clyde Lovellette C Junior Kansas
Gene Melchiorre G Senior Bradley
Bill Mlkvy F Junior Temple
Sam Ranzino G Senior North Carolina State
Bill Spivey C Junior Kentucky


Consensus Second Team
Player Position Class Team
Ernie Barrett G/F Senior Kansas State
Bill Garrett F Senior Indiana
Dick Groat G Junior Duke
Mel Hutchins F/C Senior BYU
Gale McArthur G Senior Oklahoma A&M

Major player of the year awards

Other major awards

Coaching changes

A number of teams changed coaches during the season and after it ended.

Team Former
Coach
Interim
Coach
New
Coach
Reason
Iowa Rollie Williams Bucky O'Connor
John Carroll Elmer Ripley Fred George[7]
Notre Dame Moose Krause John Jordan
Stanford Everett Dean Bob Burnett

References

  1. Goldstein, Joe, "Explosion: 1951 scandals threaten college hoops" - ESPN - November 19, 2003
  2. ESPN College Basketball Encyclopedia. Random House. 2009. p. 836. ISBN 978-0-345-51392-2.
  3. "1977 Preseason AP Men's Basketball Poll". College Poll Archive. Retrieved August 8, 2020.
  4. "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  5. 2008–09 SoCon Men's Basketball Media Guide – Postseason Section, Southern Conference, retrieved 2009-02-09
  6. "2009 NCAA Men's Basketball Record Book – Conferences Section" (PDF). NCAA. 2009. Retrieved February 14, 2009.
  7. "2021 John Carroll Blue Streaks men's basketball history & records guide, page 28" (PDF). John Carroll Blue Streaks. Retrieved May 9, 2021.
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