1940 NCAA basketball championship game
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The Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, hosted the championship game. | |||||||||||||
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| Date | March 30, 1940 | ||||||||||||
| Venue | Municipal Auditorium, Kansas City, Missouri | ||||||||||||
| MVP | Marvin Huffman, Indiana | ||||||||||||
| Referees | Gil MacDonald, Ted O'Sullivan | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 10,000 | ||||||||||||
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.