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HOW IT WORKS
1939 in basketball
Summary
The following are the
basketball
events of the year
1939
throughout the world.
Events
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March 22 – Undefeated
LIU
tops undefeated
Loyola of Chicago
in the championship game of the second annual
National Invitation Tournament
, 44–32. LIU's 24–0 final record is the first
perfect season
of
college basketball
's postseason tournament era.
March – The first
NCAA tournament
is played (operated by the
NABC
at the time). On March 27, the
University of Oregon
defeats
Ohio State University
46–33 in
Evanston, Illinois
, to become the inaugural champions of this tournament.
The third European basketball championship,
Eurobasket 1939
, is won by Lithuania.
The
seventh South American Basketball Championship
in
Rio de Janeiro
is won by Brazil.
Israel national basketball team
joins the FIBA.
Tournaments
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College
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Men
NCAA
NCAA tournament
:
Oregon
46,
Ohio State
33
Most Outstanding Player
:
Jimmy Hull
, Ohio State
National Invitation Tournament
:
Long Island
44,
Loyola (IL)
32
NAIA
NAIA
:
Southwestern (KS)
32,
San Diego State
31
Births
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January 21 —
Tom Stith
, All-American at
St. Bonaventure University
(died 2010)
June 9 —
Dick Vitale
, College basketball announcer
July 24 —
Walt Bellamy
, Hall of Fame center (died 2013)
Deaths
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November 28 —
James Naismith
, Inventor of basketball (born 1861)
References
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